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"Gaslighting" has an old etymology, but its usage as a pop psychology term is recent and mostly a Zoomer phenomenon. Applying it to the history of television st
by vehemenz 3y ago
"Gaslighting" has an old etymology, but its usage as a pop psychology term is recent and mostly a Zoomer phenomenon. Applying it to the history of television strikes me as presentism.
- jncfhnb 3y agoDescribing old things with old terminology is just confusing.
- vehemenz 3y agoOnly if the new terminology is better and actually adds something. Does adopting half-baked concepts from TikTokers really add anything here?
- jncfhnb 3y agoI feel like you’re trying to gaslight me into thinking this term is from TikTok.
- acuozzo 3y ago"gaslight" != "trick" You can trick someone without deliberately working to make them doubt their own sanity.
- jncfhnb 3y agoEhh that’s really the old definition. Nowadays I feel the colloquial definition is simply asserting a narrative you know is false. Emphasis on narrative, not a simple individual factual claim.
- acuozzo 3y agoSo what's the new word for the old definition then? The old definition is clearly emotional abuse, but the new definition does not seem to meet that standard. Is this just another case in which you have to add extra qualifiers as in "I have OCD, but what I mean is real, diagnosed, legitimate OCD rather than whatever the kiddos on Tic Tac say"?