A glimpse into Gamma
He began badly:
To which I responded:
Don't Gamma. No one here likes Gammas. That is Gamma thinking. As a general rule, don't share unsolicited information. If someone wants to know, they will ask.
Of course, operating as he was in ignorance, the Gamma promptly apologized and stopped annoying everyone, right? No, of course not! Pass up a chance to talk about himself and his motivations? Perish the thought!
If you're a "citizen-journalist", if you feel the need to "enlighten" and "warn" people, that's just fine. Go do it on your own site and stop trying to hijack everyone else's microphones.
(I don't know what's your overall opinion about Donald Trump. But, if you mainly support him...)A classic Gamma entry. He doesn't know even the most basic thing about the blog, the blog owner, or the blog readership, but he just thought that his observation was an interesting and necessary one that he should make in the event that these people about whom he knows nothing don't know it. So helpful!
Don't be fooled by the fakes.
What I don't know (being new to this blog, and not having time to read all the posts) is what is the overall opinion of Vox about Donald Trump (being Vox a Patriot, and given the fact that most Patriots support Donald Trump).
And, I just thought that my observation was, nevertheless, an interesting one that I should make - just in case anyone (including the readers of this blog) is not aware of this type of schemes played by the establishment.
To which I responded:
Don't Gamma. No one here likes Gammas. That is Gamma thinking. As a general rule, don't share unsolicited information. If someone wants to know, they will ask.
Of course, operating as he was in ignorance, the Gamma promptly apologized and stopped annoying everyone, right? No, of course not! Pass up a chance to talk about himself and his motivations? Perish the thought!
You're immensely wrong, in the evaluation you make of me.Let me be perfectly clear. I don't like to receive unsolicited information. I don't want people to share their Very Special Opinion or Very Important Advice or Very Breaking News From An Underground News Site That No One Reads Like The Drudge Report here. I ask very smart people for advice on a regular basis. If I do not ask you for your advice, then obviously I don't want it. Because if I did, I would ask for it.
The reason why I shared this type of knowledge (and have posted maybe similar comments in here) was to *Warn* people, about this kind of things, so that they don't fall in this (and other) kind of traps, put out by the establishment.
And, as with any (important) warning that everyone thinks that they should make, when in doubt if people are already aware of such facts, the best option is to always make such warnings, just in case. (Like, if you know there's a seller in your city that is scamming people, and you see someone that is heading for his shop, your natural reaction is to go warn the possibly ignorant buyer.)
That's all there is.
The overall majority of my comments are made up of information that I consider to be of interest to (and important to share with) other people, about different aspects of the powers-that-be. And, I always post them to try to "enlighten" people. I'm not the kind of person who likes to listen to himself. I come from a "citizen journalist" background. And, it's within the same journalistic spirit that I continue to make posts and comments. To inform people.
But, if you don't like to receive unsolicited information, then I will stop doing it on your blog.
If you're a "citizen-journalist", if you feel the need to "enlighten" and "warn" people, that's just fine. Go do it on your own site and stop trying to hijack everyone else's microphones.
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I think his biggest crime is his extremely crappy writing.
He's not illiterate, but he's darn close.
That was a lot of (very important) parentheses to use (in case you couldn't understand without this clarification) in just a small (being new to the use of parentheses, I assume it is small) paragraph (being a collection of sentences dealing with one theme).
@1 I was just going to say that too. He must have barely graduated Citizen-Journalist school. He/She/It can barely express a coherent thought let alone "warn" us all of the establishment's perfidy.
In other citizen news, water is wet.
Oh, and high marks for the most creative use of commas.
What is it with gammas and the overuse of parentheses?
'I think his biggest crime is his extremely crappy writing.'
He tries to sound very literate and intelligent. But he fails. He should just write simple sentences and cut the bullshit.
Maybe cause (((gammas)))?
If it weren't for cheap jokes, I'd have no jokes at all. I get no respect, I tells ya...
"If I do not ask you for your advice, then obviously I don't want it. Because if I did, I would ask for it."
Gamma Reply: You only did not ask (something goes here, don't know what) because you had no way to know the depth of the knowledge I have. I keep that secret (which means "hidden") most of the time.
