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I hold on to my anonymity, like balloon with a string attach to a brick

You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.


See that helium balloon on a string. It's bright, buoyant, and impossible to ignore; once released, it drifts higher, visible to everyone, yet beyond the holder’s control.

Losing my anonymity works the same way. The moment I step into the spotlight, my privacy lifts out of reach and I becomes a spectacle.

The string of the ballon suggests a trace of connection to a normal life, but it is only a reminder of what can no longer be grasped.

Tge visibility brings attention; attention invites interpretation; interpretation becomes copy.

People have shape my story in the clever turn of a headline, the wink of a gossip item, the quick jab of a column, because the public self has become communal property.
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Beautifullyderanged · 41-45, F
I suppose then, a person needs to decide how much of their true self they feel would need to be hidden and if they have the strength deal with the repurcussions of either truth or lies coming out before they let themselves become fodder for the masses.
HumanEarth · F
Sometimes the spotlight shines on a few unexpectedly and never really ready to handle it.
Beautifullyderanged · 41-45, F
@HumanEarth I think I would be interested in whether they would be upset for themselves, or more annoyed about the reactions of others. I have my own secrets that I'm not ashamed of, but would take too long to explain and so it would be tiresome and draining if certain people knew. I wouldn't be bothered by the lies...
HumanEarth · F
Or how the public twist them secrets into something a lot worse. Then trying to prove that's not the truth, but a twisted version of the truth. Just to sell newspapers, and TV time
Beautifullyderanged · 41-45, F
@HumanEarth its so sad that people feel they need to make up things when there is already so much twisted stuff going on in the world, it would keep media busy for decades, but of course we're not supposed to know about that. Its easier and less damaging to harrass the 'everyday' person then risk upsetting the wrong people
HumanEarth · F
Sicking isn't it... truly is disturbing