Everyone has a bit of drama in their life. Some have it very less and infrequent, while others have it more often than regular Broadway cast members. Whatever may be the frequency with you, you cannot deny the fact that it does add some spice in life.
As is the case with charity, drama begins at home. Right from the moment one is born, interesting gossip begins. Who is the cutest kid on the block? Why is my 19 month old son still shorter than the neighbour’s 16 month old toddler.
However, the real fun is during school, when innumerable comparisons about other students getting higher marks, or how some parents pamper their kids with expensive toys and games prompting their own children demanding the same. Or how a brash bully needs to be taught a lesson (which is awesome by the way, I mean the teaching a lesson part and not the bullying part).
In fact, some of the claims are so ridiculous they’re outlandish, like how the only reason that kid gets such high marks is his/her parents have arranged for seven extra tuition teachers for the four subjects in school and that every full moon they light up a fire, dance around it only wearing a hoola hoop of leaves and beheading the chicken to please the almighty Goddess of the perfect GPA!
These ridiculous comparisons, speculations, gossip and conspiracy theories continue to one’s adult life and do not leave their side until they’re lying on their death bed. With the advent of the internet, people have found new and more innovative ways to create and enjoy drama. Forums are full of internet trolls lurking around, trying to seize the slighest opportunity to start a flame wars among users or groups with different ideologies, while they sit back, relax and enjoy with a bag of popcorn.
I do not remember a single platform where I haven’t come across disagreements over the most mundane of things. You name it, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Reddit, Nimbuzz, eBuddy, even the holy grail of WordPress, a platform which a lot of users swear by.
Oh yes, it is true. WordPress is indeed a very weird, drama conductive platform. On the one hand, we have the majority, a sect of bloggers which figuratively fellates fellow bloggers with comments like “Oh, it was so awesome, awe inspiring. Your post changed my life.”
No! It didn’t change your life. It was, at best, a sophomoric attempt at writing and admittedly a lot of improvement would be seen if a few creases were ironed out, but please, do not make these people overconfident in their ability. I literally have seen more than a thousand blogs with mediocre writing being verbally fellated by other mediocre writers in the comments section. (See, even I am trying to cause a bit of drama with such disparaging comments. π )
On the other hand, we have the snowflakes people. A typical conversation with them goes a bit something like this :
Me : Hey. Somebody liked your post.
Snow : Oh, what’s the meaning of just a like? They didn’t even read it that’s why they pressed like and moved on.
Me : Hey. Somebody has commented “Nice post!” on one of your posts.
Snow : I wish the comments were more meaningful. Oh God, why have you sent a saint like me among the donkeys of the blogging world?
Me : Hey. Somebody has posted a long meaningful comment on one of your posts.
Snow : Oh c’mon! How am I supposed to reply to something like that? Can’t people have more brevity?
The bottomline is, there is no pleasing such people. They find fault with everything. I don’t even know how to deal with such people, but the only thing I would suggest is, you yourself don’t be like that, the complaints will reduce, one blogger at a time.
Another breed of bloggers that comes to my mind is what I call as “The Hater of Haters”. These people write a long 600 word essay slamming their so called “Haters”, all without particularly naming anyone and being as passive aggressive as possible. The icing on the cake is when at the end they say, “Oh haters don’t bother me at all. I have a skin thicker than an alligator” Well, why did you write such a long post then?
A prime example of such a post would be this.
So after all this nonsensical talk, most of which I’m sure didn’t make any sense to any of you, I would like to say that drama is a part and parcel of life, be it online or IRL. Either you can indulge in a bit of gossip and enjoy, or you can try to stay away and fail miserably.
The point is, these things don’t leave one’s back, as long as we have a functioning society and humans socializing with other humans, there will be drama, gossip, unjust comparisons and outlandish theories about a character’s backstory. Embrace it as a part of your life and don’t take everything too seriously, a philosophy I’m desperately trying to follow.
Want to chat and gossip with me? The comments section is wide open. Oh, you meant something more private? Well contact me here or DM me on Twitter. As usual,
Much love,
–SG
So true! And then you have the people who never forget history and everything refers to history. They never concede that each person is individual and that is always ourselves we bring to the table: where we grew up, where we traveled to, our past jobs and the fact that we read and are open to discussion. Enjoy your day.
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Oh yes the hardheaded one. More often than not such people fall in to the entitled Snowflakes category. Whatever they say is right, whatever you say is wrong.
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Exactly. Like the world hasn’t changed since 1863 and the Civil War is still going on. Yeech. Give me a cup of coffee and a new discussion with an old poet of the times long gone and he or she will see the differences in a New York Minute.
