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donsterkay t1_ixevazn wrote

Reply to comment by BelAirGhetto in TIL that the movie „Gaslight“ (1944), which inspired the term „gaslighting“ (and has been around till the 60s), is based on the play „Gas Light“ (1938) by British novelist Patrick Hamilton and is set in 1880 London. by The_Sceptic_Lemur

If you only lived in the "electric age" you might not know that when the gas pressure was altered the gas lights would dim. See the movie,

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OldMork t1_ixfgvtb wrote

that would be 99.99% of the yoths here, we oldtimers remember, and had onions in our belts.

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