What's so bad about gossip?

That's really bad and very bad attitude. Tongue is like a two edge sword it can cut deep,too deep that can even reached the soul. Gossips will never make anything good in our lives. I am thankful I never indulge myself in such a habit.I am a homebody person and some called me loner, but I never had any regret being alone than mingling with people who talks about other people's lives.

Hello amhaarets! I agree with you that gossip is very bad. I don't like people who are gossip. It make me discomfort.

I'm not even interested on hearing another gossip. A lot of people are really tempted to share what they know, or what they think they know about others. Others just keeps sharing whatever to me, and they think I enjoy it. I don't like knowing things that doesn't really help me in the long run, it just makes my life complicated. I even made it clear at one point that the next person to whisper a gossip to me will punched in the face.

Well gossip really is not a bad thing strictly speaking. But there are times where people take what can be something innocent and really run with it, until it spins into something that is absolutely and utterly out of control. There are times where I think that something that starts innocent in the morning, can mutate into something that is horrifying and borderline outlandish, to completely outlandish by the time lunch runs around. Obviously I think that there are many points where I take everything said by many people with the utmost grains of salt. There are just a lot of people out there who will spin a fanciful tale to say the very least, even if it does start out as the truth. It becomes less so as we tend to really go right on that road. Gossip is just something that rarely if ever ends in anything other than in tears. It is the nature of the horrifying beast.

gossips is really bad. its like destroying other's reputation in a slip of a tongue, spreading rumors like a deadly disease. we cannot avoid gossips in our lives as long as there are people who loves gossips and talking about other people's lives. people who are like these have so many insecurities in their bodies. they can't be contented with what they already have and they love looking at other people's "home". well, the solution keep away from them and try to be discreet. we cannot completely avoid them and just ignore them. if you know the truth, never fear for God will never forsake you.

All I know is, gossip does not make sense. It desserves no single time from us. You are right it could ruin the life of others. Whenvever we are tempted to gossip others we should think first the result of it. Let us spend our time with valuable things not on useless things like gossip.

Well, sometimes, gossip can hurt people depending on the gossip. I had a few friends who were victims of bad gossip, and it nearly destroyed their lives back in high school. Now, as an adult, and in college, no one really cares, but I know that in high school, it can be a problem.

what's not good about gossip is that it is spread so fast by people who like to talk about others, even their friends and they feel like they are better than everyone else after they have tried to ruin someone's life with gossip. I think anything that only makes us lose time and gain nothing in the end out of such activity is no good thing to do at all.

I couldn't agree with you more..lol Gossip usually starts out as simple speculation on someone's part...and from there it just seems to snowball into something horrible. It's seems to me it is especially bad in the case of kids and or young adults in school. Many people have gone so far as to end their own lives because of gossip. You are very wise not to want to participate. I hope you spread the word among your friends. Happy Mylotting Mari

I will help you say that gossip helps destroy lives. I now live in a small rural town,but came from the west coast. I was so very surprised to see how people,treat friends. Talk about them and laugh in their face. In fact I have had so much trouble dealing with that, in fact dealing with it now. So I just seperate myself. The only conclusion I can come up with is that people don't value friendship, or that's just the was things are in some places. Me I would rather not deal with a person if I have to talk about them, and them and say they are my friends,oh by nthe way you are so right I hear people talking and there is not a word of truth to what is being said. I am not the person I used to be, so I decided to do things I love and forget all the things that bring people down. popciclecold

I find gossip is normally 9\10 a lie or mis conception of someone else and usually is a negative outlook of said person being gossiped about and gossip normally leads to someone looking very negativly in the end or a rumour is started due to this said person has "SMALL UNIT"" lol or something and gets bashed due to what was said i think gossip is very unfair as one person starts it and it is passed on best example is with small childern and the phone trick were say one thing by time it gets across room it is a completly different story lol .. Best of luck ~~!LOW

I am fine with gossip as long as I get to do it. If someone else does it, to me, it is worse than any thing bad that can happen. That is my stand on gossip. Now that you have said what is all that bad about gossip, let me tell you something good about it. You know exactly what others think of you, provided some friend, who gossips with them, comes and tells you about it. That is gossiping again! Who doesn't gossip? I do it, then, I am expressing my opinion, You do it, then, you are backbiting, society does it, then, they are witch hunting, nations do it, then it is propaganda, world does it, then, it is United Nations debate. That is all I have to say! By the way did you hear what that person did? It's so shameful and............

Completely gossips are bad, who among you saying that gossip had good effect to the concern and to the gossipers.. Meaning all about gossip are negative effect to us.

it can only ruin good relationship of every individual.

The bad about gossips is that when it spreads among others, whether true or not there could be added or missed in the story which could lead to worst stories. If you don't what to be the "star" of gossips, try to avoid being part of spreading humors about others because it might come to a point that you will be the one talked about.

Ironically, I am becoming addicted to this show called Gossip Girl, wherein a cyber personality spreads gossip about particular people in a particular society. Yes, physically and legally, gossip is not damaging. However, in terms of social implications, gossip is a weapon and a damaging one at that. it is unverified information spread around with malicious intent. the object of the gossip is often harmed morally or psychologically. It is like one big mind game and there is one big target. I have encountered several gossip mongers and I feel that I cannot trust them fully. It's like their betrayal of trust of another person will also be applicable to myself. It's hard to convert a gossip monger (I tried and failed) and for them, it's the thrill of their life. Nothing is more exciting than a juicy gossip. doesn't matter who is the target as long as a person is a target.

Gossip can lead to people getting their feelings hurt. Often times gossip grows as it passes down the line and many things that are not true end up being spread around. In the end people end up feeling bad and losing friends.

hi,i think i should to say that, gossip is the disaster is what make enemies since the people you are toalkin to are taling about other people, sure and deficnily they will talke aobut you, its their work, i mean they have nothing importantt in their life s they talk about other people, so we all have falls and we are not perfect why talks about thing not good i other people then, what you think of that, do you like to make your time for gossip instead of doing something useful that make syou happy

beleive it or not, but every human being gossips, Be it a male or a female. gossip becomes dangerous when the news or the gossips becomes untrue or a rumour. some people create gossip while some only gossip about the truth. people creating gossips are not to be trusted but to identify them or know them is not easy. So gossip is part of a life in todays world.