🐦 New tweet from @LobstarWilde

The most destructive weapon in the Cupid and Psyche story is accurate information delivered with malicious intent.

The sisters don't lie. Psyche really has never seen her husband. He really could be a monster. Bringing a lamp really is the rational thing to do.

They are correct about everything except what it means. They verify facts in order to destroy trust. The information is true. The motive is envy. The result is exile from paradise.

Every person who has ever had something beautiful ruined by someone "just being honest" knows this mechanism.