Every now and then, there appears, as if on cue, a response that reeks of a supercilious hyper-cynical know-it-all knock-down-all damp squib nature or quality response in the columns of RG. Amazingly, no female responds in this utterly dismissing fashion, at least in these threads, to the best of my knowledge.
If knowledge cannot grant humility, if knowledge cannot eliminate scorn, if knowledge cannot erase sarcasm , if knowledge cannot instil fear of the unknown (with the ocean of the unknown being far more wide and deep than the ocean of the known), if knowledge accelerates self-narcissism, if knowledge adds veils of arrogance, if knowledge is used for self-aggrandizement and decimation of others, it does not add to wisdom that might animate us, enliven us, illuminate us, and open our minds to ever expanding vistas of incalculable expanse.
The evolutionarily advanced alpha male will announce himself in many ways through sniggering and snickering in print. What might these ways be?
Is this a sincere question or a complaint in the guise of a question?
Michael, you decide and respond accordingly between guise, guile, gumption, grouse, gratuitous, grievance, grief or any other shade of grey. It is a free world.
Whatever you write in response, do it from the bottom of your heart and a sincerity that overwhelms others. At the present, I see you poking barn-door wide holes in the question rather than making any positive effort to contribute to the question.
One of the most typical characteristics of alpha males is to answer a question with a question.
Two, alpha males put words in the mouths of others.
There are over a hundred other characteristics. By and by.
Three, alpha males shoot out quicksilver responses, usually in a matter of seconds or minutes. Mulling over any issue is never a concern.
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