gaslighting
noun
gas·light·ing ˈgas-ˌlī-tiŋ
: psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator
Honestly Reddit doesn't infuriate me anymore. I haven't been on reddit for 2 weeks now and I no longer feel the urge to check that site. I expect I'll still end up there occasionally when I search for stuff, but gone are the days when I spend an hour or two every night on reddit.
They’ve been very cagey about their reasons, so naturally the comments are split between making the worst/most hilarious assumptions, making jokes, and actual helpful advice.
If you create a community, please try and populate it with content. I see a lot of new communities with 0-1 posts from the mod. That’s not nearly enough to get people engaged - users are going to see that it’s a ghost town and leave....
Almost 15 years ago. Not my MC, but I worked at the same company for several years leading into it. None of the glory is mine, and I am not any of the named or fired characters in this story....
Wheatley wanted everyone to know that he had this doctorate, as evidenced by his insistence in correcting any employee who did not address him as “Dr. Wheatley”. He will be henceforth referred to in this post as Mr. Wheatley.
18+ To what do blind people jerk off?
HOW?!??!?!???
What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? ( i.redd.it )
[repost] Want an empty omelette? Sure
So it was my first job was a server at a very popular 24 hour breakfast diner/chain. We had lots of colorful customers....
[REPOST] A Manager Has To Dismiss Me? OK, I'll Just Get Overtime For Doing Nothing Then
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[REPOST] Military Wife Demands Salute? Never!
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[META] 17k subscribers - welcome! New mod team, and reminder about rules/navigating the fediverse
WELCOME!...
"Picture of a skin" ( www.boredpanda.com )
The official reddit app is not even supported on my device.
Well i am certainly not using reddit on my tablet anymore.
Lemming user asks for ways to stop themselves from pooping for 3 days. ( lemmy.world )
They’ve been very cagey about their reasons, so naturally the comments are split between making the worst/most hilarious assumptions, making jokes, and actual helpful advice.
[META] Creating a new community is easy, but to get people on board, you need to create some content.
If you create a community, please try and populate it with content. I see a lot of new communities with 0-1 posts from the mod. That’s not nearly enough to get people engaged - users are going to see that it’s a ghost town and leave....
You really need to think about what is more important... ( kbin.social )
Almost 15 years ago. Not my MC, but I worked at the same company for several years leading into it. None of the glory is mine, and I am not any of the named or fired characters in this story....
Admin work matters!
To understand the context: this happened around 15 years ago, when automation was still somewhat new....
[REPOST] "I don’t care if he is dead, put him on the phone.”
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[REPOST] Take off my earphones while you're speaking to me? Sure, no problem officer.
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[REPOST] Get rid of my vacation? Have fun replacing me.
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[REPOST] Customer had a "reservation" for the 4th floor at a 3-storey hotel so I took her to the roof
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[REPOST] Fresh stitches under my hat, teacher has a no hats in class policy. Sure thing!
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[REPOST] "If you don't like the way we do things here, you can leave." OK
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[REPOST] You want me to only do what you've assigned me and not help anyone else? Okay then.
[REPOST] I used to be an assistant golf course superintendent. One day my boss had me spraying chemicals on the fairways....
[REPOST] Malicious software code review
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[REPOST] Check my employees clockings at work? No problem. No problem at all.
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[REPOST] Truck driving on Salary
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[REPOST] Fix this machine at all costs, but don't spend any money? Sure!
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