Disclaimer: This article may push you to believe you're uncommon. Please don't try anything stupid after reading this. I'm not responsible for your actions.
“Common Man”, like Superman and Batman is a figment of someone’s imagination.
We are all statistics like the neon green digits pouring down against a dark background (pun intended) in The Matrix trilogy.
You and I will fall in at least three of the categories if not more. Interestingly no one is spared from this. Not even the dead or the new-borns. As a matter of fact, even the ones in the womb are not spared. Everyone’s a part of some god-forsaken list.
Earlier in the days, the right way of addressing a crowd would be “Ladies and Gentlemen” or at least that’s what they made us believe in.
The mysticism of the “Common Man” would still be alive in that environment.
Today we’re mostly addressed as “Tweeps or trolls” and that’s supposed to be cool. If you believe otherwise, you don’t belong. Don’t worry that you got bumped off the “cool” list. You automatically fall into some other group. You’re still NOT common. While you’re not alone, you’re not as BIG or common as you would want to imagine.
One social activist who really believed in the phenomenon of “Fast” has demonstrated it to us in the recent past. He created a political party believing the legend/myth and has further created groups of believers and non-believers. He vanished as “fast” as he came into the limelight.
We misunderstood what “Fast” really meant, didn’t we?
Wonder why we crib about our age-old caste system? Or wait a minute; we still love it, just feel the need to rename it and make it more in-sync with TIME. And we like to believe and blame the Brits for bringing in the “Divide and Rule” policy. How ignorant can we get?
Sample this.
You’re a follower, a fan or a troll. You are either too gullible to be impressed by anything and everything OR you’re an unreasonable critic who is bordering on cynicism.
You’re either on the social media OR you’re missing the big picture.
You’re a soldier, jihadi, a victim or a hapless bystander waiting your turn.
You’re either conducting the sting operation or being a “Bakra” yourself.
You either “like”, “comment” or “Share”.
You’re either a native or an immigrant (further divided into legal and illegal).
You’re either a nation that demands answers or you’re the one who’s being questioned.
If you still believe, you don’t fall into any of the above categories, clearly – you’re NOT common.
So, it’s time for one of the Studios to take this opportunity to cash in on.
Once we have all our Black Money back, who do we spend it on?
C’mon we still have the 500 crore club to be created.
Disclaimer: The above article is written with the intent of humour and to showcase the irony of life; definitely not with the intent to offend any group, major or minor.
PS: Afterthought – Maybe such disclaimers are the only ones that are really common these days.
“Common Man”, like Superman and Batman is a figment of someone’s imagination.
We are all statistics like the neon green digits pouring down against a dark background (pun intended) in The Matrix trilogy.
You and I will fall in at least three of the categories if not more. Interestingly no one is spared from this. Not even the dead or the new-borns. As a matter of fact, even the ones in the womb are not spared. Everyone’s a part of some god-forsaken list.
Earlier in the days, the right way of addressing a crowd would be “Ladies and Gentlemen” or at least that’s what they made us believe in.
The mysticism of the “Common Man” would still be alive in that environment.
Today we’re mostly addressed as “Tweeps or trolls” and that’s supposed to be cool. If you believe otherwise, you don’t belong. Don’t worry that you got bumped off the “cool” list. You automatically fall into some other group. You’re still NOT common. While you’re not alone, you’re not as BIG or common as you would want to imagine.
One social activist who really believed in the phenomenon of “Fast” has demonstrated it to us in the recent past. He created a political party believing the legend/myth and has further created groups of believers and non-believers. He vanished as “fast” as he came into the limelight.
We misunderstood what “Fast” really meant, didn’t we?
Wonder why we crib about our age-old caste system? Or wait a minute; we still love it, just feel the need to rename it and make it more in-sync with TIME. And we like to believe and blame the Brits for bringing in the “Divide and Rule” policy. How ignorant can we get?
Sample this.
You’re a follower, a fan or a troll. You are either too gullible to be impressed by anything and everything OR you’re an unreasonable critic who is bordering on cynicism.
You’re either on the social media OR you’re missing the big picture.
You’re a soldier, jihadi, a victim or a hapless bystander waiting your turn.
You’re either conducting the sting operation or being a “Bakra” yourself.
You either “like”, “comment” or “Share”.
You’re either a native or an immigrant (further divided into legal and illegal).
You’re either a nation that demands answers or you’re the one who’s being questioned.
If you still believe, you don’t fall into any of the above categories, clearly – you’re NOT common.
So, it’s time for one of the Studios to take this opportunity to cash in on.
Once we have all our Black Money back, who do we spend it on?
C’mon we still have the 500 crore club to be created.
Disclaimer: The above article is written with the intent of humour and to showcase the irony of life; definitely not with the intent to offend any group, major or minor.
PS: Afterthought – Maybe such disclaimers are the only ones that are really common these days.
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