In The Know

What's the tea? What did she say about her? Did you hear what she did? Did you hear what's happening with _____? Oh my gosh, he's dating her? Did you see what's trending on Twitter?

I wonder why everyone gets so absorbed with others' lives. I wonder why everyone says that they will start to mind their own business and not care about anyone else's private life, but then jump on a new scandal or ground breaking news. People love looking at social media and being able to see or say something about someone.

Isn't it interesting to see what's going on? What's going on with this famous person? Why are they making decisions? Why are they doing what they're doing? What are they doing right now? What's going on in a different part of the world? Why is that happening? Wow, I hate that this is happening, but I can't do anything about it.

It's interesting to look and see if there are people that are saying things that are exactly what you're thinking. Or if there are people saying things that are the complete opposite, then getting angry at the fact that people think differently than you do. Or if there's someone who has posted something with more information about something, or if there's posted proof about something that people are gossiping about.

I wonder why I do it too. It just makes me upset. I've gotten better about it, but once I hear about something or see even a small detail about it, I just get upset about the fact that I know. Because I don't want to know.

Being in-the-know is all there is to know now. But I don't want to know. I don't want to be around. I don't understand. Civilization and the expected way of life includes this kind of culture and behavior and I don't want to be apart of it. I don't want to understand it or know about it. I sometimes think that I'm the only one who thinks this way.

What happened to being at home and thinking about what you've got to do to get some things in your life straight? Or just watching a funny show because it helps you become less stressed? Even when it's your day off from work, you're still gonna be followed by needing to be in-the-know, because if you aren't, then everyone else will be. Then you'll have to be around everyone else, and that's all they will talk about.

We still have to be in-the-know, because if you aren't, then the world will force you to be.