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Encouraging someone to 'just be yourself' can often be perceived as a shit test, and individuals with gamma traits are particularly prone to succumbing to it. The tendency of gammas to dismiss SSH further exacerbates susceptibility to such pitfalls.

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Every single comic hits 10/10 Perhaps my favorite was Doof's doomed date. Perfection.

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Always enjoyed the series immensely. Thank you, Vox.

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The girls in Hypergamouse are drawn cuter than any marvel/DC/boomer-newspaper character in the last 20 years.

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That aunt nina character is hilarious

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Hypergamouse is all home runs, not a miss in sight. Likely also has great utility for introducing the idea to young teens, given its focus on the social aspects over the sexual ones.

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Dag. Definitely getting fired after that meeting. Undeserved, but inevitable.

The comic is fantastic. I thought Fairchild was the author, though - nice to have that cleared up.

Also, I've failed to identify an Omega so far in the comic. Who is it?

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She writes some of them now, I think. She picked up the SHH well enough that there was no real difference.

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I don’t think there is one yet. So far, there’s Alpha (Apex), Bravo (Stoke), Gamma (Doof), and most recently Sigma (Dag).

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I stand corrected. Spotted two omegas in this one: https://www.arkhaven.com/comics/comedy/hypergamouse/threatened

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All the guys there look like gammas, as they socialize, but just with men

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Doof is a gamma, but the two other guys look like not only sexual but also social losers - Doof has a job, presumably he pays his own bills, is not a burden on somebody else. Also, gammas often befriend omegas.

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I took Stoke for a Delta, but thanks!

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There was a leveling up arc for Stoke to transition from delta to bravo. It included the athletic side, the dating side & the financial side, in a pretty realistic way, particularly in how all the friends react.

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Glad to see this here. Hypergamouse is fantastic, no hyperbole. The key is that Lacey seems to really get the SSH. Her expressions and body language are so on point, it’s hilarious.

There probably isn’t a more accessible illustration of the profiles. I’ve shown it to people as an example and they instantly get it.

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I thought that character in Dessert was the Sigma.

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Good catch. Corrected.

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