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When we look around us, there are many with different traits and with different views of looking at the happenings around them. Some are mere conformers who would not want to rock the boat and would just do what they are supposed to do, nothing more, nothing less. Anyway, they are not expected to think. Their mental capacity is only so much. Exploring beyond their actual potential would make them Little Napoleons, too good for raising hell but would run away with their tails between their legs at the first sign of aggression. Then, they are those with devious personalities. Reading between the lines and minding their comma and adjectives, they can think of the most conniving way, to escape persecution and punishment. They can make a child molester a Messiah.

Then there are the ones who relate better with non-human lifeforms and take care of our livestock and dear pets. They think animals have souls and would abstain from killing lives but have no qualms about hurting their ‘loved’ ones. The psychopaths are conniving enough and would lie through their teeth with their infantile innocent facial expressions to lead us to the slaughter chamber and we, like zombies, would willingly go.

There are those who are cocksure about the meaning of it all, life and its intricacies. They think they know it all and have no time to receive another opinion, fearing that they would be confused and shaken off the rockers. There is nothing else to seek as it is all there in plain view to see.

Then there are a group of people who are born to be skeptics. They do not believe anything you say. They would like to make their own objective assessment of your situation. Even then, they would be doubtful of their own capability. However, the society expects these people to be cocksure about their work. Despite being unsure of the problem at the hand, these people still have to display an aura of confidence as his seeming image of tranquility solves most of the problems. Some of the problems disappear on its own accord anyway.

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