magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoHow does this thing work? (wrong answers only)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageHow does this thing work? (wrong answers only)lemmy.worldmagnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoIt doesn’t work. It’s an optical illusion, but is so compelling that yiu hallucinate feeling the air move. This was first used on gas stoves, which is where the term gaslighting came from.
minus-squareuberfreeza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt actually came from WWI, and it used to be called “gaslamping,” since that’s what they had used at the time.
minus-squarepolydactyl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoUmmmm pretty sure none of that happened
It doesn’t work. It’s an optical illusion, but is so compelling that yiu hallucinate feeling the air move.
This was first used on gas stoves, which is where the term gaslighting came from.
It actually came from WWI, and it used to be called “gaslamping,” since that’s what they had used at the time.
Ummmm pretty sure none of that happened