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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Gossip Whore
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It's nothing new to me or in general, but seems to be prevalent
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in my life again. 'Scene politics'. Let me define a few things to make
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sure we are on the same wavelength. The scene constitutes any part of
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the online word, who meet via computers, phones, or in person. These
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people share the same interests typically, be it hacking, phreaking,
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or other reasonably specific areas involving computers. Politics in this
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instance is seemingly any communications between said people.
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I won't go into specific cases for this file even though there
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are enough to write several books with. Why not list specific instances
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to better prove my point? Because they propagate themselves in doing
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so. Seems that every day some new situation arises that causes some
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kind of tension or other problems between people in the scene. One of
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the most ironic facets of this problem is that everyone involved in
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it recognizes the problem, and claims to hate it as much as I do. Yet
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it continues on, hanging above us day in and day out.
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For two years now, I have had dealings with someone that lives
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in my area who is part of the scene. Every week of those years I have
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had to watch my back, wondering what he is doing. Outwardly we are good
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friends believe it or not. In social situations or in chat rooms, we
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get along just fine, maintain that we are friends, and continue on. Yet
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once a month I find yet another example of him plotting or scheming for
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some kind of hostile activity for me. Many times there is no direct action,
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but implied threat. I don't know why I carry on as if we are friends
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when I have to watch my back like I do. I guess from here on out I should
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act accordingly. This example is not here to point fingers, but to remind
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everyone of how accustomed we have become to the workings of this monster.
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How does this happen? Forget the 'why', as that can be easily
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and quickly explained as "human nature" for my purposes. As for how,
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that is quite simple too. No, fuck it. Change of venue. How is not
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important either. The reasons do not become the actions, so we will
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not dwell on them. The issue at hand that must be realized is just that,
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that it is a problem we all seem to face, and that it must end no matter
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the cost. This petty bickering and continued backstabbing serves no
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purpose but to alienate each other further.
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Every time I pause while writing, I keep thinking to myself
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that everyone reading this will know of what I speak. That this is by
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no means new to anyone over three years old, and that I shouldn't waste
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my time with things known to all. So let me cut this short and just
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serve this reminder to everyone out there. There are no secrets, especially
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when it comes to your feelings about someone else. If you dislike someone,
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it will be known to them whether it communicates itself via your own
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actions, or the slip of another's tongue. The bigger the secret, or
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the more potent the hatred, the longer it will take to escape and find
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home in new minds. But do not deceive yourself, it will escape.
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In recent days I have found myself caught up in the middle
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of yet another ugly situation. I was brought into the mess by the clever
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manipulation of one person to another. Through a clever lie, information
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was wrongfully passed that prompted one to question me, thus bringing
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me into the fray. Instead of yielding to the politic monsters that
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consume us, I let my mind be known and put my involvement to rest
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at once. My response to the misplaced question the person posed was
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less than hospitable. I did not know the person beyond recognition of
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name and place, but my dagger-like response lay all doubt aside to
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whether I would be part of the ugliness at hand. True, my response
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could have been much less bitter, but anything less and my point
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would not have been as clear as it was.
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This will be my response, my stance, on all scene politics in
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the future. I will not be part of anything of the sort. Realization
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that friends may be lost in the process is foremost on my mind, but
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a necessary evil in the path I have chosen. If you know about what
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I describe above, and are equally as sick as I, then cast away your
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participation in the game. Face the consequences of your actions
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as well as the penalty in doing so, but know that you are ridding
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yourself of inordinant amounts of stress and removing yourself
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from those tense situations.
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The first response from people reading this will be that of
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disbelief. Surely it can't be that easy to distance yourself from
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these situations. Of course it is that easy. Why wouldn't it be?
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You just have to accept that resolve and force your will upon
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others. Let it be known that you will not stand for that kind of
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silliness, and that you refuse to be even a neutral observer. Completely
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remove yourself from the situation as fast as you can, and let things
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work themselves out, without your involvement. It can be done,
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and it is that simple. Seeing is believing as they say, so I encourage
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you to try that. Don't let scene politics be a part of your life,
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and make damn sure they don't control any aspect of it.
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.dis.
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