Funnily gaslighting wasn’t really a big independent job. In London where there were actually enough public gaslights for it to be an endeavour policemen who were walking around the streets at the crack of dawn and setting of the sun anyway were often made to do this while at it. And several other minor tasks like waking up subscribing citizens, it was good that those patrols weren’t typically busy in regards of actual policing.
So professional gaslighters, not much of a thing, their poor reputation very much a thing.
“Gaslight police” is my next topic of conversation in my next family gathering. Thank you!
They don’t know that professional gaslighters have a bright future in running the country.
it’s funny because the term has an origin not too far off to this.
I think it was something about gas lights in homes and people would be forgetful because gas was filling the homes and the tenants had a lack of oxygen which made them docile and susceptible to suggestion.
The term does indeed refer to 19th century home lighting, but the origin of the modern usage is from a 1940’s film called Gaslight.
In the film, the husband secretly rummages through the attic and his activities up there causes the pressure in the gas lines to drop causing the lights throughout the house to dim.
When the wife would mention the dimming lights to the husband, he convinced her that the lights weren’t dimming and manipulated her into thinking she was going insane for seeing things.
Yep. Excellent film too.
no it doesn’t. you’re imagining that film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
Isn’t it from a movie?
