Over on Sigma Game, I saw someone mention their 4 year old boy having better game than Bill Ackerman , and it reminded me of a recent funny event with the Young Viking, who is 6.
A couple of days ago, I went to get him from school and he’s walking up the stairs holding hands with the teacher… I figure maybe she’s just trying to hold him down, since he regularly runs out of class to play outside, once was chased down by a teacher because he was climbing the steps to the exit on the road [when I was told and asked him what the hell he was doing, his answer was “not leaving school! Trying to catch a lizard”], and a week or two earlier had seen another teacher trying to hold him back from just running up the stairs to the exit where he could see me.
The teachers do this because basically they worry some kid will run into the road and… well, actually nothing much can happen. The village is small, the bus blocks the road and the parents all park their cars behind the bus and walk up to get their kids. Then walk back to their car. No hurry and no one drives faster than about 5km/h when they do get moving anyway.
And then I also recall an event a few days earlier when one of the other kids was trying to be a “good guy” and holding the Young Viking back by a sleeve. Picture the Young Viking, blonde-haired, handsome, his back weighs a ton and he is tall for his age but lanky-athletic, the other kid probably has 10kg on him and looks older.
But kind of soft. The weak, already overweight-bully type. Genetically formed to be a government bureaucrat, at a guess. I observe the interaction with paternal objectivity, curious how it will play out since the YV has my DNA after all, and a rather short fuse.
The bigger kid is talking to the YV while pulling him back by his sleeve. The YV is simply snapping his arm forward with his whole shoulder, breaking the other kid’s grip every few seconds. This carries on until they are at the top of the stairs near the road and the bigger kid sees me, recognises me and lets go of the YV. It is fair to say he was being the usual “good guy” concern troll most such busybodies are.
First words out the YV’s mouth:
“This bitch was holding my arm…”
Me: “Hey! Watch your mouth!”
All his teachers understand enough English…
Secretly I am kind of proud he correctly identified the other kid’s behaviour not as threatening, scary, or violent… just karen-ish concern trolling.
Anyway, these things flash through my mind and I recall the day before too his teacher had also been holding his hand as they came up the steps.
So as I greet her and him, I ask if everything is ok, was he misbehaving as I noticed she, been holding his hand when coming to the front gate the last two days.
Teacher: “What? Oh no, no, he’s great! We’re just very physical, we like to hold hands, and touch each other!”
Now, in English that would set off red flags, but in Italian it really doesn’t have any sexual overtones at all. Nor did I get any inkling of such a vibe. Just a teacher that has taken a liking to the YV. Knows he’s a bit “different” but not even remotely dumb, quite the opposite and his rebel nature probably sparks some affection in females of all ages anyway.
To make light I say: “Ah ok because I know he’s a handful, so I was wondering if he’s been giving you or the class any trouble?”
Teacher: “HIM?!! No, he’s no trouble and the other kids… they live him, when he was sick a couple of days when he got back they hugged him and asked how he was, all concerned…” then she pauses… “well… I mean… the women. EhYuri? The women! All these women!” Then looking at me: “the girls all love him. He’s always surrounded by them.”
I have known the YV is going to be spoilt for choice later in life, he has the natural absolute Sigma attitude of not caring at all what anyone else thinks and just doing his own thing that drives women crazy. Couple it with his no nonsense attitude with girls, and as I say, he will be spoilt for choice.
Teacher: “No seriously, every break-time…”
Me: “Eh… well… he can’t help it… it’s his DNA… his father likes women, his grandfather, and his great- grandfather too… as far back as we know, it seems we have that tendency…”
Teacher: (laughs).
But it got me thinking about what I wrote before that I do think there is a genetic component to the SSH. And I wonder about the percentages, Vox says Sigma is a rounding error, but I also think culture influences it. American society, while rather “diverse” ethnically is culturally pretty homogenous considering its size. While the average Italian is far more a creature shaped by the culture if his region, his dialect, and his independent way of seeing life. One of my very best friends here is a Sigma too, and I know my father and grandfather were as well. Their lives may as well be posters for the concept of the Sigma Vox came up with. And you don’t need to take my word for it. You can read my dad’s autobiography and judge for yourself. It is an interesting read, quite aside the subject of this post.
Anyway, I doubt there will be any verifiable way to reach any solid conclusions on the matter, but personally, I have enough data to feel confident in my assessment concerning genetics affecting the SSH far more than most might suspect.
This post was originally published on my Substack. Link here
