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This is plain racist BS.

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You got em all! raciss!

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Excellent data point for identifying a gamma. The spiraling rage volcano is never far behind that forced laugh.

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I don't know why the awkward laugh is such a staple of clown-world politics. Does anyone actually think it's funny or comforting to see Kamala Harris flashing her horse guffaw at every single interviewer? Maybe they just want to instil a disgust response in the public so people change to the sportsball channel and ignore them.

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That smile didn't fix anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAxqW_5XWg (Jason Newsted vs. James Hetfield from Metallica)

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Confidence without achievement is very Gamma. but I also wonder if arranged marriage ensured too high a percentage of Gammas in the Indian Subcontinent.

They are very good at Confidence tricking their way into jobs.

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Saw a convo between a Baptist and an orthodox priest. The priest was nervously laughing a lot. I knew it was a low status move but I didn't realize how badly the Baptist was unnerving him.

Great post.

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That sounds like an interesting listen. Is it online somewhere or did you see this in real life off the internet?

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Is gamma a bad person in society? Should we avoid them or endure them? And why they always make small problems is like end of the world? How to deal with them? Could any one please tell me. Thank you.

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Thank you it is help full. I always try the conversation sort and exit as soon as possible. But every conversation I had with them is, they always do unnecessary complain and unnecessary suggestion. How to deal with those things it annoying some time?

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What was the reward for remaining in this shop for years?

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I apologize guys, I may have used LOL on vox populi.

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Admitting you have a problem is the first step on the path to recovery

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True. And I won’t laugh about it. Loud or otherwise

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Many such cases of this on Gab.

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Has anyone noticed that Gammas tend to have high voices and speak in a screechy tone. In the interview clip the female interviewer had a more masculine authoritative tone than Sunak. Chalk board is a pleasurable listening experience in comparison.

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There's a lot of overlap between the gamma and the lambda

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Low T.

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Everything about that woman screams disgust. She is dipping her head and crossing her arms to block him and pull her body as far as she can without getting up and moving. Women's disgust for any person high up in the organizational hierarchy has to be one of the most reliable Gamma tells. Once it has been pointed out, you can't unsee it, and it is EVERYWHERE in our current collapsing institutions.

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Lots of commentary about the internet jargon. But I think the article is clear enough.

Gammas lol *at* you. It's normal to joke around and get laughs or likes of all varieties. Just not when you are making a serious point. Or you know the person does not like you.

At that point the gamma gives himself away.

It's interesting how social media seems to give a gamma license to express that suppressed rage more outwardly than they would in person.

Also it's probably useful to contrast Rishis laugh to the one Putin did during the Tucker interview.

Tucker asked a seemingly simple but very tricky question. Putin laughed briefly, pointed out the barbs then answered clearly, seriously and directly. Only sad I couldn't find a link showing his face during the laugh.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYfByTcY49k

Rishi laughed twice. Both times during his answer. With a false positive cheer about as persuasive as Kamala Haris'.

It's incredible how different the impression is.

Also I find it interesting the interviewer only called out the laughing the second time Rishi laughed.

Maybe the first laugh can be construed as, 'taken off guard'. But is a clear enough gamma signal that she started smelling blood. That second laugh though removed all doubts.

Either way it's clear that sharp women are absolutely fatal for gammas.

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Interesting question is, with more Gammas venting their rage through social media. Does that help them get calmer in real life, or escalate the rage?

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Venting is fake.

You become calmer by letting go of your rage, not indulging in it.

Men who indulge in their rage online become more dangerous if they ever miss their "release"

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I agree with Dave. I think it's making them worse. There is some psychology to prove this.

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/08/11/catharsis/

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People have never been angrier in day-to-day life because of social media. They've been frothing at the mouth about Trump for almost a decade now.

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Do gammas generally hate criticism of their ideas and/or work? If someone generally welcomes criticism and responds constructively, can they still be a Gamma?

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Gammas hate being wrong. Normal people change their opinion if they find out they are wrong, or if they are presented with data they didn't have before. Gammas double down, because it is inconceivable to them that they are wrong. They are married to ideas in my experience.

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Likely because Gammas marry their ego to their work/opinion, more so than most. So any criticism isn't just a correction, it is an attack on their ego.

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No, I think that's one of the big differences between Gamma and Delta.

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The weirdest thing Ive seen gammas do is that thing where they have a moment of honesty after a significant L then the next day continue the charade like they didn’t just tell me all of this was fake the other day. They’ll confide in you that all their behaviors are because they “know they aren’t a man” or something and they hope doing XYZ will make people like them. I’m a pretty empathetic guy so I usually try to give them some guidance in these moments. But then the next day the show just continues. It’s an odd thing to witness.

