Re: Dishing Out Dirt
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:41 pm
There is certainly a lot to unpack here. I’ve learned a lot about these kind of things after spending about a decade in factions that “controlled” the city and another 5 on the flip side. My very general and absolutely not specific .02—
1 - I missed the unedited version clearly, because this round of rumors seems pretty boring compared to some things that have gotten published over the years.
2 - These are always good opportunities for people to get a lot of insight into what’s going on based on reactions and defense of such. Where there’s smoke, there is either a fire or a pretty sweet fog machine. Who knows.
3 - The point of these things always depends on someone’s perspective. In my experience, when you “control” the city, it’s a bunch of pussies trying to start shit by using this as a vehicle. When you’re not in control, it’s usually a vehicle to push out your truth and or salt without risking getting flattened by those in “control.” One group’s coward is generally another group’s hero.
4 - I honestly think that as a city, we are at a point where we are paying the piper for our collective actions. We now live in a world where people are afraid of real news because it might upset someone, where multiple people will package their own brands of toxicity and ram it down peoples’ throats, and the response to situations involving things not liked are to boycott, ignore, ban, or otherwise silence. Unfortunately, we reap what we sow, which is one news source holding a monopoly which is essentially an online version of the National Enquirer with the comments turned on.
5 - Nobody likes having someone talk shit about them. But most people are pretty okay with talking shit ABOUT someone else.
6 - Anonymity is a powerful tool to create questions in the minds of paranoid people. I know, cause I fell for this shit all the time.
7 - HOWEVER, I think it’s pretty clear based on a few of the responses given that someone put some bait on a hook and cast their line, and someone else was dumb enough to to bite the hook. I think the rest of us should just grab a lawn chair, sit back, and watch how this plays out.
1 - I missed the unedited version clearly, because this round of rumors seems pretty boring compared to some things that have gotten published over the years.
2 - These are always good opportunities for people to get a lot of insight into what’s going on based on reactions and defense of such. Where there’s smoke, there is either a fire or a pretty sweet fog machine. Who knows.
3 - The point of these things always depends on someone’s perspective. In my experience, when you “control” the city, it’s a bunch of pussies trying to start shit by using this as a vehicle. When you’re not in control, it’s usually a vehicle to push out your truth and or salt without risking getting flattened by those in “control.” One group’s coward is generally another group’s hero.
4 - I honestly think that as a city, we are at a point where we are paying the piper for our collective actions. We now live in a world where people are afraid of real news because it might upset someone, where multiple people will package their own brands of toxicity and ram it down peoples’ throats, and the response to situations involving things not liked are to boycott, ignore, ban, or otherwise silence. Unfortunately, we reap what we sow, which is one news source holding a monopoly which is essentially an online version of the National Enquirer with the comments turned on.
5 - Nobody likes having someone talk shit about them. But most people are pretty okay with talking shit ABOUT someone else.
6 - Anonymity is a powerful tool to create questions in the minds of paranoid people. I know, cause I fell for this shit all the time.
7 - HOWEVER, I think it’s pretty clear based on a few of the responses given that someone put some bait on a hook and cast their line, and someone else was dumb enough to to bite the hook. I think the rest of us should just grab a lawn chair, sit back, and watch how this plays out.