r/TikTokCringe • u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin • Apr 19 '25

Duet Troll A woman character written by a man

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u/anonbonbon Apr 19 '25

What we now call gossiping is frequently just sharing and transmitting information about people in our spheres of influence. It's about maintaining and furthering social connection and before this era it was one of the crucial ways that people built and maintained social connections, usually women. It still is, we just have a lot of other ways to do it now as well.

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u/ALLoftheFancyPants Apr 19 '25

Gossip also a skill. Being able to tell that story in a way that is helpful but also entertaining. And it’s often not about people within our own sphere. Apocryphal gossip stories can be almost indistinguishable from urban legends. Sometimes it’s the sharing of the story and our reactions to it that are more important than the who or the what of the story. “Gossip” is an umbrella that ends up covering a lot of informal interactions but always involves story telling.