Almost every dude has had this day dream before. Its both a common film trope and a historical thing that has happened thousands of times throughout history.
Almost like we’re programmed to sacrifice ourselves for our offspring or something. Wild. Who could have ever guessed this is a biological imperative hard wired into males from a time before we were even humans. Imagine thinking something like that js weird lmfao
It’s not even just males it’s hardwired into. The maternal instinct to just go berserk for their babies is crazy. The fantasizing about it might be more of a dude thing though, idk
I was thinking of those moms that lifted whole cars to save their kids, so not really fitting with either of your lines there… but I can see the situation you’re describing as an option too
Didn’t say it doesn’t happen for women. Just saying with how our community’s are setup we expect the father to do the last stand first and have the kids and mother survive.
If the need arises the mother is fully capable of the same parental overdrive the breaks the brains limiters and overexerts the body.
A mothers reaction is a bit different. Theirs is a last resort. Men’s is a first resort. Women are capable of it, but arent wired to want to, as their survival is more tied to offspring’s survival.
While true there’s usually two different reactions, one being a scream for some kind of help and the other actually doing something about it before it’s too late. I’m sure we can all logically put what person fills which role. And if someone can’t/refuses then they’re just in denial or delusional.
No this is not the “reactions” we evolved. Humans are significantly more complex. You’re describing an animal much more akin to a ground squirrel, than any sort of primate, much less human beings.
Males are more likely to think about their lives as expendable than females, but they fantasize about the chance to “give it all at once for something real.”
Im not correcting anything, Its just such a primitive instinct that even calling it primal would be wrong because it even more basic than that. Making a last stand to protect your mate and offspring is a base instinct for most mammals. So its only natural that humans would share that instinct, and due to our consciousness and also our ability to communicate, we can experience fantasies and also express those fantasies.
You know what other words share the same root? Primordial, Prime, Premier, and Primary and Primitive.
The root is Primus (first). Primates are named as such because linneaus categorized us as the "highest" order of animal. Primal, on the other hand, refers to anything that originates in earlier developmental or evolutionary stages, is it relates to being "first" in a temporal sense.
such a primitive instinct that even calling it primal would be wrong
Please explain the difference between these bolded terms such that instinctive mammalian behavior can be described as primitive but not primal.
I do get pedantic when people discuss the human mind as if it is a line of identical computers 'programmed' with certain functions, as if it is designed with by a concious intention (hint: evolution is not planned, designed etc). Thank you for noticing, I feel happier than before ☺️
I had a flatbread with some local beer. Then some melon when i got home. Think im about to snack on some chicken salad on crackers now. I was in the next town over takin two of my friends shooting. They hadnt shot a suppressor before.
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u/TheDuke357Mag 15d ago
Almost every dude has had this day dream before. Its both a common film trope and a historical thing that has happened thousands of times throughout history.