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Occupational Feistiness

People often ask me as to why I use highfalutin words from my vocabulary everywhere. The reason is the same as to why they wear clothes that reflect the style quotient or make a fashion statement. This way, people please their senses and feel on common ground with their peers or colleagues from their profession. Another reason is that I identify myself with a strata of people who share common opportunities. This makes the endeavour more relatable and work towards it to reach a goal that would otherwise not be possible without such beautiful people. More so, there is a benefit for readers from such a good vocabulary: they learn new words and try to use them in their conversations. Many follow my writing and banter for this. It brings them some joy and good. Spreading cheer is good too. As some highly placed person said, 'everything has a reason'.

Nagging Elitism

There are a number of people in our society who can be termed as elitists. As and when some business or a trade flourishes, such a behaviour begins to take shape in their minds. The kind of boundaries around empathy, as to when to relate to people's emotions or give alms becomes almost redundant. As this cannot be categorized as an evil, the threat still looms large and can cause grave concerns to cohabitation. The primary cause of not giving alms to the needy or somewhat needy is a kind of elitism. This can be shown when people beg from you on the streets during traffic snarls. We kind of ask them, 'go find some work'. More so, we sneer at people when they are not belonging to our social status. There can be many such instances. But the world is made up of a number of units of society. One has to mingle with people according to these norms and become elitist themselves when the flock calls. Otherwise one risks of being the odd person out. The story being cut short: everyon