QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 20th November 2009, 4:40pm)
Shoemaker's HolidayÂ
(T-C-L-K-R-D)
has been showing a penchant for histrionics ever since "health problems" meant he was "unable to go to university this year," which seems to have resulted in "a complete breakdown" that Durova was "fully aware of." ...
QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 20th November 2009, 10:45pm)
QUOTE(trenton @ Sat 21st November 2009, 12:36am)
Out of two people, one of whom is Durova, I would never have imagined
the other person being labeled the drama-magnet (IMG:
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... I would say Durova is more like a large piece of drama-
iron who is irresistibly attracted to drama-magnets, ... she ... only deliberately gets involved in them and draws more unnecessary attention to them, often not for the general betterment of all.
I suppose the answer to this is so obvious as to make it a non-question, but why is it that the Wikipedia drama-mongers, drama-whores, etc are all, to some significant degree,
bent, damaged, or broken people? I mean, they can't go to college because of some unspecified health problem, or they edit in bizarre 36-hour stretches, they've been disbarred, they're philanderers or they fondle animals, or they're nationalist or religious zealots. It goes on and on.
I'll answer my own question: I suppose the bizarre, broken, damaged people drive the normal ones out, and any normal people who persist can be expected to keep a low profile, out of natural reticence and also self-preservation. But still. It's so much worse than one would expect.