Life and Survivor

I think life is a game of Survivor. Everyone is just trying to last another day, and ultimately get a lot of money, or fame, or love.

I think Survivor can also be applied to scenarios in life.

Are you more popular than someone else in your circle of friends? Think of you as the final 2, and everyone else as the jurors. Who wins? I think it's interesting to sit down with some names and figure out who could beat who in a jury vote of their friends. Sometimes it's not as simple as A > B > C > D > E > F. Someone might be able to beat someone else, but that lose to someone that the person they could beat could win against. Get it?

I also think friendships, alliances and rivalries are interesting. Friendships are formed with people that you mutually enjoy being with. Common ground, or similar beings are not necessary for a friendship. All you need in a friend is for them to be funny, or nice, or smart. Alliances are different, though. Alliances are created between people with a lot of common ground (same gender, same age, same background, same interests) but not between similar people. On the other hand, rivalries are created between very similar being. They rival each other in competition for the same role in a tribe.

Tribes are like classes. You might not like everyone in your class, and you may not have anything in common with them. But you're still always with them, and you're still fighting for the same thing.

I think it's easier to see dominance in a relationship if you look at it through Survivor than through real life. Could A convince B to vote for C instead of voting for D who E wants them to vote for? If so, they are most likely dominant in that relationship.

That's all for now. I just thought it was interesting.