But now that you know I am a secret king, I'll let you know that blah, blah, blah, ...
Josh (the sexiest thing here) wrote:What is it with gammas and the overuse of parentheses?
Threadwinner
Another day, another gamma
Go do it on your own site and stop trying to hijack everyone else's microphones.
They never have their own blog. The low hit numbers would remind them of their gammanesss. Instead, they are blog leeches, parasitically stealing eyeballs in successful blogger's comments.
"being new to this blog, and not having time to read all the posts"
How about you make the time? What a Jackass.
Get the shields up. Looks like gamma blatheration again. Decon on aisle 4.
Conservative: Don't be fooled! Trump is evil!
Sane person: What has he done that is evil?
Conservative: He says bad things!
Sane person: What has he DONE that is bad?
Conservative: He said bad things about women!
Sane person: What happened to judge a politician by their actions and not their words? Everyone knows politicians never do what they say. Name one policy Trump has enacted that has harmed women.
Conservative: (moment of silence) Hey everyone! This guy is sexist! He defends people who say to grab women by the p****!!!
Sane person: And you guys wonder why we don't like you...
Is this kind of excessive verbosity a common trait of "Gammas"?
Well I am gamma and I tend to go the other way. I don't say enough. In both cases the result is writing that is painful to read.
I'm not very active on the blog. But I hope to learn more than I "contribute."
Everyone's in the process of learning, and ego is anathema.
Besides, it's generally best to avoid the Dark Lord's gaze....
Josh (the sexiest thing here) wrote:What is it with gammas and the overuse of parentheses?
Parentheticals (whether with parentheses or commas) make them feel safer.
It's the written version of the constant qualifying and modifying they have to do in their minds all the time in order not to feel bad.
If he's a real journalist make him prove it.
A selfie wearing a MAGA hat would suffice.
Doug Cranmer wrote:If he's a real journalist make him prove it.
A selfie wearing a MAGA hat would suffice.
Top KeK
@5 "What is it with gammas and the overuse of parentheses?"
Oh dear. Is it normal for women to ... act like gammas or can women BE gammas? Or are we just a different form of life altogether?
As I come to understand gammas from Vox's demonstrations, I keep wincing cause.... it is me, too?
Gamma are just fellow travelers in the sisterhood of the traveling pants...
Is this kind of excessive verbosity a common trait of "Gammas"?
Yes.
But there are other reasons people make overly ambiguous, nuanced and circuitous statements, other than being a gamma. Pedantry. Autism. IQ gap related communication failure.
Is this kind of excessive verbosity a common trait of "Gammas"?
Yes. They are known for the notorious "wall of text". Most of which is about themselves, their feelings, their motivations etc.
I keep wincing cause.... it is me, too?
Yep, pretty much. Gammas can be reasonably described as female behavior by a man. Neither gammas nor women ever seem to understand that literally everyone gets it when they use an excuse of one sort or another to talk about themselves.
Matthew wrote:Parentheticals (whether with parentheses or commas) make them feel safer.
The Chad uses em dashes—the forceful Alpha choice.
@17 Besides, it's generally best to avoid the Dark Lord's gaze...
This is truly wisdom. And, much much safer.
I really enjoy the Vox posts on gammas.
They brighten my day.
OT, but is there any chance this book could be published by Castalia House?
Random House Axes Book by Thilo Sarrazin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/random-house-axes-islam-book-disputed-german-author-112049404.html
This reminds me of any real life conversation where my yes or not question gets a twenty minute answer of how, why, and feelings without getting a yes or no answer.
Gammas require an extraordinary amount of patience.
It is no surprise Vox guards his time. Otherwise nothing would get done and deadlines would get pushed off.
You've got a lot of Integrity, Vox.
Cleansing fire glows brightly, yes.
That's a lot of words to say "I don't like Vox, and I'm concerned that you do."
is there any chance this book could be published by Castalia House?
Probably not. Agents for books like that want mainstream publishers.
aprapos of nothing, we drove home from vacation listening to Good Omens which, finished, with the insufferable writing letters to the editors of the local paper about damn near nothing at all.
