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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I war of the worlds’d my partner once. It’s the sort of thing you do once, realize just how fucked up your actions were, and learn never to do it again, or a yearly tradition if you’re with precisely the right person.
Created like 2 years of emotional dependence from that. Really stagnated our personal evolutions. Truly a terrible joke. I regret it weekly.
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
belastend@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Faked a narrative so convincingly that the partner really thought something (i guess) terrible has happened.
You know, like when War fo the Worlds was aired for the first time, people really thought aliens had attacked the US.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Aaahhhhh… and I thought you turned into a 20 meter high mechanical spider abducting people and razing buildings. I thought yea, this guy went too far
qarbone@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I was all for it until he started razing the orphanages.
The first was funny. The fifth felt like he was pushing impropriety a little far.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Fun fact: that never actually happened. It was just a fun little goof some papers ran with and spread for shits and gigs to play along. No one thought it was real.
In actuality, it was a weekly radio program that always told fiction stories and it was on its regular broadcast time, only had a 2% listener audience across the US, there were commercial breaks that mentioned the show, and no one believed it was real. No histaria, no people killing themselves, no end of the world vibes.
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I thought he literally remade war of the worlds-esque radio news reports to trick her into believing an invasion was imminent
don@lemm.ee 2 days ago
That would be impressive.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 days ago
What does the titular WotW reference mean here? I haven’t seen the movie.
goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I assume it’s in reference to the 1938 radio adaptation of the novel The War of the Worlds, which was framed as though it were a legitimate news broadcast being periodically interrupted by reports of an alien invasion. What we might consider “found footage”-style nowadays if there had been, you know, actual footage. Story goes that a non-zero number of people didn’t get the memo that it was a radio play and thought Martians were actually invading.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 days ago
Thanks. I knew the book came first and probably had other adaptations but the movie was the first search result.
BTW I live in one of the few countries that still produce radio plays at volumes comparable to their heyday.
nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I was going to ask which country but your username outed you haha
are they all in Czech or are some in English?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
[Your joke is excellent but my nose is bleeding and I blame you.](en.wikipedia.org/…/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_ra…
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What did you do exactly, if you don’t mind us asking?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
NO
It’s replicable and I know one of you will consider trying it despite the flashing warning signs. I’d rather not instigate others into betraying the trust of those closest to them. When I said that I regret it weekly, I was entirely sincere.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You’re no fun.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Completely fair, thanks!
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Honestly, that’s fair. I’m not the type that would do it, but I’ve known enough that would that I think it’s the responsible thing of you to probably keep that information to yourself.
But I do have questions, and if you’re not comfortable answering public, I swear to God, I will not share the information online or in any capacity in which in might be used for harm if you were to DM me an answer. Lol. I don’t think the answers could be used like that, anyway.
Does the person you did this to now know the full truth of the situation?
Was the hoax religious in nature?
Was it political (for instance, a terror attack, election result, or other “big ticket” news worthy type of thing?
If it caused a lasting impact on the victim, was that impact purely a loss of trust with you/others in involved, or did it cause like lasting issues in their perception of reality? (As in, do they still believe this, or partially believe it, even if they have been informed of the truth?)
Are you still with/close to/associated with the victim?
Was there physical harm caused?
And finally, what was your motivation to do it in the first place?
Totally get it if you don’t want to answer any or all of these… But you did open the door, so I assume you’re comfortable talking about aspects of it, so long as the information given doesn’t make it replicatible, and I feel my curiosity is very understandable. Lol
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I won’t go into specifics about the hoax, but everything else is fine. At the time, I was one of their few friends, which inadvertently made me the one to comfort them and abuse them.
I thought it would be entertaining to put my burgeoning skills on display, but disconnecting a person from reality and then re-anchoring them to it causes far more psychological harm than 20s me could have understood. Your anchor cannot unmoor itself without forcing you to travel a ways and I didn’t even consider the proverbial currents.
I told them immediately after, but that compelled a unique sort of emotional dependence and power dynamic that I hated then and that haunts my days and nights now. I became both abuser and soother. It was like flipping the switch to “battered housewife.”
We’re still together, and significantly better for one another after counseling. Neither of us were harmed physically. Just years of potential development wasted.
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I once somehow convinced my girlfriend that we didn’t have a dog and she had just imagined it. I stopped making jokes like that afterwards.