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That sucks. You'd think people would have gotten out of their gossiping phase while in high school.
Nope. This never ends. A Navy ship, particularly on deployment? Huge gossip machine. Whenever you put people into a confined space/area, with limited access to the outside world, and limited forms of entertainment, (and I'm pretty sure a remote mining camp is like a Navy ship in this) the only thing left to do is talk..............and nothing is more entertaining than people drama (because politics and religion get old after a while, and not everyone wants to talk about sex or sports).
In the end it's usually pretty harmless, though, so I don't usually worry about it
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."
-Thomas Jefferson
Let a man never stir on his road a step
without his weapons of war;
for unsure is the knowing when the need shall arise
of a spear on the way without.
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Nope. This never ends. A Navy ship, particularly on deployment? Huge gossip machine. Whenever you put people into a confined space/area, with limited access to the outside world, and limited forms of entertainment, (and I'm pretty sure a remote mining camp is like a Navy ship in this) the only thing left to do is talk..............and nothing is more entertaining than people drama (because politics and religion get old after a while, and not everyone wants to talk about sex or sports).
^This.
I'd add that talking about people is the lowest common denominator, really. Most other topics for discussion usually involve some effort, or at least thought. Generally speaking, gossipers simply stay away from the heavy topics.
IMO, as much as I detest the shit, it probably is a decent escape from the (WTF is the word??) labor and thought in those types of situations. I just prefer to do my own thinking. Which involves having original thought in the first place.
Then, of course, there's always the fun part of actually causing people to gossip. You know? Giving them something to talk about? I've been known to start a scandal or two, just to see how far the gossip ring will take my behavior and run with it. Does that make me evil?
And, yes. I know: I'm off topic as hell. Sue me.
"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." - Ayn Rand
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius
"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice." - Mark Twain
"The only gossip I'm interested in is things from the Weekly World News - 'Woman's bra bursts, 11 injured'. That kind of thing." - Johnny Depp
Sounds like it's going to wind up being more of a mining operation than a tooth pull by the time you get there Bet it'll be such a relief once it's finally out, though.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."
-Thomas Jefferson
Let a man never stir on his road a step
without his weapons of war;
for unsure is the knowing when the need shall arise
of a spear on the way without.
-
Another piece of my broken tooth in back broke off. I bet by Tuesday night, it will be an easy pull.
What's really fun with broken teeth is that sometimes, even after the remains are pulled out, little chips and chunks will work their way out of the socket & healing gum for weeks afterwards. It's like you're teething all over again.
The forum member formerly known as perzephone. Or Perze. I've shed a skin.
What's really fun with broken teeth is that sometimes, even after the remains are pulled out, little chips and chunks will work their way out of the socket & healing gum for weeks afterwards. It's like you're teething all over again.
:='(: oh hell no
oh my rant. Feeling under the weather with the tooth thing...being the only waitress on all 40 lanes....extreme bowling time comes 2 hours before we close...and so does a group of 20 children! At least I made monies. But dayum.
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