Do most people want others to be weaker/not as successful as they are?

GhostYourself4IDo · 2018-07-11T04:07:07+00:00

Yes, of course. There is this hate that takes over their thinking and an anger that crashes over them.

Males are very competitive. It’s in our genes. We desire to reach a place in the hierarchy as great as possible. If you’re better than me, it draws conscious awareness of the fact that you’re higher than me on this scale. Or, that you’re already living a life I hope to achieve, or worse, one that I flat out know I cannot achieve.

This is why you are to never brag around beta’s. They will resent you.

I almost always (purposefully) lose at everything I do with my work friends or anyone at work. Ping pong at work, I lose. Rock climbing after work, I lose. Chess at work, I lose. Of course, I cat mouse them, and they’re somewhat formidable opponents. But, if I tried, I could easily crush them. However, those are my work colleagues, bosses, etc and absolutely none of them are alpha whatsoever. 1 person in the entire building knows about my real life, he knew me from before we both worked there... all the rest, I lose to in competition, and shake my head up down and smile when we are at the bar and they tell me “how much they love staring at that pretty girl in the black.” While in my head I plan on missing the ping pong ball and bitting my lip when it comes to my visions of grabbing him by the shoulders and aggressively shaking him and screaming, “then go open her you fuck!”

Obvious, I avoid these situations lol. But, when they come up and I do play along, that’s what I do.

Even the very few rare instances where I had someone beta that was happy for me... I told them of my next accomplishment months later, and I could see in their face they were jealous.

Stick with talking about this stuff to people who are already higher on that scale. Or have hierarchy doing their own things. They’ll be happy for you.

FeralRed · 2018-07-11T05:38:39+00:00

Strive to be better.

Not by tearing others down, but surpassing them on every metric.

Concentrate on constructing the best version of you, not demolishing all you see as a threat so you end up atop the burning pile of garbage.

[deleted] · 2018-07-11T04:56:32+00:00

Entirely.

I usually try to wish the best for others but there have been times where I feel like people don't 'deserve' things.

This is an incorrect way of thinking.

Nobody 'deserves' anything. You work to the best of YOUR ability to create your best self.

I've had friends joke about my interests in my hobbies and I know it stems from a reflection of them feeling like they aren't doing as much as I am.

Don't hate on others, your mission is too important and needs to be hammered every day. You don't have time to waste time on those who try to slow you down, or they win.

abudun79 · 2018-07-11T07:04:57+00:00

Most people want to feel successful, pretty, intelligent, rich. Since this can be measured in relation to those around you, you've got two options: Become better, prettier, more intelligent and richer than others or deminish the success, beauty, intelligence and wealth of others.

The former requires patience and hard work and the latter can be done in a fraction of that time, from the couch, using social media or the phone.

bossplayaintraining · 2018-07-11T09:59:13+00:00

Oh yeah. Everybody. So much so they try to purposely make it happen to some people (me being one of them).

Title	Do most people want others to be weaker/not as successful as they are?
Author	resnine
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Date	July 11, 2018 3:44 AM UTC (5 years ago)
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