A little humorous ribbing amongst friends can be fun, but some people are really skilled at changing the dynamic of that kind of playful conversation. In this harrowing case, 24-year-old Diane Covington is mere seconds away from taking this joke-y shit-talking a little too far.
“Wow, that was a little below the belt!” Diane said, fake-laughing through the searing bitterness growing in her chest from the last dig her friend made at her. “You won’t like what I’m gonna say next!”
Diane, who is adamant that these jokes are not hurting her feelings, is well on-track to truly ruining the lighthearted mood by getting a little too personal her next jab.
“Yeah I guess I am a little sloppy when I’m drunk, Jennifer,” said Diane with a smug chuckle. “But at least I didn’t get chlamydia sophomore year of college! HAHAHAHA!”
Following that one too-far comment, Diane unleashed a diatribe of unnecessary put-downs on to her friends, undeterred by the fact that this was originally all in good fun.
“Hey Natalie, does Taco Bell pay you to secretly binge-eat their food when you think no one notices? Because they really should give you a sponsorship,” said Diane, going way overboard. “And speaking of sponsorships, have you gotten one from cocaine yet, Liz?”
“Maybe you could hit up the dealer you fuck for free drugs, hahahahha,” she added. “Remember that time you smoked crack by accident?”.
Yikes, Diane! This is pretty clearly a “you” problem!
“She’s just…she’s taking it too far,” said Natalie D’Ozzo. “Like, she’s bringing up my eating disorder? All I said was that she wears a lot of black.”
“Yeah, I just called her the queen of tuna salad, she loves the stuff,” said Jennifer Rourke. “She’s the only person who knew about the chlamydia.”
But Diane shows no signs of stopping.
“Oh, you’re just gonna dig up those pictures of me with headgear from 8th grade, Reba?” she said, just barely hiding her seething resentment toward the incredibly benign comment. “Well don’t make me bring up the time your dad caught you humping a pillow in your living room! Hahaha! You were so embarrassed!”
“Oh, what, that’s too far?” Diane added. “Don’t be so sensitive!”
