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If you pass on bad gossip, people start to dislike you too 📮

A layered cut paper penguin gently putting a paper envelope into a small wooden drawer
The Messenger

Some people tell you, "Someone said bad things about you."

Even if they mean to be kind, it seems people start to dislike the messenger too.

A Set Memory

This is because the brain remembers the bad feeling and the person in front of it together.

⚡ TRY IT
Mail penguin: deliver or keep?
5 letters came for your friend. Which ones do you carry?
You
💌 "Everyone loved your cookies!" ☁️ "Someone said your laugh is too loud." 🎉 "The teacher said your English got better!" ☁️ "Someone said you are a little slow." ☁️ "Someone said your bag looks strange." 📭 No more letters!
Friend
✉️ Letter 1/5
👆 Read the letter, then choose.
☀️ Happy news! They remember it with your face.
☁️ Ouch. They remember the cloud with YOUR face.
🗄️ It stopped with you. Nice!
🤔 That one was good news. You can carry it!
🧠 YOUR FRIEND'S MEMORY OF YOU
Nothing yet.
☀️ When your friend sees you, they think of sunny things!
☁️ Now when your friend sees you, the clouds come back too…
⭐ Good choices: 0/5
Stop It Here

Let's keep bad gossip to ourselves.

Carry Good News

On the other hand, with good news, they may remember you with a happy feeling.

📚 I learned this from the Japanese blog "Panda no Ondo".
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