Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

Gossip (general)

1-Idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others

2- A person given to tattling or idle talk

Yenta (Jewish)

1- A person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip

I only picked those two definitions because I don't know what the words are in other cultures. If you do, please let me know. The interesting thing to me is that the people I know who are either a Gossip or a Yenta never have anything good to say. They love Dirty Laundry.

The press, TV and all other media are the same - they love Dirty Laundry. The reason they love it so much is because WE love it so much. Dirty Laundry gets your attention. Dirty Laundry makes you feel your life isn't so bad. Dirty Laundry makes you feel you are getting information that nobody else knows (which is bullshit). The bottom line is - Dirty Laundry is FUN.

Tell me is "John is such a loving husband" more fun than "John is making in-and-out with Joan his administrator." The answer isn't no, the answer is HELL NO!  We love it even more when we get Dirty Laundry about rich people, powerful people and/or famous people.

Dirty Laundry is much different than negative energy. The media spewing out negative news is not fun. Friends, family or any other person or group giving you negative energy is depressing. Depressing is NOT FUN! 

Some of us don't like people who Gossip or don't like a Yenta. I say, bring them on. Even if the Dirty Laundry coming out of their mouth is bullshit - it still FUN. We all know the crap information being written in rag sheets like The Star, National Inquirer, The New York Daily News, etc. etc. are at most fifty percent accurate, however, most of us look at the front page on our way to the check-out counter.  

Why Do We Look? Because Dirty Laundry IS FUN!!