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Realy a meaning full massage Gem
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Thanks. I certainly do enjoy these “massages”. π
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When I like something then I convey my words, I think it’s right way to express thoughts.
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It certainly is Poonam. I wish we had more people like you in this world.
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I found so many in this wordpress world in 2 months, and I realy enjoy this world, and when I found your post then I think it’s perfectly fit in many ways.
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Me 2
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Hahaha!! Quite a tirade there!! Full of drama. And I’m waiting for the next Full Moon. Hoping to catch a few hoola hoopers !!! π
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Oh I hope you do and stop them from casting an evil spell on your sons so that they get lesser marks. (courtesy the God of Procrastination) π
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No worries. I shall be carrying along some green chillies and a lemon as a shield against evil eyes!!! π
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when i first got into this site; i was a little bit confused at all the sugary sweetness, honestly. But slowly i realized that a lot of people were just fishing for likes.
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I read it. I enjoyed it.And off course i liked it.. ππ
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Haha, don’t worry, I’m not a snowflake. I won’t patronize you over such a petty thing. π
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Hahaha.. you wouldn’t need to and i don’t worry either ππ We all value our time and cherish the messages these volcanic words convey..! So you’re welcome and thank you for the messageππ
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Iβm not sure when I followed your blog.. but am I glad to have stumbled upon this on my reader. You have a way of sarcastically articulating yourself in such a way that only my alter ego does.. Iβm in envy! Oh and this was definitely humorous. I found myself nodding and agreeing, until we got to the part about snowflake bloggers and I had to pause and give myself a reality check; that definitely hit a spot π
Lesson learnt: as long as youβre alive.. you will encounter drama wherever you go
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When I said snowflake bloggers I meant not that I leaving meaningless comments or likes.. but that when I notice that someone has done that to me.. I do complain and feel even more hurt at the lack of effort π
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Haha, I know I know. A lot of people can unknowingly be snowflakes, complaining about such small and petty things. I guess the real reality check comes when they actually venture out in the world, face some real world problems and see how these so called blogging problems are nothing in comparison.
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Very true
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True that!
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Okay so that means no more “it’s nice” or “it was awesome” comments on your post henceforth πππ Hahaha
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I’m not a snowflake Sanjana. I don’t mind any comments or any number of likes. If anything, I’m a “hater of haters”, read the post properly. π
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Yes yes I get that, it was just a little joke there.
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That’s alright. For a moment I thought you didn’t particularly understand the post. π
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ππππzipped….πππ
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I think “drama” in life is needed. π without a bit of drama life is boring πyeah! Life is boring. Trust me on this! I swear it is. No one knows it better than me or without of some people. Well…. But I’m totally against people who exagerate things! They create a mess. Just on a small thing, they make the issue a huge mess.
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Awesome gem… Actually this piece is a gem… Great to read you weaved out a tale from just one word
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Perhaps you’d like to read my other stuff too then. I’m pretty sure you’ll like them. π
Thanks a lot for the visit.
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Love your blog
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I liked your excerpt. Again amazing post full of drama. π
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Hahaha I enjoyed reading it so much!!! You remain one of my favorites, not at all non sensical, very nicely out, damn youπ±lol
Lots of love and hugs
Jay:)
See you on the other side
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I used to be what they called a ” drama queen”. I was always in some mess or someone’s business and I had to have the news. As I have become older, I realized drama is draining. It causes anxiety and stress. It can cause you to age faster and even cause heart problems. So I leave the drama for my momma, and an occasional reality show.
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LOL! I’m still LOLling… Though I hope I’m not in any of those blogger categories you’ve discussed above π Drama is what makes life interesting. What would it be if we were all tame and well-tempered? Hee hee… My two cents
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Haha. Nice to see you back on my blog after such a long time.
And no, you don’t fall into any of those categories. In fact, you’re one of the saner heads in this world, willing to discuss things and address problems (and not blatantly praising anything and everything.)
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OMG! High praise always makes my day π
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I loved reading it yaaarπ
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Haha thanks Puja! π
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Welcome π
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Deep thought
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Thanks for following my blog; you are very kind.
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Yes I am.
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Kindness is a fleeing part of life. I see less and less of it.
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Thanks for being a friend; you are very kind.
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Ahahaha! You read me. π figures I should be half asinine and return the favor
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That would be lovely Mr Jones.
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Reblogged this on Cereus Florus and commented:
Kaboom! π
For Heaven’s sake, we need more drama, SG! Please start writing again!
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