Gossip. OMG, the horrors of gossip, and OMG, the fun of gossip.

Wait – what? How can it be both fun and horrible?

Human beings learn through stories. It’s been that way since the dawn of time, before the invention of the written word. Oral history was shared through storytelling, and gossip is simply malicious storytelling that some people are very, very good at.

• People who take a tiny kernel of truth and blow it way up are usually looking for attention, so they weave a whopper of a tale and tell it to a person or two.
• People who spread the tale are looking for inclusion – they want to feel like part of the group, and maybe even one of the in crowd.
• People who believe gossip as the gospel truth are gullible, naïve, or misguided.

If you want to be an attention-seeker, an acceptance-seeker, or a dolt, then go right ahead and engage in gossip at whatever level you choose. If you want to be a better human being than that, now you know what to do. Leave gossip alone!

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