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It's incredible the amount of people who use "gaslighting" as a fun quirky word for "lying", who don't realise they're on the level of a 2008 gamerbro going "You got raped in that last match, bro! Triggered much??"

Just read this new article on how 'Capitalism Is Gaslighting You', and this hilarious tweet about 'that time the barrista at Starbucks gaslit me by giving me dairy-free milk in my coffee'

Istg the only difference is it's gone so mainstream that people don't even think they're being edgy anymore. It's just been uncritically appropriated as part of the general lexicon.

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