When walking with one other person, which side is considered the "alpha" side?

[MagnusTheBrewer]

And why tower stairs always rotate clockwise when going up.

 

[Perknose]

What if the OP is walking with another dude? Does it mean he loves or cares deeply for the other guy if he's on the street side?

To a true Alpha Male, all others, regardless of gender, are by definition weaker and needful of his protection, which he magnanimously affords. Love does not enter into the equation. Duty does.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Pshaw! Poppycock and folderol! Violence, most specifically the ever present hint of violence is the alpha male's stock in trade. It is how he became the alpha male, and it is how he maintains his rank.

gaidensensei assumes correctly. Most people are right handed. Left-handed-ness is a trait of the weak, the sly, the duplicitous . . . yea, verily, the sinister.

Think, ProcessedBeefBoy, think! A right thinking, right hand using Alpha Male will carry his sword on his left side. It is to protect said sword from sinister swiping that he stations himself on the left.

I don't know about this. Even the lions allow the beta lions to travel without threat. Yes, the swift sword of justice must be applied when necessary, but in a public situation walking on an ordinary occasion the hierarchy has already been established.

 

[Perknose]

I don't know about this.

Of course you don't. You are but ground up meat product lost in your overlarge buns.

Even the lions allow the beta lions to travel without threat. Yes, the swift sword of justice must be applied when necessary, but in a public situation walking on an ordinary occasion the hierarchy has already been established.

Yes, but they are forever vigilant, and rightly so. Be it he savannah or the sidewalk, heavy lies the crown.

 

[jteef]

Pshaw! Poppycock and folderol! Violence, most specifically the ever present hint of violence is the alpha male's stock in trade. It is how he became the alpha male, and it is how he maintains his rank.

gaidensensei assumes correctly. Most people are right handed. Left-handed-ness is a trait of the weak, the sly, the duplicitous . . . yea, verily, the sinister.

Think, ProcessedBeefBoy, think! A right thinking, right hand using Alpha Male will carry his sword on his left side. It is to protect said sword from sinister swiping that he stations himself on the left.

in every military I've ever heard of, the "place of honor" is on the right. Your sword reference is a bit misguided, according to fable; the place of honor is on the right because when drawing a sword or pistol, the guy on the right is significantly more likely to cut/shoot the guy on the left. We wouldn't want the colonel cutting up the general.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

The real question is, who gives a flying fuck? I sure dont.

 

[Perknose]

in every military I've ever heard of, the "place of honor" is on the right. Your sword reference is a bit misguided, according to fable; the place of honor is on the right because when drawing a sword or pistol, the guy on the right is significantly more likely to cut/shoot the guy on the left. We wouldn't want the colonel cutting up the general.

You really, truly need your "meter" recalibrated. Either that, or borrow a sense of humor from one of your betters. ()

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

in every military I've ever heard of, the "place of honor" is on the right. Your sword reference is a bit misguided, according to fable; the place of honor is on the right because when drawing a sword or pistol, the guy on the right is significantly more likely to cut/shoot the guy on the left. We wouldn't want the colonel cutting up the general.

Perk's just playing with HB.

 

[Perknose]

The real question is, who gives a flying fuck? I sure dont.

I've heard otherwise. Rumor has it your real name is TakeAllPrisioners, and that you were passed around on your cell block like a carton of cigarettes or a tattered copy of Penthouse Letters. :awe:

 

[Daishiki]

The gentleman always walks on the street side with the woman on the left.

This.

 

[gaidensensei]

I think there is a way to conjure an answer. Just find pictures of war generals discussing with another, preferrably while walking.

 

[olds]

I walk on the street side. Unless an unsavory person is to my wife's side then I move between them.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

In the air force at least, the higher ranked person is supposed to be on the right.

 

[Imp]

Obviously the right side. For the exact same reason it's cool to wear earings on your right ear as a dude, but flaming to wear it on your left.

 

[Away]

It doesn't matter which side you walk in. All that matters is you assume a stance of dominance over the weaker beta.

 

[MustangSVT]

only betas ask beta question like this.

 

[Leros]

When I'm with a woman or a child, I walk on the side of the sidewalk nearest the street.

 

[jlee]

As long as no one is crowding my gun side I really don't care.