Comment on master manipulators

hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Raab@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it’s more along the lines of cats gaslighting humans to care for them…that’s where I grew the comparison.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That isn’t what gaslighting is, though. “Gaslighting” isn’t simply emotional manipulation; it’s a specific kind.

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    • Raab@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You mean like manipulating humans into believing they are helpless animals that need to be brought in, and taken care of?

      The specific kind of psychological manipulation in this case used by cats over millennia, by definition of the word, is gaslighting lol

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      • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thankfully it’s the year 2024 so if you literally spent 5 seconds doing a search you would find a real definition

        Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that hinges on creating self-doubt. “I think of gaslighting as trying to associate someone with the label ‘crazy,’” says Paige Sweet, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan who studies gaslighting in relationships and in the workplace. “It’s making someone seem or feel unstable, irrational and not credible, making them feel like what they’re seeing or experiencing isn’t real, that they’re making it up, that no one else will believe them.”

        Cats cannot do this.

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    • Neon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You mean like manipulating humans into believing the cat is the nice one for occupying their home?

      I do agree with you though, that comparison limps

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