Discretion is a Super Power

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And the psychological issue underlying that is ceasing the need for outside validation. But this film it culture is terrible for people. They become addicted to the dysfunction. From a behaviorist perspective they receive positive reinforcement in the form of likes instantly for sharing outlandish shyt online. This history of reinforcement maintains and generalizes this type of chatty patty behavior. Fukks up nearly every dynamic of their lives unchecked.

The stewards of these platforms not only have an awareness of this behavior, they actively exploit it and are directly responsible for refining their algorithms to produce these outcomes. This isn't happenstance.
 

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And when you don't let them know every detail of your life, they get somewhat offended.. Like you're somehow obligated to tell them your business..
You gon make me mad mad:lolbron:
I’m irritated just thinking about this shyt.:mjlol:
Hit the nail on the head. I’ve had family members even confront me about it.

Them: “Why you gotta be so secretive? Aint nobody worried about you?!”:angry:

Me: “Good! Glad to hear it! Catch ya later bums!”:umad:

You ever had them go the sweet route to coerce shyt outta you?

It’s a trap!
 
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I dunno who needed to hear this today, but learning how to move in silence, having discretion, knowing how to interact with people while keeping your mouth shut…

It’s a SUPER POWER.
An art form.
A relationship/marriage saver
A bond keeper.
A life saver.
A job/networking asset.

It goes beyond just minding your business. Or putting on a facade of mystery.

You don’t have to be withdrawn either. You just need to know how to keep your mouth shut in what situations.
You can be happy go lucky, as talkative as you wanna be and still have people know very little about you.

Not everybody needs to know everything. The sun doesn’t need to know the business of the moon.
one thing I've learned about people, only reason why people want to know anything about your personal life is to compare and determine how much respect to give you. and of course gossip and shyt talk behind your back
there is also this strange entitlement to know specific details about your personal life from people and it's because of what I stated above
 

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You gon make me mad mad:lolbron:
I’m irritated just thinking about this shyt.:mjlol:
Hit the nail on the head. I’ve had family members even confront me about it.

Them: “Why you gotta be so secretive? Aint nobody worried about you?!”:angry:

Me: “Good! Glad to hear it! Catch ya later bums!”:umad:

You ever had them go the sweet route to coerce shyt outta you?

It’s a trap!

I'll take it even further.. You ever had them tell you what they got going on, so you can tell them what you got going on?
Like we swapping information.. :pachaha:
 

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one thing I've learned, people only reason why people want to know anything about your personal life is to compare and determine how much respect to give you. and of course gossip and shyt talk behind your back
This is so sad to me. And I don’t get it. Personally I’m a fukking vault.

People tell me crazy shyt all the time. Personal details. All kinds of stuff. Deep traumas, secrets, insecurities. I’ve had great conversations in DMs, PMs. I get told all kinds of shyt by people. Friends, family…

You know why? Because 1.) they know my silly ass won’t even remember half of it:mjlol: 2.) I’m usually too distracted by the shyt I’m doing in my life to tell it b/c gossip is boring to me.
I’m more interested in somebody doing a an animated or live action remake of Pirates of Dark Water. Picking out which pink color polish I want on my toes. Taking pictures of some weird ass bug I saw in the woods. Taking backshots. Cashing in these contracts for work. K/d ratios. Oh I saw a deer on my greenway trail! Let’s go white water rafting!

There’s a million things going on in life to focus on than being a dog that brings a bone and carries one.

Stay sucker and drama free kiddos!
 
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This is so sad to me. And I don’t get it. Personally I’m a fukking vault.

People tell me crazy shyt all the time. Personal details. All kinds of stuff. Deep traumas, secrets, insecurities. I’ve had great conversations in DMs, PMs. I get told all kinds of shyt by people. Friends, family…

You know why? Because 1.) they know my silly ass won’t even remember half of it:mjlol: 2.) I’m usually too distracted by the shyt I’m doing in my life to tell it b/c gossip is boring to me.
I’m more interested in somebody doing a an animated or live action remake of Pirates of Dark Water. Picking out which pink color polish I want on my toes. Taking pictures of some weird ass bug I saw in the woods. Taking backshots. Cashing in these contracts for work. K/d ratios. Oh I saw a deer on my greenway trail! Let’s go white water rafting!

There’s a million things going on in life to focus on than being a dog that brings a bone and carries one.

