1. They are unpredictable –
I am not talking about their schedules. No,
that is out of question - very mundane to analyze them based on their
schedules. This is about the fact that you might predict things about people,
but never can you be right all the time(If you can, that just means something
is wrong with you or the person you are analyzing, and that also means I want
to meet you and know you!). You never know when that one random crazy neuron
will fire in their brain for them to do something completely out of character.
So don’t really even bother to predict. And this is about you too. You might
think you are predictable, but trust me friend, most of your life is just a
random sequence of events dependent on chemistry, physics and biology, so just
suck it up. Science is the boss, not you! :P
I know, very disappointing. It sucks. But
think about all the thoughts in your head, really carefully…
Now think again, do you want them to be mind-readers? Do you
think they will stick around if they can hear your thoughts, really? You
yourself had some trouble accepting those thoughts probably. And for the good
thoughts, well, they unfortunately won’t know. Probably that’s the whole point
of the power of speech. Selectively speak. Or not. Either ways, you will never
know what they truly like to hear from you. Maybe if they are as weird as you,
they’ll appreciate the nonsense coming out from you more than wisdom. You never
know. Don’t sweat it. And never expect them to understand. Not even if you are
Siamese twins separated by a hi-tech operation or something. Just save yourself
the expectation induced trouble.
P.S. – don’t overcompensate of this mind-reading disability by expressing every thought. It might sound good only in the confines of your head sometimes. :P
3. It is healthy to not take them seriously sometimes –
Yes, I know I know, sounds pretty
wrong… but how can you justify taking a mass of evolving unpredictable
neurochemicals seriously? Like, just how? Agreed, respect boundaries, don’t be
overtly crazy around them to drive them away (unless you do want to drive them away), etc. cover the basics. But don’t take
them too seriously. That stupid whatsapp emoticon with a sad face? A LIE. They are
LOLing on the other end. That bright stunning smile they shower everyone with?
They probably want to showcase their teeth whitener, they didn’t think you lit
up their life with your infinite charm. That long email filled with ‘how are
yous’ and other sentimental wish wash? They were in a moment. So just feel the
occasional drama, if that is your style, but don’t take it too seriously. Don’t
be a cow for their thoughts - do not ruminate over the stuff they do or say or
seem to say for long. It is probably going to be something you look back and be
shocked about having thought about at all. Save yourself from those degrees of
shock. How to do that? Increase their drama quotient by a thousand and give it
back and confuse them till they stop. Or probably, do it some mature way that you
might know better. :P
4. They are funny –
Every one of them. If you
have a power cut and need some easy entertainment, just observe. That super
serious way in which they attend meetings where people get confused because of
weird grammar in one sentence of one line of a 100 page document for 1 hour?
Funny. That neurotic way in which they stalk your presence and keep calling and
asking where you are as if on CIA missions? Hilarious. That fear in their voice
when saying something absolutely normal and the contrasting lack of hesitance
in saying something totally inappropriate? Rib tickling. The way they pronounce
or write your name wrongly and simply laugh it off when you tell them. Funny
(yeah, I know some won’t get this :P). The way when two people make utter fools
of themselves when talking for the first time and not knowing what to say and
rambling about nonsense and then apologizing and thinking ‘oh crap! Oh f***’.
Funny. Trust me, it’s not even an exaggeration. The humanity is an oyster of
craziness which continuously provides tons of funny situations. You just need
to say ‘excuse me’ to your ego occasionally and enjoy the show. If you are up
for it, sometimes they will even allow you to whistle.
P. S. – whistles might be slightly unfunny to them.
Just know when to.
You just haven’t seen those parts of them
yet, or maybe since they match your weirdness and stupidity you are just
deluding yourself that they are normal so that it is okay for you to sleep with
peace. When it comes to people, I haven’t seen much normalcy, weirdness is
definitely a given. You can take it for granted. That perfectly trimmed sales
person you see in the shop handing out life-saving pills? Probably has a weird
fetish you will never know about (nor will you want to know about). Words like
‘ignorance is bliss’ have deep wisdom, they were probably thought of when
interacting with the human species. You won’t find a single animal who is
weird. They seem normal, no matter what the environment. Unless they are
diseased. But humans - well, we are a different case altogether. The number of
words for craziness might reach exhaustive limits, but the number of crazy behaviors
will not. That is why, keep away from society. Be anti-social occasionally
(which, by the way, is also considered weird), be isolated and with yourself.
And think once about the things you have spoken and done in the past few days
which involved people. You will be overwhelmed with the craziness of it all.
(if you are not, your mind is doing a very good job of protecting you from yourself,
so congrats! :P ;) ) Stay away a bit. It is crazy out there - the workplace,
the classroom, the road, the party, etcetera. Even the moon spaceships and the
like. Refer to point #4 if the craziness becomes too much to bear, and gulp it
with a sip of your favorite drink or something (with all due respect to your
liver).
I know, you might protest,
indignantly so. But think of it. How much do you get yourself? Can you place
your hand on a holy text, or your credit card or your kindle and promise truly,
that you have understood every single thing you did or said, like why you did
or said that? Refer to point #1, science is the boss, not you! So don’t expect
them to get you. I know, sad, depressing, blood-curdling (for some) but it is
absolute truth. If they get you more than half the time, refer to point #1
again, they might stop understanding you at some point. Either ways, don’t try
to constantly convince, justify, reason, explain yourself to those who don’t get
you unless your holy text/ credit card/ kindle depend on it. The number of
times you try to do that should be directly proportional to your wisdom.
Unfortunately another truth is you might have judged your level of wisdom very
wrongly, so you can’t be sure. :P Either ways, spare yourself the trouble. Let
them not get you. It’s like the newton’s third law of motion in action for
point number #1.
7. In spite of point numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, you will end up liking them/ loving them…
... because of point numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Yeah, it is science again. You might know
some of the humanity you are exposed to, to be the most irritating, crazy,
foolish, mad people. You might want to just cast them off, run to the hills and
search for more normalcy. But weirdly, you will miss the craziness. Well at least
some of it. It is like French fries. It might constrict your blood flow and
increase your chances of getting a headache or a stroke or something, give you
blood pressure, but you might feel like having one more of those, with the
ketchup of course. You can tolerate it with a pinch of salt. You’ll
masochistically convince yourself that they are worth the blood pressure.
So yeah, conclusion - people are like
French fries. Well most.
You will go on diets with the salads and
all once in a while. But the blandness will draw you back to the crazies. Or
maybe the salads are the best ones. (now I see a logical flaw in my comparison,
but whatever, this isn’t psychology today :P)
So yeah, go ahead, eat those damn French
fries.
P.S. – metaphorical meaning, absolutely not intended.
I do not promote cannibalism, I swear :P.
