I've been trying to write a post now for a few days and every time I do I abort and start again. Well today this is it, however this comes out is how its going to be posted. I've had a weird week in SL and a few things have really rattled me. As I've said I've tried to write down all of what has happened and how its made me feel but I've failed at every attempt but today, lets say that it was the straw that broke the camels back and I am now seriously not a happy bunny.
It seems that people have got a bee in their bonnet about who dances with who and why, and where. Followed by mindless idle gossip, mixed with a few well placed words and "hey presto!!" it seems like the whole of SL is out to get just one person.
You know what, I'm fed up with all of it, and if I'm being exceptionally blunt here, so what. When two people break up on SL, thats it… its the way it is…. get over it. Because of one persons actions its having an impact on a lot of people and very unnecessarily so. Wether this has been done maliciously or not, the effects of "careless talk" are now having a ripple effect and having an impact on people that definitely do not deserve such treatment.
Gossip is careless in any form and in any forum, and I actually haven't ever encountered it in a big way on SL apart from what I hear from other people. I find it difficult to believe that people are really that bothered with what might or might not be happening with one or two people on here when it is, essentially an escape from reality and real life.
Things move on so quickly on SL I just can't believe that anything that happens today will be news tomorrow and/or be interesting to others. So why does it seem that there are just a few people that just want to keep bringing up old news and making things difficult. Its also really important to remember that however reasonable someone seems to be, they will only ever tell you their side of the story and there is never only one side – of course this is true in RL too. But people very easily and sometimes unreasonably forget this. Lets face it, its much easier to listen to a friend and believe everything they tell you and not see that there could be another explanation for whatever has happened.
It frustrates and angers me that people see fit to take on other people's problems and attempt to sort them out when in fact all they're doing is making everyone's life horrible in the process. I guess what I'm trying to say is, think sometimes before you act on something that may or may not be 100% true or at very least will be unfortunately manipulated by the person telling the story to make themselves look better.
Sadly most of this is all just human nature and me ranting about it here will do nothing to stop it from happening, but I must admit, just writing this down has given me a sense of satisfaction for five or so minutes.
So, I'm sorry that this is a rant and I hate having rants on blogs, but I just had to get this off my chest.
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