example of brainwashing
Me: Come here and see this. I just made the best icon ever.
The Aunt: That looks like that Keanu fellow.
Me: It is not Keanu Reeves. You ever say that again and I'll hit you.
The Aunt: I'm just saying it looks like Keanu Reeves.
Me: It is not Keanu Reeves. It's Bale. It's Christian Bale.
The Aunt: It's the smile.
Me: *looks again at icon* Oh shit he does look like Keanu.
The Aunt: Yeah. See?
Me: Well, it's not. It's Bale. *mentally making mute apologies and humble genuflectage towards the Bale*
The Aunt: What, Toothbrush Man?
Me: *totally automatically* That's right, Toothbrush Man. *pauses, reruns last sentence in head* Oh god. I can't believe I just --- oh god.
I bow before thee, Bale, and make humblest apologies for my Aunt and her infectious vocabulary ways wot spread out and insinuate into the nearest populace, ie me.
I sorry. Sometimes she just sucks you into her way of thinking.
The Aunt: That looks like that Keanu fellow.
Me: It is not Keanu Reeves. You ever say that again and I'll hit you.
The Aunt: I'm just saying it looks like Keanu Reeves.
Me: It is not Keanu Reeves. It's Bale. It's Christian Bale.
The Aunt: It's the smile.
Me: *looks again at icon* Oh shit he does look like Keanu.
The Aunt: Yeah. See?
Me: Well, it's not. It's Bale. *mentally making mute apologies and humble genuflectage towards the Bale*
The Aunt: What, Toothbrush Man?
Me: *totally automatically* That's right, Toothbrush Man. *pauses, reruns last sentence in head* Oh god. I can't believe I just --- oh god.
I bow before thee, Bale, and make humblest apologies for my Aunt and her infectious vocabulary ways wot spread out and insinuate into the nearest populace, ie me.
I sorry. Sometimes she just sucks you into her way of thinking.