Stay sucker and drama free kiddos!
you don't have a malicious heart based on how you are describing yourself
we are all capable of doing foul shyt even if we are decent people but there are people who only see other people as some assets or some level of the playing field as if they are stuck in school games
the amount of times I've seen people fake a persona only to get information out of you after they have gained your trust is disgusting
I've had people tell me very personal things because they trusted me enough with the information without me asking
I feel there is a bond formed when that happens if someone feels comfortable enough to tell you something personal that means they value you in some way
unfortunately there are a lot of wolves that take advantage of basic human interactions
I rememer back in college there was a group of friends who I thought were on that friends for life ish only to find out they absolutely hated one girl and she had no idea. Too cowardly to say anything to her face while calling her a lifelong friend and going out of their way to make her feel like one the duplicity had me dumbfounded
:francis:
it's sad but it is an outcome I see over and over again
 

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I'll take it even further.. You ever had them tell you what they got going on, so you can tell them what you got going on?
Like we swapping information.. :pachaha:
Lemme delete this thread b4 I get too heated.

SIR?!! Do you know my entire family playbook.

They can’t STAND ME. :russ:

cuz I will sit there and listen to their attempts to mine information from me by sharing their fukkery with the most earnest and caring demeanor.

But ain’t no “okay, YOUR TURN!”

NOPE!
But it’s usually easy to pivot the attention back to them b:c they like talking about themselves anyway. So all I’ll do is ask for clarification and before they know it, we’ve spent an entire conversation about them.

All in a good day’s work. Don’t worry about me. Worry about you!:scust:


Why they care so much?!
 

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you don't have a malicious heart based on how you are describing yourself
we are all capable of doing foul shyt even if we are decent people but there are people who only see other people as some assets or some level of the playing field as if they are stuck in school games
the amount of times I've seen people fake a persona only to get information out of you after they have gained their trust is disgusting
I've had people tell me very personal things because they trusted me enough with the information without me asking
I feel there is a bond formed when that happens if someone feels comfortable enough to tell you something personal that means they value you in some way
unfortunately there are a lot of wolves that take advantage of basic human interactions
I rememer back in college there was a group of friends who I thought were on that friends for life ish only to find out they absolutely hated one girl and she had no idea. Too cowardly to say anything to her face while calling her a lifelong friend and going out of their way to make her feel like one the duplicity had me dumbfounded
:francis:
it's sad but it is an outcome I see over and over again

I'm usually the person people overshare with lol, i don't mind and I have no ill intent but I always hope it's because they can tell, not because they are this trusting with everybody they meet.
 

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The peace you get from doing this is paramount.. Nothing compares to it..


Yes! I had to realize living a drama free life is something a lot of people have never had and will never experience. They need to be in the mix either stirring the pot or in the pot boiling.

I had a coworker who always had drama orbiting around her because she never used discretion but hated when her business was in the streets. Like bish are you slow. She was cool but I kept her at a distance. I love that I've chosen my friends wisely because those kind of people are exhausting.
 

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Lemme delete this thread b4 I get too heated.

SIR?!! Do you know my entire family playbook.

They can’t STAND ME. :russ:

cuz I will sit there and listen to their attempts to mine information from me by sharing their fukkery with the most earnest and caring demeanor.

But ain’t no “okay, YOUR TURN!”

NOPE!
But it’s usually easy to pivot the attention back to them b:c they like talking about themselves anyway. So all I’ll do is ask for clarification and before they know it, we’ve spent an entire conversation about them.

All in a good day’s work. Don’t worry about me. Worry about you!:scust:


Why they care so much?!

They really don't. They're usually measuring themselves up with you.. If you come around them happy and peaceful, they wanna see if you're really happy and peaceful.. You gotta tell them you're happy and peaceful because you mind your business..
 

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I dunno who needed to hear this today, but learning how to move in silence, having discretion, knowing how to interact with people while keeping your mouth shut…

It’s a SUPER POWER.
An art form.
A relationship/marriage saver
A bond keeper.
A life saver.
A job/networking asset.

It goes beyond just minding your business. Or putting on a facade of mystery.

You don’t have to be withdrawn either. You just need to know how to keep your mouth shut in what situations.
You can be happy go lucky, as talkative as you wanna be and still have people know very little about you.

Not everybody needs to know everything. The sun doesn’t need to know the business of the moon.
You're right and I was kicking myself about that this AM

I had a solo trip planned for November...mentioned it to a friend and now it's looking like its transitioning to a guys trip, which I don't want

"Big mouth motherfukker :francis:" - Me to me
 
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