Powderkeg Topic of the Week: Alphas, Betas and Sluts

[ActRaiser]

When I read up about this shit I found it so depressing. Unsurprising, but still a fucking downer. Everywhere you go there are these types of power games and shit, but fuck man...The way people talk about it is brutal. Absolutely brutal.

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Observe people, talk to them, etc. Since I started finding out about it, it can't be unseen. o_o

Like all the flagrant betafagging on rpg. I used to be like "aww that's cute" and "they're just kids!" but not anymore. :/

Ah, The things is, people find a label, and then BAD things happen.

[TripMyHop]

Ah, The things is, people find a label, and then BAD things happen.

it's not about labels or what people say they are. There is a very basic power structure in any human interaction. It's in the classroom, the workroom, everywhere. People don't realize they're behaving along those lines, but they are. And you can observe it if you watch people for a bit.

[Kagamine]

So I was reading some material on Transhumanism, alpha versus beta males, misandry, misogyny, and so on and so forth. And I started thinking.

What does Spam think about gender discrimination, the idea of Alpha vs. Beta males, and the so called female geek and/or slut with glasses?

Hit me.

So-called?

[Bluemoon277]

So-called?

It's cause we're beautiful mystical creatures.

[Scribz]

Ah, The things is, people find a label, and then BAD things happen.

Yes, that is what's called a self-fulfilling/fulfilling prophecy, it's what happens when people identify themselves or others with a label.

But you have to understand, it's one thing to recognize someone falls into a category on one aspect, and another to identify and stereotype them entirely for it.

That definitely has strong negative occurrence.

For instance: Black people, poor people on wealthfare, Muslims, homosexuals. Hell, even criminals.

[Kagamine]

It's cause we're beautiful mystical creatures.

No, I mean, not only would I describe myself as that, but it's also my user title. It's been my user title since the day I signed up for this site.

[Scribz]

Foxes worded this weirdly.

It took me several reads to realize that he's making a direct comparison of alpha and beta's, with femgeeks and sluts.

That's just silly.

[Hellis]

Yeah. n nature there are alpha and beta females aswell.

[Scribz]

Yeah. n nature there are alpha and beta females aswell.

Yurp.

[♠Ace♠]

So I was reading some material on Transhumanism, alpha versus beta males, misandry, misogyny, and so on and so forth. And I started thinking.

What does Spam think about gender discrimination, the idea of Alpha vs. Beta males, and the so called female geek and/or slut with glasses?

Hit me.

No, I mean, not only would I describe myself as that, but it's also my user title. It's been my user title since the day I signed up for this site.

And what exactly do you think makes you a "geek"?

Because you enjoy RPing every now and again? Well, then all gamers would be geeks.

Because you spend a large amount of time talking with strangers on the internet? Hello, Facebook and (lolwhostilluses) Myspace users.

Do you play video games? It's a lot more widely spread and accepted now, which is where the bitching about casuals comes in, so that also does not make you a geek.

Fact of the matter is, I don't think a person can label themselves as a geek. Geek by its actual definition is a horribly insulting and unflattering word, which is why I laugh when all of you e-Kids refer to yourselves as that.

"Juss plaid CoD
#suchanerd"

"I am such a geek i just spent all day on the computer lol"

Labeling yourself as a geek and dressing in trendy "nerd" clothes is the latest hipster thing to do. That's why there's some shitty new TV show coming out based on this culture, because you can market a culture to idiot consumers who do not know better. Geek/Nerd is the new way to show that you're so above all the other people because you're so special and unique and don't care what everyone else thinks even though I'm putting on this bullshit act to get their attention.