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> the True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities I never knew where the name for “Sybil attack” came from. Until now.
by codetrotter 3y ago
> the True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities
I never knew where the name for “Sybil attack” came from. Until now.
Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason.
- msla 3y ago> Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason. First cousin to the Dread Gazebo, I'd wager: https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html
- rainworld 3y agoThe sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl
- codetrotter 3y agoThat's pretty cool. Still worth to note that in "Sybil attack" the name Sybil is indeed used specifically because of this person. > It is named after the subject of the book Sybil, a case study of a woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack