• grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    Often used by cults, to indoctrinate new people. The act of showering someone with positive attention in order to get them to be more receptive to whatever you want them to do.

    Works especially well on people who are starved for this kind of love and attention, like for example, runaways, or victims of abuse.

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      Very fun stuff. My sister joined a New American Christian Cult and they tried lovebombing me at her wedding. I was too autistic for it to work.

      • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I returned home from a place 12 hours ahead of local time. Someone tried to mug me. Only time ever. I was too tired and stupid to realize what had happened till I was a block away.