From a Bro #1: The Swan Tribe Effect

I had this idea before of running a blog that kind of apes Barney Stinson's way of explaining social structure and concepts. Given my schedule back then and the 379 things I wanted to do, I lost time for it. Given my renewed interest to blog, I thought of incorporating the concept to this blog. And I'd like to start with the first social structure concept I've observed: THE SWAN TRIBE.

Let's begin.

Definition

A group of swans is called a tribe. Swans are elegant-looking water fowls that people usually associate with beauty. Similarly, a group of men or women comprised of beautiful looking members may be referred to as a Swan Tribe. When a not so good looking individual inserts himself/herself to such group, The Swan Tribe effect is triggered by the individual and that individual is commonly referred to a Duckling.

A duckling may consciously or unconsciously insert himself/herself to a swan tribe because, naturally, on their own, ducklings don't seem much. With a tribe, they feel more or less physically more pleasant (discuss CHEERLEADER effect) than they usually are and project this belief to other people as well. With their natural charm and seemingly harmless nature, ducklings can court their way in to a tribe and reap the benefits.

Benefits

The swan tribe effect benefits the duckling in the following ways:

1. The duckling will more or less look like a swan (more appealing/prettier than normal) since he/she is surrounded by swans.

2. The duckling can take the swans's leftovers (individuals the swans don't like can always be taken by the duckling as most usually individuals rejected by swans are suffering blows to their egos and ducklings seem easier prey). This means the duckling basically just need to hang out with the swans and wait for them to attract attention and get the ones the swans don't pick up. Pretty nifty.

3. Ducklings are well connected, this is due to the swans's connections who in turn become their acquaintance, thanks to their friendship with the swans. Confident ducklings are usually part of more than one swan tribe, which results to more connections.

Harms

Like with most social concepts, the swan tribe has its cons:

1. The Swan tribe effect does not work on ducklings with low self-esteem. Ducklings who find themselves in a swan tribe must have their self-esteem beefed up to maximize the swan tribe's effect on them.

2. The Swan tribe may suffer a social scratch due to accepting a duckling into their midst, but this is only true for highschool girl groups or ultimately vain men.

3. Better knowing individuals can easily identify a duckling in a group and not fall in their lure.

Stay tuned as we discuss other social concepts soon.