A L P H A
Added 2024-02-09 18:30:01 +0000 UTCMy housemates and I were having this discussion about Alphas, Betas and Omegas. You see, my cat π thinks she's super alpha, BUT, one of the other cats in the house (despite being the youngest) is also the biggest (she is a Norwegian Forrest Cat) she has discovered this about herself as my cat (Myka) shrinks herself down and hisses at her any time (Aspen) tries to play.
Do you think this also applies to humans? π€ We settled on that we think it does to a degree but not like it does in the animal kingdom. Leave your thoughts below maybe?
Comments
Humans are too complex to have direct labels like that, honestly.
MellowDeviant
2024-02-10 01:58:52 +0000 UTCI think of it as a descriptor for certain actions/instincts (or personality traits) in animals but for humans it's more of a mindset not instinct. The only problem I see is when someone uses that mindset to belittle and marginalize others to put themselves on a pedestal. An alpha state of mind can help you achieve a lot but so can being consistent π€·πΎββοΈ
RedCyclone
2024-02-09 21:27:59 +0000 UTCThese shoes look difficult to walk with
Raven
2024-02-09 20:49:33 +0000 UTCSocial interaction tends to be a lot different than social interaction in the animal kingdom. Dominance based hierarchies exist because the animal world is one of desperation. Humans don't function in this same sort of hierarchy, so applying alpha, beta, sigma, whatever to humans is generally reductive and false.
Chris Codina
2024-02-09 18:48:22 +0000 UTCThat dress is hot, made even hotter by you wearing it! I will say that I trust animal instincts more than I do a lot of human ones. Animals can tell if you're a good person or not. My old bandmate and I had a pet Albino ferret named Abominog (after a Uriah Heep album) and he would let me and him pet him and he was totally cool with us, but when he saw our drummer, he bit him on the hand and wouldn't let go!
Mac McCraney
2024-02-09 18:38:14 +0000 UTCI think we're coming to a more equal time. We'll always have the super wealthy that think themselves as alphas. But I feel in the age we're in, where it's much easier to hold people to task and call out bullshit, there's only going to be those that can pay their way out of situations and those that have to make real amends. No alphas or betas or omegas (outside of wrestling, of course π€£). Just people.
Jeremy Kelley
2024-02-09 18:36:20 +0000 UTCstruggles for status and control are common enough with people, but the whole alpha/beta animal thing was based on pretty bad, now-redacted research. animal social dynamics are generally more cooperative than that.
Dave K
2024-02-09 18:36:05 +0000 UTCFrom my observation, anyone who declares to be an alpha is really more of another word that also begins with an 'A'.
Brian Michael
2024-02-09 18:36:05 +0000 UTCLooking sexy
April Hedlund
2024-02-09 18:30:59 +0000 UTC
