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I realized I was addicted to gossiping, so I quit. But after four months, my friends think I'm a narcissistic bore -- and all I want to do is dish some dirt.
  • This article should have been edited and sent to Cary Tennis

    because it can't pass for being a well-written article, and it was meant to provoke some kind of emotional response from the reader, whether a helpful one, or more commonly, one of derision, as Silag deserves. Now not only do her friends think she's a narcissistic bore, but many of Salon's readers think she's a total boor. Ugh, I can't even imagine standing in a tight circle with my coworkers waxing so negatively about anyone, even one who is universally despised. How tasteless!

    That type of behavior reflects far more negatively on the gossip him/herself than it ever does on the subject of the gossip.