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We’re all Judgmental Gossip’s
But words are not like broken eggs, they can be repaired
Consider two common expressions:
- Words spoken, like eggs broken, cannot be put back together.
- Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.
One implies if you say something horrible, those words can never be taken back and will create irreparable harm.
The other implies words are essentially meaningless and only something physically dangerous — like being hit with a stick — is harmful.
If we’re constantly telling our spouses and children how much we love them but occasionally tell them they’re selfish, judgmental, egotistical, arrogant, lazy, assholes…..are we telling the truth when we’re calm and calculating or does the real truth only come out when we’re infuriated?
I’m sure it’s a little of both — compliments and criticisms are two sides of the same coin.
Only humans can roast each other.
Only humans can trash-talk someone behind their back and tell them the exact, polar, opposite to their face.
We’re inexplicably hypocritical creatures.
We can love you and hate you — with equal intensity and vigor.
