reflections on downtown Anchorage (Metlakatla: 2013, title, health)

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by AlaskaErik

Easy for you to internet quarterback. I was in a dead sleep and the first thing I did when I woke up was grab my Glock 23. It was 0430 and I didn't think they were collecting for the Red Cross by trying to break in through the balcony slider. This was a motel room and I also had my wife to protect. Damn straight the Glock is the first thing I'm going to go to. I take self-preservation very seriously.

Dude. I'm not questioning your decision. Though going back and reading it, I can see where I might be misleading.

I'm talking about cali. Read his first threat. If someone busted in my living space, I'd use a weapon as well.

Then again my reflexes are so slow, I'd probably not be able to stop anyone from a dead sleep.

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by riceme

An alpha male doesn't have to tell people he's an alpha male.

An alpha male doesn't brag about how big his home is, his pistol, his bank account, or anything else. An alpha male doesn't have to denigrate another person, much less an entire people, in order to make himself look and feel bigger. He doesn't have to brag that he carries, what he carries, when he carries, where he carries, or, for god's sake, when and why he thinks he's going to use what he carries.

If you'd ever had to point a firearm at another human being you would not be bragging about 'what you're gonna do if,' and so on. It's a f***ing horrific thing that's precipitated by f***ing horrific events.

This. Exactly this.

[Metlakatla]

Yep ^^^ Also, it's been my observation that alphas are usually genuinely likeable people, which pretty much counts cali out. I don't think he's learned the difference between being an alpha and a bully.

[riceme]

Originally Posted by Haolejohn

Dude. I'm not questioning your decision. Though going back and reading it, I can see where I might be misleading.

I'm talking about cali. Read his first threat. If someone busted in my living space, I'd use a weapon as well.

Then again my reflexes are so slow, I'd probably not be able to stop anyone from a dead sleep.

I understood what you meant... or, I think I did. AlaskaErik didn't go around posturing, shooting his mouth off, and making a bunch of threats before he did what needed to be done. He just....... did what needed to be done.

[riceme]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Yep ^^^ Also, it's observation that alpha's are usually genuinely likeable people, which XXXXX XXXX counts cali out. I don't think he's learned the difference between being an alpha and a bully.

^I fixed it for you.

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

Wait... what?

You're the one who differentiated between points and facts, and your "fact" that natives are a "majority" of the homeless was shown to be false.

So, is that all you got?

Here's the only fact I've learned in this thread: CaliRestoration personifies the term "blowhard".

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by riceme

I understood what you meant... or, I think I did. AlaskaErik didn't go around posturing, shooting his mouth off, and making a bunch of threats before he did what needed to be done. He just....... did what needed to be done.

You understood correctly.

[Frostnip]

Originally Posted by Haolejohn

Quyana!

Alpha!
You peasants better shiver
In fear of my quiver
I ain't got time for pee
You Natives ain't as good as me.
I come home to a nasty mess
5th avenue mall I like even less
That smell makes me gag
My disdain for you commoners never lags
I got lots of dough
I'll make sure that you all know.
I'm an alpha male
Unlike pee, My farts don't smell.

Mahsi shijyaa, I needed the laugh

[Frostnip]

Originally Posted by riceme

I understood what you meant... or, I think I did. AlaskaErik didn't go around posturing, shooting his mouth off, and making a bunch of threats before he did what needed to be done. He just....... did what needed to be done.

100% agreed. Although I am going to dock AlaskaErik a half a point for specifying what kind of gun it was, this not being a detective novel, rap song, or police report. Sorry, AlaskaErik

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by Frostnip

100% agreed. Although I am going to dock AlaskaErik a half a point for specifying what kind of gun it was, this not being a detective novel, rap song, or police report. Sorry, AlaskaErik

Ah, come on! James Bond, license to kill, wouldn't leave out that detail so why should any other alpha male?