The Psychology of Being Infamous
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If someone is famous, that means a lot of people know them.
Whenever a lot of people know them, 3 groups always form:
- Love
- Neutrality
- Hate
Every famous person is infamous to someone.
The opposite is also true.
The closest I was to infamous was in high school.
In my junior year, I was suspended for skipping school and giving the vice principal a fake name.
Me and my accomplice, Ditra, were suspended for 7 days.
During those 7 days, there were all these rumors about why we got suspended.
Some people said that we got kicked out for skipping.
Others said we fought the principal.
Others said we stole.
Etc.
Kids were trying to outdo each other on who could portray the most shocking story.
They didn’t care about my reputation; they just wanted their moment.
I was surprised by how far the news spread by the time I came back.
Teachers to freshmen to seniors all heard the news.
My first day back, I felt like a zoo animal.
A bunch of people staring at me.
Some folks distanced themselves from me.
To them, I was trouble.
But for other kids?
I was cool.
Especially the bad kids.
Every school has bad kids who smell drugs, rarely go to school, and are in gangs.
Nowadays, when I walked past them, they gave me a head nod.
Some would sit next to me at lunch and ask for the real story.
Others said that not too many people had the balls to do what I did.
Balls?
I don’t know what story they heard, but I’ll take it!
To the bad kids, I wasn’t infamous.
I was famous.
It’s impossible to be loved without being hated.
And it’s impossible to be hated without being loved.
That’s why a lot of serial killers have fan clubs.
It seems ridiculous.
But remember, whenever a lot of attention is involved, 3 groups ALWAYS form:
- Love
- Neutrality
- And Hate
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