And she roasted Farooq
It was me, a close friend and some acquaintances of mine and there she was. The conversation was going quite smoothly till… it wasn’t smooth anymore. “So you are one true geek with extraordinary skills when it comes to computers” she said. “You have spent most of your life reading books, reading papers and tinkering with electronic stuff and then computers” she continued. And I thought “Another idol worshiper trying to find someone to worship”. Therefore I said “I hate it when someone thinks like I’m the Son of God, coming from heaven. And that I have extraordinary skills.” But I didn’t say these. Instead I said, “Sometimes people make some specific people too high and too great. But the reality is far from that.”
And that was the moment I realized she is roasting me rather than doing compliments. “Oh I’m not admiring you. It’s not a compliment” she said and continued…
You’ve spent most of your life reading. That means that’s all you know. That’s all you can do. You are as good as a computer. And as dumb as one can be. You are bound to be slave of the others. Because you don’t have any social skills. Nor you know how to manage your money. All you know is how to write code, and how to read. And that’s all. You think you know so much. But you are one true ignorant. And you don’t know anything about human beings. Look how your body is. You would be a perfect pig to provide dinner for a few tens. But it won’t be healthy food. Because you don’t have muscles, you have only fat. And the moment someone pushes you a bit, you’ll drop on the ground like stone. You can barely move your meaty toes.
It did hurt. However, I didn’t say a word. Just smiling. “Haha Farooq is now gonna say something to roast her real hard!” said one of the folks. However, I wasn’t gonna roast anyone nor defend myself. I replied “No roast. I think she speaks the truth. That’s probably who I am or who I’ve become.” then I continued “If you want to have some skill, you have to put time and effort to learn it. Be it coding skills, hacking skills or social skills. And I haven’t.”
My reply was unexpected for everyone, the folks there and she who said that. If you spend all your time and effort on only a single aspect of the life, it is inevitable that you will lack some skills which are needed for everyone, including you. One is social skills. The other are general life skills. The story, is of course imaginary. But it could happen for me or some other geek. Or for future me if I take the wrong path.
PS: I don’t know why is it a she. Is it wishful thinking? Who knows!