Have you ever read Murphy's Law? It clearly states, if anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway!
In my belief this sentence puts this entire universe into perspective. Think about it for a little bit. Whenever you go to a market to buy an commodity item, whether it is a gold ring for the love of your life, steel for the house you've always wanted to build even if you are just in the mood to eat some chicken... how many times have you heard the sentence "Bhai, mandi charhee huee hai!" (the prices are high).
Does the "Mandi" come down at any time? The answer is yes. The "Mandi" will only come down when you are going to sell something that cost you a bomb. This is Murphy's Law in effect.
How can we forget mishaps on the road, not just accidents, have you ever noticed that roads get closed due to VIP movement only when you are in danger of missing you flight. How many times has your car shut down right in the centre of the road during rush hour, you try your level best to start it, to no avail, you push it to the side with no help from any of the morons staring at you in their mirrors as if you have committed a grave injustice to them just by being born. Now that you are late getting to where ever you were going, you call a mechanic, he charges a bomb just for showing up two hours later, asks you what the problem is, you define the entire story of how it shut down. He turns the key and voila! She starts! Now you get to pay the mechanic.
How many times have you had an embarrassing fall when everyone was watching? How many times have you had a picture taken with a goofy expression on your face? How many times have you lost something you needed urgently to find it in the most obvious location when the need is gone?
The point being, Murphy's Law is more applicable than the law of gravity and here's an insight, there is no way around it. Many of the optimists (read:denialists) would argue that you should prepare for all these eventualities and you would be right in thinking so... we should. But Mr. Murphy found a snag in that theory too: If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
That's right children! It's law number one all over again.
People call me a pessimist and call it a cliche when I tell them I'm just being real. If the universe is not actively trying to kill us in elaborate an new ways, how do you explain the state of the world. I'm not just talking of people killing each other, do you know how many people die due to lightening strikes?
It has been this bad since time began. So in conclusion: Accept the truth, the universe will always find a way to fuck you. There is no escaping it, just lube up and bend over.
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