The Gossip Matrix Why we love talking about people we don't even like...

[Miss_death]

Have you ever noticed how a 2-hour deep conversation about mutual drama or forum fights feels way more therapeutic than actual therapy?
Here is a weird psychological fact: Human beings don't bond over shared love; we bond over shared hatred.
Think about it. If you say, I love this movie someone might say Cool.
But if you say I absolutely loathe that character/person suddenly you have a 3-hour conversation 5 new friends and an unofficial fan club.
We use gossip as a social currency. The moment we share a secret or talk about a controversial topic with someone our brains release dopamine because it creates a false sense of elite trust between us. It’s like a loophole in human evolution we literally built civilizations by talking behind each other's backs.


The internet isn't toxic because people are mean the internet is toxic because drama is the fastest way to feel connected to a stranger.

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[DRAGON LORD]

Have you ever noticed how a 2-hour deep conversation about mutual drama or forum fights feels way more therapeutic than actual therapy?
Here is a weird psychological fact: Human beings don't bond over shared love; we bond over shared hatred.
Think about it. If you say, I love this movie someone might say Cool.
But if you say I absolutely loathe that character/person suddenly you have a 3-hour conversation 5 new friends and an unofficial fan club.
We use gossip as a social currency. The moment we share a secret or talk about a controversial topic with someone our brains release dopamine because it creates a false sense of elite trust between us. It’s like a loophole in human evolution we literally built civilizations by talking behind each other's backs.


The internet isn't toxic because people are mean the internet is toxic because drama is the fastest way to feel connected to a stranger.

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Hmm I think of making a gossip on you, it will be hitting the chart so high

 

[KARNAN]

That's why I never look other problem because I have more on head hahaha

 

[cheetra]

Have you ever noticed how a 2-hour deep conversation about mutual drama or forum fights feels way more therapeutic than actual therapy?
Here is a weird psychological fact: Human beings don't bond over shared love; we bond over shared hatred.
Think about it. If you say, I love this movie someone might say Cool.
But if you say I absolutely loathe that character/person suddenly you have a 3-hour conversation 5 new friends and an unofficial fan club.
We use gossip as a social currency. The moment we share a secret or talk about a controversial topic with someone our brains release dopamine because it creates a false sense of elite trust between us. It’s like a loophole in human evolution we literally built civilizations by talking behind each other's backs.


The internet isn't toxic because people are mean the internet is toxic because drama is the fastest way to feel connected to a stranger.

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Gossip is world's favorite sport....
What wrong with it ? It is best pass time at no expense at all...
Jokes apart,
Gossiping too much can make a person shallow and weak minded. Discuss incidents but not people. Evolutionarily we gossip to identify dangers but now those dangers are nonexistent but our lizard brain is still active.

 

[Miss_death]

That's why I never look other problem because I have more on head hahaha

Real. At this point we are all just trying to survive our own brain's daily chaos.

 

[Miss_death]

Gossip is world's favorite sport....
What wrong with it ? It is best pass time at no expense at all...
Jokes apart,
Gossiping too much can make a person shallow and weak minded. Discuss incidents but not people. Evolutionarily we gossip to identify dangers but now those dangers are nonexistent but our lizard brain is still active.

Exactly. The tragedy is that we evolved to escape wild predators in the jungle but now we've turned other people's lives into the new jungle. We didn’t kill the danger we just converted it into gossip to keep our lizard brain entertained.

 

[KARNAN]

Real. At this point we are all just trying to survive our own brain's daily chaos.

Yeahh