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What's with all this hate on gossipers, HN? You could argue most conversations are gossip (two people talking about an absent third). How many of you have talk
by ggggtez 8y ago
What's with all this hate on gossipers, HN?
You could argue most conversations are gossip (two people talking about an absent third). How many of you have talked about Donald Trump or Barack Obama? Did you politely wait for them to come to dinner before discussing whether you like or dislike them? Obviously not.
- jfz 8y agoWould you still apply the term "gossip" to talking about celebrities or politicians? When you are talking about people in their professional capacities (talking about the politics of the politicians, and talking about the pastimes of the celebrities), you can discuss substantive concepts. Gossip typically refers to discuss the character of the absent party - discussing software written by your friend isn't gossip if the focus of the conversation is the software, not the friend.