Sigh...
"Gaslighting is the manipulation of someone into questioning their perception of reality."
- Wikipedia
Can we at least get the definition right when we outright define it?
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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No the meme is right you’re just remembering it wrong.
Yes. You're literally repeating what I just told you.
sigh
gaslighting isn’t even real
Obviously it is not, you just spend to much time online, did you know anyone can edit Wikipedia?
Yeah, but there's this one guy who keeps fixing everything.
And you take one guys opinion as fact, you know publishers deliberately put in factual errors to prevent copyright right?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaslighting
See #2
I'll accept your apology whenever you're ready.
The secondary definition is for dipshits who heard this term, didn't understand, and misused it for so long, mirriam webster added the colloquial usage*. In short: you are a smug dipshit.
Edit: I have a learning disability.
FYI dictionaries are descriptive rather than prescriptive, and words change meaning over time
Yes, hence why implied that dipshits are to blame. This wasn't slang changing a word. This was morons.
In short: you are a smug dipshit.
~~says the hypocrite that starts a comment with~~
Sigh..
Edit: Nevermind, that wasn't you.
Not smug, just tired.
Strong reply.
See #2 ... Oh, wait... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gaslighting
But yes, I get it. That's the reason why this is so frustrating. At this point gaslighting has become synonymous with deceiving. Because people who use the word don't know the (original) meaning!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally
See #2 for why that isn’t a good argument.
Dictionaries describe common usage, even when that usage is/was just litterally wrong. If I made a meme with that used the second definition of literally people would be right to point out that it would be much better to use the first. In this meme’s case it also just furthers the misunderstanding of the term gaslighting.
Why do these dumb fucks pretend they haven't seen the video? They always do this if they don't want to address an issue. They say "well, I have been busy and haven't heard the MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY" as though it's okay to be grossly uninformed. As though their staffers didn't bring it to their attention immediately. They treat us like morons. It's just too bad so many of us are...
Because it works and no one in the media has the balls to push back on it?
THAT'S OKAY WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE WITH LOUDSPEAKERS CONGRESSMAN SO YOU CAN'T SAY YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT THIS TIME.
Please, journalists, I am fucking begging you. It's your legs these people are pissing on. Call them on it!
Let's live reaction these motherfuckers. That's why there's such a thing as tablets available.
If these people don't go to jail for treason I'll never forgive this country!
If we ever get past this, we need a McCarthy red scare-esque inquest but for fascism in our government.
"Are you, or have you ever been a member of the MAGA party?"
A demotivational poster? In 2025?