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Please look closely at this man. Would anyone, anyone at all, follow this man into battle? Seriously, would anyone even be interested in talking to him?

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I think that presupposes a world in which he is leading people into battle. Wouldn't he rather be sitting at a desk signing forms that send other men into battle, while keeping himself as far away as possible from any actual danger.

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Question for the group. I was recently in a very toxic work environment where the site leader would verbally harangue employees. On three occasions I saw him reduce a male to tears. Turnover was high and the morale was the worst I've ever seen in 25 years.

Normally, when he'd turn it on me, I'd take it stoically and just endure until it passed over and he got on to something else. I make it a rule to not let someone else's abuse alter my own internal narrative. But a couple times, it got so absurd that I had to laugh.

Case in point: "WHY ARE WE OVER BUDGET?!" "Because we had these things happen that were not included in the budget when it was created." "I DIDN'T ASK ABOUT THE BUDGET! I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED!" "What happened was a, b, and c, which were not budgeted for." "G-DAMMIT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET!" and so on. And he was pacing back and forth, getting red in the face, and it was so absurd I started laughing, told him I'd build him a bridge to explain it, and went to my office.

So, in this instance, is that Gamma laughter, or something else? I really don't know what the "best" response would have been in this situation. Most employees would completely shut down around him, out of respect I always tried to engage because I felt it was my job to do so.

Anyway, curious what people think.

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Thanks everyone for the feedback, much appreciated.

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"it got so absurd that I had to laugh."

So, it became physically impossible to avoid laughter? It may be hard to control laughter at times, but if we potty train as little kids, I'm certain you could've held your laughter at bay.

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The most suspect thing that you said is that "out of respect I always tried to engage because I felt it was my job to do so".

That sounds like textbook Gamma reasoning.

1. You did what you "felt" was your job instead of what you're paid to do.

2. You provide obvious false reasoning. You did your job out of respect?

3. You describe answering direct questions as trying "to engage".

4. You did something openly disrespectful because you were trying to be respectful? That's just incoherent.

There isn't necessarily anything wrong with laughing when someone does something laughable, even if you really shouldn't. But the fact that you show other signs of being a Gamma renders your account unreliable.

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1. Because of respect, not the money. People are not robots. There is something like "ethics of work".

2. He ENGAGE because of respect. He DOING his JOB because of money. I think that difference is obvious.

3. Are you sure they are direct? Read that dialogue again. Manager seems to be idiot.

4. HAHAHA. LOL! At the BEGINING he tried to be engaged and profesional but AT THE END he can't stand psycho manager and make joke about him. Openly disrespectful? WOW! Maybe "Adam" shoud lay down on the knee and take bully's >snake< on his mouth?

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Is a gamma male a Mary Sue in his own mind?

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Yes that is Gamma laughter. You failed answering his legitimate question, which was not absurd or abusive. A Gamma tell is also "I make it a rule to not let someone else's abuse alter my own internal narrative.", as is the story about male tears which is a fabrication. Finally, how you were so very special that you stood up to the evil Alpha is as Gamma as it gets.

When someone higher on the SSH asks you a question or to perform something, you should try answering the exact question or doing the exact thing and not let your inner narrative monologue over him. Correcting him and walking away as Secret King is definitely not your job.

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It was the 'tears' that broke the story for me. In 30+ years in the workforce, only seen two men break down in tears at work in front of other men:

-One had just learned both of his parents were killed in a car accident.

-The other was homosexual and his dog had been hit by a car before coming to work that morning.

Men, even gay men, don't necessarily cry all that easily at work, in front of other men and the rest of the story smacks of Gamma tall tales and secret daydreams about how it would be different if he was in charge.

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I would like to hear the irate boss's side of the story.

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The chances that he was doing a lot more Gamma things are very high, are they not?

Look at the writing, he has decided he should be the manager. The Alpha is so bad and evil. I would not be surprised if he had overrode clear orders and caused "things to happen" in his ascendance to Secret Kingery.

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Something about it definitely seemed off. But nobody pointed it out until you did, so I said nothing.

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I recommend, in every conversation with the man, that you patiently meticulously masterfully weave the path of the conversation back to... THE BUDGET.

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Absurdity is funny. That laughter isn't the "suppressed rage" Gamma laughter Vox was talking about it in the post, since there is something to laugh about.

It was inappropriate laughter, and it might affect your work relationship with your boss, but that's a different kind of inappropriate laughter.

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It is funny indeed.

The Gamma thought everyone buys that the Alpha was reducing everyone to tears. But then the Secret King entered the picture and simply laughed at the Alpha defeating him instantly, then walking away.

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