Pyratical Handshake

Pyratical Handshake

THE GOOD HANDSHAKE

On social media have you ever seen Pyrates show off their handshakes with each other? To the uninitiated it looks like it’s admirable and genuine camaraderie and sometimes it is. A lot of time it’s not. The picture above tells you more about the handshake than your eyes will ever see. The apt Robert Hare’s Snakes In Suits book is not about venomous reptiles, but a certain kind of human being commonly found in the Confraternity. Dark personalities especially psychopaths.

THE REALITY

In an organisation that has so many rules but cannot enforce them except in anger. It is open season for human snakes. All the Confraternity’s ways are amorphous and are made up as you go. People without a conscience benefit most from this situation. That is what happens when you are governed and surrounded by habitual liars, crafty manipulators and those who cannot care less about your safety or well-being.  Justice is always short and inadequate often leading to the innocent getting punished.

Issues of interpersonal harm are always resolved with a mandatory handshake which the former abuses and the latter believe. Most “brothers” learn the hard way that the horrible brothers can rig the system to guarantee them endless impunity. The decent fellows are often forced to quit for their self-protection. These men within would kill you if they can; there is no doubt about that. Handshakes no longer cover up the lies, pretenses, traps and evils they have woken up to.

THE HARM

The initial problem the plain or decent guy must tackle is knowing who the snake is. Few can know without suffering bad experiences. You are befriended first with a handshake and a smile. They come with lies and mercenary favours. They then leave without remorse for harming or destroying you. The rules do not apply to them and cannot be enforced by the leaders anyway.

Things get disturbing when the offender offends and hurts you for as many times you will forgive them. Catching hell from them time after time soon becomes habitual. Only if you stay around or tolerate it. The Confraternity frowns on those who keep grudges for hurts and pains inflicted on them. The devils have no such pressures to contend with. They do as they please.

PARASITES

The false handshake is often given by parasites. Those who will drain your resources, energies and time and discard you when your usefulness has expired. And others who due to sheer envy, fancied slights and the fun of it will seek to destroy you. Well, as they please.

The parasites keep you close for your usefulness not that they like you. The larger the parasites pool of suckers the better for them overall. To keep their pool safe, they are always on the phone to warm up to their marks. And shake your hands whenever they can.

THE LESSON

It all begins with a deceptive handshake from a psychopath, sociopath or narcissist in a suit.

Every handshake tells a story—sometimes of brotherhood, but often of snakes in suits waiting to strike. The wisest hands stay in their pockets.

Be good, not lucky