What can I do with people's secrets?
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February 24th, 2009
I overhear a lot. I think it’s because people think I have a meek personality and they think I won’t tell anyone. But the truth is, if I could pin someone I really hated, I would do it. Or, if i see it’s the right thing to do, I would tell.
Basically, people just talk when I’m in the room and expect nothing to happen. It’s really their own fault. Also, I find that omission of information can cause equal damage as letting people know.
So, how can I profit from these people and their dirty lives? Is there a way I can do it without getting caught?
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And the irony in this is that a lot of secrets are being told in a student newspaper office.
You probably could blackmail them, or just circulate if that’s your intent, but it won’t do you anything but harm in the long run. I hear a lot of secrets as well, being a rather quiet fellow, but I don’t spread them. In some part due to that fact, I’ve gotten myself a reputation as a trustworthy person. That’s worth more than anything you could get by spreading dirt about people.
Keep them. Let them live their lives.
Come to think of it, I couldn’t do it. It’s very insulting that they think I can be pushed around and not be able to push back, but at the same time I know it’s true. People think of me as a nice guy, and if I’m no longer nice, then what else do I have? People do confide in me about things (relationships, jobs, etc…), but what I was talking about was people who just ignore my presence and think I’m a pushover. Word might leak out about me and then the people whose secrets I’d never tell (the people who confide in me) would no longer trust me, and that would suck.
I do hate that I can’t let a lot of these things out. It’s like it’s in my throat, but it’s in my nature to swallow it back down. I really do want to get them, but I can’t find myself to do it. What’s another means that causes less harm and that I’m capable of?
When someone is talking carelessly in your presence, do or say something to let them know that you’re listening. Butt into their conversation at some point to give your opinion, to remind them that they’re in public, and that you are listening.
make really awesome postsecrets out of the good ones, send them in, and not only will you have the satisfaction of having something you made posted online where everyone sees it, but you’ll also be like “HAH. now everyone knows their dirty little secrets” but you won’t look like a jerk. and chances are the people who told you will see them if they get posted and maybe get kind of freaked out if it’s specific enough.
anonymity is a wonderful thing.
Being able to list “confidentiality” and “discretion” as a character attribute pays off in the professional world. If you have the need to tell, write fiction, and change the names to protect the innocent. Weave the secrets together. Telling only superficially increases popularity, because there’s a meanness to it.
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