I've been reading for years and enjoying. Thank you very much.
Good grief.
I send Vox links or pictures every few weeks that I think he may find interesting, but I never care. I also include maybe a sentence with it.
I've never seen (someone) use so many (parenthesis) to make a (weird) conversation seem so (important?) intelligently written.
I don't understand the drive to go and tell everyone about a scammer. Who runs into that situation? I never have.
The Sociopunctual Hierarchy
Alphas: ellipses
Gammas: parentheses
> Besides, it's generally best to avoid the Dark Lord's gaze....
Nonsense. How are you ever going to rally test yourself if you don't try against the best?
Obligatory Thor versus Kang scene: http://i.imgur.com/kQPup7f.jpg
From back when Marvel was worth your time...
I'm no grammar Nazi but damn that had me thinking "Forget Russian bots, you're being invaded by Nigerian bots!"
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https://modernheretic3000.blogspot.com/2018/07/crystal-methodism.html
22. Avalanche: "As I come to understand gammas from Vox's demonstrations, I keep wincing cause.... it is me, too?"
#MeToo, hun. I feel your pain.
@26 DJT
The Chad uses em dashes—the forceful Alpha choice.
Em dashes help keep the aside on track.
@36. Stickwick Staplers
"The Sociopunctual Hierarchy
"Alphas: ellipses
Gammas: parentheses"
Unstable Women: Multiple exclamation marks!!!
His writing is bad because he's not a fluent English speaker but thinks he is.
You see this in Filipinos and some Indians, where they've been exposed to English most of their life but don't speak it at a native level. They think it sounds smart but it's gibberish to native speakers.
There was a Bantu troll on here a week or so ago, I'm not sure if this is the same guy. His username was connected to other accounts around the internet though.
Em dashes are way more alpha than ellipses.
He certainly is fluent in Concern Troll.
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Em dashes are way more alpha than ellipses.
You must be new here.
Stickwick, must you stroke Nate's ego like that?
Avalanche wrote:Oh dear. Is it normal for women to ... act like gammas or can women BE gammas? Or are we just a different form of life altogether?
As I come to understand gammas from Vox's demonstrations, I keep wincing cause.... it is me, too?
My take:
Women having gamma characteristics is fairly normal. Men tolerate it, like women tolerate men, because women draw out the good and natural responsibilities in men while at the same time performing essential roles in men's and society's lives. Women are supposed to be different.
Gamma men represent a burden on the non-gamma men. Rather than providing support to another guy's efforts and tribulations, they add to them; that reduces a man's ability to care for his own. Gammatude is a man subtly taking advantage of or sabotaging other men rather than contributing in their God ordained way. They ain't pulling their weight. Calling out the the gammas is more than just a contemptuous complaint - it is also gamma-shaming them into self awareness and appropriate behavior. Women can be 'gamma' but don't be surprised if guys need an occasional respite from it.
Too long? Yes, but Avalanche has brought this up before and apparently did not get a satisfying answer.
S1AL, it's Nate's world, we're all just living in it.
LIVRE-PENSADOR e ANARQUISTA. Ex-"jornalista cidadão" que, no decorrer de uma pesquisa séria sobre os atentados de 11 de Setembro, descobriu a conspiração da Nova Ordem Mundial em 2003 e que tem andado, desde então, a pesquisar sobre a última.
Hmmm, Vox's words apparently connected with this person as his profile now shows him as a "former citizen journalist".
Ubermensch: >greentext
Reminds me a little of Zman's "how not to be boring" from the other day. This is definitely the type of guy who will not hesitate to spend 5 minutes explaining exactly what a turkey club is.
I counted 6, never using ()'s again.
gas the gammas
Given the Chad remarks, Chad Vox would not only pull it off successfully, we'd see the usual suspects following his lead. Just a hypothesis.
"I don't like to receive unsolicited information" is pretty funny out of context though.
Avalanche wrote: Oh dear. Is it normal for women to ... act like gammas or can women BE gammas? Or are we just a different form of life altogether?
A gamma is very much like a dude who thinks he's got a pussy pass...
