The truth about gossip vigilantes
Let they who have never bitched about a friend over brunch cast the first hash brown.
![Two friends having brunch, one says: 'I hate Justin' and the other says 'OMG me too' Two friends having brunch, one says: 'I hate Justin' and the other says 'OMG me too'](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa87260b-04d1-404e-8c11-db8cbe4de79c_3859x2640.jpeg)
We are encouraged, by mental health advocates and video call companies, to talk, keep communication going. But there’s a wrong kind of conversation, the badspeak, the kind of talking that the puritanical village elders of the internet would rather you didn't engage in: a good old-fashioned bitching sessio…
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