On Office Gossip...
People in offices often try to not become the main attraction for people to gossip about but office gossip actually keeps selfish and immoral individuals in check. Those who behave selfishly or immorally will have more people gossip about them where eventually a large sum of people know about their behavior.
It's not all bad though. The recipients who get ostracized by the gossip actually will start to change their ways in order to be re-accepted into the group and to not be ostracized anymore.
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