Stickwick Stapers wrote:The Sociopunctual Hierarchy
Alphas: ellipses
Gammas: parentheses
I've seen John C. Wright pull off an ellipsis/question-mark/em-dash/quotation quadfecta.
@59 the man's a genius, that much is for sure
Yeah, it's poor writing. After I read it, I didn't know what point the writer was making.
There's a reason even women say, "Gammas and Girls."
Gammas gonna fag up the joint
Don't be fooled by the fakes.
i'm curious.
do you think he thought it so very, VERY important to warn us that John McCain and Yeb Bush were "fake Conservatives"?
so very strange.
59. Matthew July 06, 2018 4:43 PM
I've seen John C. Wright pull off an ellipsis/question-mark/em-dash/quotation quadfecta.
i thought maybe y'all were trolling me before.
now i KNOW you are.
Remember to only use parentheses in (((threes))).
What's wrong with overusing (((Parenthesis)))?
It is VERY easy to be exactly like this guy. The trick is, look at what you are writing or are about to write, and then ask yourself, "Is this about me?".
The hardest part though, is if you are used to being the smartest guy in the room, because if you are used to talking to idiots, you get in this habit of saying the same thing five different ways, and people who get it the first time get pissed off.
And yes, this was about me. heh.
@DJT-
1 point for wrecking my joke as I was typing it.
@Matthew
Are you saying parentheses are a safe space.
The worst state of gamma is to be one and not know it.
( thought you all might need to know that)
"Em dashes are way more alpha than ellipses.
You must be new here."
Em dashes are like disguised parentheses. Ellipses leave things unsaid. Gammas hate leaving things unsaid.
Avalanche wrote:Oh dear. Is it normal for women to ... act like gammas or can women BE gammas? Or are we just a different form of life altogether?
Short version of @49:
Gammas are men who act like women. They need to grow up, fix their thinking, and act like men.
Women acting like women is fine, and men should learn to husband or father as needed.
So no, women are not gammas. The SSH ranks are for judging men and their fitness in groups.
Perhaps gammas/women/anxious children have an exaggerated fear of being misunderstood.The parantheticals and qualifiers are meant to protect them from the resulting conflict and hedge the discussion for equivocation.
Ellipses signify trailing off, which Alphas don't do. Alphas strike hard and fast.
One reason gammas use lots of words and side comments, is so that when confronted with being wrong or even with disagreement, they can point to part of the provided word assortment and weasel out of being cornered. E.g. "After I said 'E,' 'F', & 'G,' I also said 'F', so therefore I'm still right." It's a way to hedge. The punctuation is just a style preference; any overuse cheapens it.
VD said: Yep, pretty much. Gammas can be reasonably described as female behavior by a man. Neither gammas nor women ever seem to understand that literally everyone gets it when they use an excuse of one sort or another to talk about themselves.
my take was that the kid isn't that bright. IQ110. Confused syntax is a giveaway, which isn't really his fault but anyway -- That said, should women pretend to be different in thinking than they are? Isn't that part of what is wrong between women and men? Men think they need to be like women, and women think they need to be like men. So women see everything through the prism of their own experience -- so what? Would you want us to be different?
Gamma subject sounds like a bot.
Specifically, HAL 1000
You're immensely wrong, in the evaluation you make of me, Dave
I am being Sirious here.
Redpill Angel wrote:That said, should women pretend to be different in thinking than they are? Isn't that part of what is wrong between women and men? Men think they need to be like women, and women think they need to be like men. So women see everything through the prism of their own experience -- so what? Would you want us to be different?
Not if it means the end of sandwiches.
@35
"I don't understand the drive to go and tell everyone about a scammer. Who runs into that situation? I never have."
I ran into one once.
It's a long story, and boring.
The only reason it's long is because I decided to waste several hours of his time for my own amusement.
Not a native English speaker I think.
I've tried searching for the proper definition of all these character traits you speak of alpha, gamma, sigma, but couldn't find them anywhere or at least the references I found were not consistent with your description and unclear.
Is there any detailed place I can go to read more about identifying the bahaviour patter in someone and how to deal with each of the categories?
