No. But he is most likely bullshitting.

Meh. Humor is subjective. Also, I might downvote a meme just for a grammatical error. I’m petty like that. /shrug

Yes! Compulsively, every time I read a magazine. Even though I spent my formative years in analogue times. It is now fully ingrained.

That isn’t what gaslighting means. The term refers to a type of psychological abuse involving the denial of a person’s own reality as a means of gaining power and control of a victim. It is not simply suggestion.