I thought I'd post this because of a situation I was recently involved in. The other day, I ran into some acquaintances I haven't seen in quite a while. We began to chat about someone we both knew. They mentioned that they no longer associated with this person and started talking all this bad stuff about them. This person has actually become a good friend of mine since we all hung out in the past. The stuff they were saying was completely untrue as I was involved in the situations from behind the scenes. I didn't tell them this because I wanted hear everything they had to say.
Boy did they get their facts wrong. It seemed like the only objective with this was to slander my friend and make people think bad about him for their gain. Come to find out, they were telling this to a lot of people.
So my question to you is, do you believe everything you here? If someone talks bad about another person you may or may not know, are you automatically going to judge that person?
Me personally, if someone starts talking bad about another person, and it sounds like stuff I shouldn't need to know, I automatically think that the person talking bad has an agenda.
I like to make my own judgments and until someone does me wrong, they have my respect.
What is your take?
Boy did they get their facts wrong. It seemed like the only objective with this was to slander my friend and make people think bad about him for their gain. Come to find out, they were telling this to a lot of people.
So my question to you is, do you believe everything you here? If someone talks bad about another person you may or may not know, are you automatically going to judge that person?
Me personally, if someone starts talking bad about another person, and it sounds like stuff I shouldn't need to know, I automatically think that the person talking bad has an agenda.
I like to make my own judgments and until someone does me wrong, they have my respect.
What is your take?
As a naturally paranoid and pessimistic bastard I find it easiest to just assume the worst until proven otherwise. It either leaves me pleasantly surprised or at the least not disappointed. 
As for rumors, take them with a grain of salt, like any other gossip.
As for rumors, take them with a grain of salt, like any other gossip.
Probably the nastiest thing about rumors is, each time they're told by another person, they seem to pick up a bit more on the juiciness scale.
"Did you hear so-and-so got a ticket for going through a stop sign" eventually has so-and-so accused of DUI vehicular homicide.
Why folks feel the need to embelish what they've been told is beyond me.
Rumors have a way of taking on a life of their own.
There's probably no place where the rumor mill is more active than in the military.
In fact, we had a saying when I was in the Navy: "If you don't hear a rumor by 1600hrs (4:00 pm) - start one."
"Did you hear so-and-so got a ticket for going through a stop sign" eventually has so-and-so accused of DUI vehicular homicide.
Why folks feel the need to embelish what they've been told is beyond me.
Rumors have a way of taking on a life of their own.
There's probably no place where the rumor mill is more active than in the military.
In fact, we had a saying when I was in the Navy: "If you don't hear a rumor by 1600hrs (4:00 pm) - start one."
I just don't get why people think bashing other people is going to help themselves look better? Every situation has two sides to it and that situation should remain between those two sides. When one of the sides starts running their mouth, it makes me think that they don't have anything else to stand on other than making the other party look bad. WTF?
I seldom believe anything I hear about others in the way of he said she said info. According to some of the latest research the spreading of bogus information is much more common than spreading the truth. As if we didn't already know this. Carrierman is correct. According to this research study the people embellished and almost can
Completely agree with what everyone has said already.
It's just sad some people never left High school.
It's just sad some people never left High school.