Thanks
WTF is he even talking about? I can't figure out what he's trying to "warn" us of. Or why he would venture in without reading anything first. Or if he is able to drive his own car.
Okrane S. wrote:I've tried searching for the proper definition of all these character traits you speak of alpha, gamma, sigma, but couldn't find them anywhere or at least the references I found were not consistent with your description and unclear.
Is there any detailed place I can go to read more about identifying the bahaviour patter in someone and how to deal with each of the categories?
Thanks
7 years ago, VD wrote in his other blog, Alpha Game, an article on The socio-sexual hierarchy.
You are welcome.
(And as we are commenting on parentheses and ellipses here...boy, how time flies. 7 years ago feels like yesterday.)
Thanks to you fine people for the second best laughs, so far, today. The winner: https://i.redd.it/967z3xkiuf811.jpg
I just wonder what universe this fellow inhabits! It certainly isn't the one that I do, where Trump has exhibited brilliant move after brilliant move, and success after success on our behalf. I thank God every day for Trump. He may not be perfect, but he's the Boomer in charge that we need right now.
(This is the most incredible reaction I've ever had to a comment I left on someone else's blog...)
Vox Day,
I won't even comment on the fact that you think that I should have apologized for having made a warning about something I didn't know if the recipients of such warning were aware of or not. But, let me add that, besides you and your longtime followers, surely there are other people who, like me, have recently discovered your blog, don't know much about the latter, and for whom the information I shared (in case they decided to read the comments to that post, that is) was probably something they were not aware of. (And, if that is considered "hijacking someone else's microphone", then I won't even comment on that as well.)
Concerning the rest of your post, you have (either consciously or unconsciously) conveniently omitted an important part of the messages exchange, that allows for a different reading... Since, the reason why I felt the need to explain "the reason why I shared this type of knowledge" was because you said that I was doing so "because [I think] I am special" (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/07/walkaway.html#c6751413635730098510) - which is not true, at all. (That's why I wrote such a long response/explanation of mine, where I explicitly said that "I'm not the kind of person who likes to listen to himself". Otherwise, I would have written only the last phrase of such comment: "If you don't like to receive unsolicited information, then I will stop doing it on your blog.")
Also, I have already created my own blog, a long time ago, to make this and other type of warnings to people (fell free to use an electronic translator to look for "Gamma" or whatever traits, using whatever system of labelling and classification you consider to be the ultimate truth, in it: https://blackfernando.blogs.sapo.pt/). But, if this was a warning I felt I should make about something that you wrote on your blog, and you have a comments section on the latter, then (if I wanted the possible victims of such trap to know about it) the comments section on your blog was the place I considered to be the best one to make such a warning. (And, having I done the exact same thing, several times, in the best professional journalist's - or the only real investigative journalist's - blog in my country, let me add that, in the case of the latter, my comments have been very well received.)
I have already understood, and respect, your will not to receive unsolicited information. And, I've also decided I won't post any more comments on your blog. But, if you keep on saying that I wrote this and that "because I am special", because I want "to talk about [my]self" or whatever other reasons that are not true, then I feel the need to respond to (i.e. correct you on) that...
@82
Thank you for that, Mint.
(That just confirms to me how wrong Vox is in the labelling system he uses...)
Gammas never admit to being gammas, even when pointed out by name.
Hey, David Banner was blasted with GAMMA rays and look how fortuitous that result was!
I would like to thank the author, and Vox’s choice of spotlighting him (sunlight is the best disinfectant), for making me question my use of parentheses.
It is all about me, after all...
Hey, David Banner was blasted with GAMMA rays
It’s fitting that H-wood cast Mark Ruffalo as Banner.
As an aside, if Ashkenazi Jews are genetically 90% Italian, who really runs the film industry?
S. Thermite wrote:Hey, David Banner was blasted with GAMMA rays
It’s fitting that H-wood cast Mark Ruffalo as Banner.
As an aside, if Ashkenazi Jews are genetically 90% Italian, who really runs the film industry?
"I don't know, could it be.....Satan!?!?"
Gammas gonna gamma.
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