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Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Smart Girls podcast. I'm Shay. I'm Jess. And today we have a really juicy episode on drama.

Rumors and secrets. Yeah.

And these are the things, Shea that, well, first of all, they cause a lot of heartbreak in our lives.

It caused a lot of friend breakups.

Mm-hmm.

And yet, I think the sharing and spreading of information, like gossip and rumors, is also becoming more complicated because of social media.

I was going to say that.

I think it happens a lot faster now because of social media.

Like if somebody catches a moment on video or in a picture or even just if they type it out in a text, it just spreads like wildfire, even more so than just by word of mouth.

Yeah. And by the way, I mean, rumors, gossip, all so than just by word of mouth. Yeah.

And by the way, I mean, rumors, gossip, all that stuff existed well before the internet.

Yeah.

But I do think the internet kind of helps make it come faster.

And I think it's more embarrassing.

Like I obviously grew up when the internet was not a thing.

And, you know, I did plenty of embarrassing things or, you know, had some really tough

moments with friends.

And just thankfully, that maybe was shared within, like, our friends group and our school, which was mortifying enough.

But let alone out, like, the whole world.

As strangers on the Internet.

And strangers.

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