October 3rd, 2024
- relevant comic from smbc
- panels 2 & 3 are spot on
- but panels 1 & 4 are as wrong as they are misanthropic and nihilistic
- #2tweet one way mutual gaslighting happens:
A: "I want X"
B: "Seems to me you really want Y"
A: "no, I want X, stop fucking with me"
and A's whole system DOES want Y (tho maybe also X) but the part that wants Y is unconscious, so the conscious part is accurately reporting what it's got!- one way mutual gaslighting happens:
A: "I want X"
B: "Seems to me you really want Y"
A: "no, I want X, stop fucking with me"
and A's whole system DOES want Y (tho maybe also X) but the part that wants Y is unconscious, so the conscious part is accurately reporting what it's got!