In life, I’ve observed two variants of human leeching. “H-Leeches” are parasitic people who latch on others (hosts) in order to benefit from their juices. The type 1 leeches are those which latch on to others and suck enough juice from their host so that they can stay alive and survive the harsh world. They normally cling harmlessly and go unnoticed or are subsequently condoned, if noticed. However, there also exists the type 2 leeches. These leeches are resultant of mutation whereby a type 1 leech is not really a leech because it can fend for its own and are self-sufficient, but chose to leech in order to grow further. This type of parasites are the ones who eventually get too big for their hosts that they ultimately devour them in due time.
So where am I going with leeches and humans?
In my academic life, I observed that such people are always present in your everyday classroom dealings. What I hate most about the type 2 leeches is that they are people who study in their closets, try to look misinformed, and suddenly come up with good grades. I really do not care about whatever grade they get, but if they can get a good grade, the hell with them for still trying to leech on others! I, for one, may at times be mistaken as a “closet nerd”, but heck, maybe I’m just a little bit smarter than the average student? Really, if I say I did not crack the book, I literally didn’t. And if I study, I do so in the library and never anywhere else (except at Gloria Jeans before).
I hate people going around the class uttering their deceptive rambles of how they were not able to study and the like so they ask the people who really study in class to teach them about the subject matter when what really happen is that they try to absorb what the others know to add to their “knowledge pool”. They want to be better than their hosts that is why they do this, and I hate it. When I ask people to help me, I make sure that I get enough to survive, and not take advantage of them… and whatever I know, I try to share whenever possible to such benevolent people.
Well, the moral lesson of this post is that all you fucking type 2 leeches will somehow get what you deserve and maybe… just maybe… fail on the things which really count.
Karma, dear friend.
*H-Leeching does not only apply to the academe, but also in other aspects such as SPENDING (money), and the like.
That’s why being somewhat selfish is emancipating. It liberates you from the fetters of greed and deception. Don’t care to be deemed as an arse by the asinines.
I suppose… That’s also the problem of the hosts, even if they are being sucked upon, they allow themselves to be taken advantage of. Oh well, to each his own I guess.
I would agree there are type 2 leeches can really make you pissed off. Their mentality is like they are not selfish, just outsmarted the hosts. I never did experience the type 2 but if ever i knew they are much worse leechers, I would tend to avoid them. Well, i hope the hosts are much more careful now of not exploiting everything to those type 2 leechers.