Dead serious
By @womanstudiesforwomen
Men who turn lying into a joke, who amuse themselves by seeing if they can convince you of something which differs from reality, are not to be trusted. If they believe it humorous to present their joke as a dead serious fact, and hold onto it for as long as they can, never outright agreeing to the notion that they are joking, do not trust them.
Do not trust them, especially if, when a woman asks (begs) for clarification on the account of being unable to identify whether they speak in jest, they do not give it.
They are testing her willingness to resist ideas which are not her own, ideas which are presented with conviction and which differ from reality. They want to see how gullible you are, if they can manipulate you. It’s a red flag.
Though they approach jokingly, their refusal to admit they lie betrays their true intentions: it is a dead serious matter that they assess women on their potential to be gaslit. Do not trust them.
