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@idek_adam@suchnerve@AlexBeyman this has absolutely happened to me before. never mind the fact that that's just simply not what gaslighting means. i've been accused of gaslighting simply for telling someone they're incorrect about my own actions or my own feelings.
@JohnConstandyke @whatifalthusser @butchagatha_ "trans men who used to be lesbians" is absolutely a real category of people who exist. i spent years being a lesbian. hell, i was a lesbian for longer than you've been an adult. now i'm a man. i used to be a dyke, now i'm a fag. many such cases.
@Lons that's what's really getting me about this, like...i buy that there are a bunch of people who haven't read the odyssey yet, but i can't buy that this many people have never seen a mention of it in some other book they've read, or in a movie or an episode of tv
@alshipley right like that was part of the joke. he may be a rich ivy league dick but that doesn't mean he isn't in on the joke that he is actively telling
@Valerie_tbh someone can internally be a scared little child while externally being an adult who is treating other people like shit. both can be true at once. better to find a mature and healthy way to meet the needs of that inner child without being a jerk to others.
@btwnrevolutions in my experience 90% of the people who wear "i love reading so much books are my entire personality" tshirts or tote bags are people who are borderline illiterate
@Boringstein reconstruction site is one of my favorite albums of all time and even i think this review was mostly fair. it's wild how people basically want to eliminate music criticism entirely nowadays