Poll of the Day > gaslighting?

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shut up you dont even know what that word means

Tell me about your gaslighting story... you remember your gaslighting story, right?

San Diego's Gaslight District has some great food.

Gotta be careful not to singe any hairs if youre gonna be asslighting

SoreChasm posted...

San Diego's Gaslight District has some great food.

go fuck yourself, san diego

I know exactly what Gaslighting means.

So how do gaslights have a connection to fucking with people's minds? I was always curious about that

Muscles posted...

So how do gaslights have a connection to fucking with people's minds? I was always curious about that

youre intentionally doing/saying things to inflame someone or instigate a negative response, usually to someone with a vulnerable mind or in a vulnerable and influential state

like exposing flammable gas to an open flame

SoreChasm posted...

San Diego's Gaslight District has some great food.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/8/5/AALiV_AADjtN.jpg

They're still cleaning up from Comic-Con

I miss San Diego

Muscles posted...

So how do gaslights have a connection to fucking with people's minds? I was always curious about that

It has to do with an old B&W era movie in which a man who has committed a crime (murder, iirc?) has to convince a woman (I think his wife?) that she is going mad so that he can get away with said crime. The primary means if said faux-madness was to mess with the lights, which were run by gas. Make them dim or flicker, but pretend everything is fine and not changing at all, thus inducin[g the idea that nothing is at it seems.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

go fuck yourself, san diego

You're a poop mouth! You've got poop in your mouth!

DirtBasedSoap posted...

shut up you dont even know what that word means

The Internet has ruined a lot of words.

This is indeed one of them.



Entity13 posted...

It has to do with an old B&W era movie in which a man who has committed a crime (murder, iirc?) has to convince a woman (I think his wife?) that she is going mad so that he can get away with said crime. The primary means if said faux-madness was to mess with the lights, which were run by gas. Make them dim or flicker, but pretend everything is fine and not changing at all, thus inducin[g the idea that nothing is at it seems.

That's not actually the plot.

The flickering lights (and the noises she hears in the house) aren't a deliberate attempt to make her think she's crazy, as much as they are side-effects of what the guy is actually up to (looking through the attic to try and find hidden jewels). The lights flicker because he's turning on the lights in the attic, and because the lights are gas-lights, it causes the flow of gas to shift and causes the lights downstairs to visibly change. The noises are him moving things around in the attic.

He IS doing things to make her think she's crazy (so he can get her committed and out of the house so he can search more blatantly), but the lights actually have nothing to do with his plan.

My car tried to convince me it was out of fuel, but I was able to keep driving it for another 30 miles.
I think it was gaslighting me

Entity13 posted...

It has to do with an old B&W era movie in which a man who has committed a crime (murder, iirc?) has to convince a woman (I think his wife?) that she is going mad so that he can get away with said crime. The primary means if said faux-madness was to mess with the lights, which were run by gas. Make them dim or flicker, but pretend everything is fine and not changing at all, thus inducin[g the idea that nothing is at it seems.

Apparently gaslighting doesn't mean this anymore.

CynicalZealot posted...

The flickering lights (and the noises she hears in the house) aren't a deliberate attempt to make her think she's crazy, as much as they are side-effects of what the guy is actually up to (looking through the attic to try and find hidden jewels). The lights flicker because he's turning on the lights in the attic, and because the lights are gas-lights, it causes the flow of gas to shift and causes the lights downstairs to visibly change. The noises are him moving things around in the attic.

He IS doing things to make her think she's crazy (so he can get her committed and out of the house so he can search more blatantly), but the lights actually have nothing to do with his plan.

Reminds me of one of the cases in a game I played somewhat recently.

PyroBlade1985 posted...

Like nazi and fascist?

And troll. And woke, problematic, toxic...

Lots and lots of words. The Internet is terrible.