Prooflighting

A digitallighting technique that exploits the demand for proof. The perpetrator sets an impossible evidentiary standard, then uses the target’s failure to meet it as “proof” that the target is lying, irrational, or hiding something. Even when the target provides evidence, the goalposts are moved, and the new demand is framed as “just asking for proper proof.” Prooflighting turns the legitimate value of evidence into a weapon of endless, exhausting demands.

Example: “She provided screenshots, timestamps, and witness statements; he said none of it counted because it wasn’t a ‘video confession.’ Prooflighting: demanding an impossible standard to make her look dishonest.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

Prooflighting

A Digitallighting tactic where the perpetrator demands impossible or absurd levels of proof, often with the goal of exhausting, humiliating, or psycholighting the target. The prooflighter asks for sources, then declares them insufficient, moves goalposts, demands ever‑more stringent evidence, and finally uses the target’s inability to meet impossible standards as “proof” that the target is irrational, dishonest, or mentally unstable. It is a common companion to psycholighting and conlighting, turning the legitimate value of evidence into a weapon of attrition.

Example: “He said he had dreams of his personal deity; she demanded proof. He described them; she said dreams aren’t proof. He offered cultural context; she said that’s not scientific. Prooflighting: moving goalposts until the target gives up, then declaring victory.”

by Abzugal March 31, 2026

poonlighting

A secondary night job that entails making whoopy with a fine piece of ass, or a slampig.

Poonlighting was often Ryan's forte until he got the Herp from a nasty slampig.

by TL0ve1 March 4, 2009