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zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  - Raab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Did you even read your quote? A subjective stance from an assistant professor of sociology who studies gaslighting IN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE WORKPLACE. That’s a severe lack of a “real definition” my guy. Go watch the 1944 film Gaslight from which the term was coined.
    
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    frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Webster
    
    psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator
    
    Can you spot the difference? I cannot. And cats still can’t do this.
    
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    PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yeah, because words used in modern context are always best defined by their most archaic usage 🙄🙄🙄
    
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Neon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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