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COMPETITION ???

2008.07.05
blonde smile...

brunette smile and blonde angry face...

Humans always surprise me...
I was ready to go back home after a long day at work as I saw the two girls shooting each other.
As I pointed my camera to take a pic of the two, the blonde smiled to me then suddenly got disappointed as the brunette turned to me and smiled...
They are really young and could be my nephew and, most important, they were not Sharon Stone and Julia Roberts as I'm not Brad Pitt or Richard Gere for sure!!!
So, why the hell they started to argue and compete???
Back home I searched and found all the meanings of "competition", here they are...


Competition is the rivalry of two or more parties over someone or something.
Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which coexist in the same environment: animals compete over water supplies, food, and mates. In addition, humans compete for attention, wealth, prestige, and fame.
Competition can be remote, as in a free throw contest, or antagonistic, as in a standard basketball game. These contests are similar, but in the first one players are isolated from each other, while in the second one they are able to interfere with the performance of their competitors.
Competition gives incentives for self improvement. If two watchmakers are competing for business, they will lower their prices and improve their products to increase their sales. If birds compete for a limited water supply during a drought, the more suited birds will survive to reproduce and improve the population.
Rivals will often refer to their competitors as "the competition".
Destructive competition seeks to benefit an individual/group/organism by damaging/eliminating competing individuals/groups/organisms; it opposes the desire for mutual survival - it is “winner takes all”. The rationale being that the challenge is a zero-sum game; the success of one group is dependent on the failure of the other competing groups. Destructive competition tends to promote fear, a first-strike mentality and embraces certain forms of trespass.
Cooperative competition is based upon promoting mutual survival - “everyone wins”.
Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” is a process where individuals compete to improve their level of happiness but compete in a cooperative manner through peaceful exchange and without violating other people.
54 Comments
seismargaritas Fijate que muchachas mas monas¡¡¡
playaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa¡¡
seismargaritas · 2008-07-05: 07:43
seismargaritas monas...> bellas
seismargaritas · 2008-07-05: 07:43
haclacha :)
haclacha · 2008-07-05: 07:46
idorudoll Good contrast of human reactions ,,,
:)

idorudoll · 2008-07-05: 07:57
Brekeka :):):)
Brekeka · 2008-07-05: 08:17
catedral01 excellent words.......
catedral01 · 2008-07-05: 08:27
anamaria21 GREAT !! [ please do not tell me anything about competition, rivalry :))) ]
anamaria21 · 2008-07-05: 08:56
leocheung Great post :))
leocheung · 2008-07-05: 08:57
rojay interesting and observant post. well done!
rojay · 2008-07-05: 09:19
dkelly haha ......
dkelly · 2008-07-05: 09:19
tulip Fun story !!!..
They are young and could be your nieces..
tulip · 2008-07-05: 09:20
cariad so very true....and well done for observing it...:))
cariad · 2008-07-05: 09:44
peregol WOW!! :-))
peregol · 2008-07-05: 10:33
jennye :))
jennye · 2008-07-05: 10:36
mystic1 Good Reportage and interesting images
mystic1 · 2008-07-05: 11:27
TIM927 we humans are like that. We act like that since we are children and as we grow older some give up and enjoy living and others die competing...
I cant help laughing about seismargaritas comment,,well,,about her explanation,,,if she didnt explain mabe someone here could accuse her of competing lol,,,tricky language,,,that´s life,,,have all a good and free of insane competition weekend :)
TIM927 · 2008-07-05: 11:31
parja10 ;) good title !
parja10 · 2008-07-05: 13:10
luucha nice!!!!
luucha · 2008-07-05: 13:13
storytaylor great
storytaylor · 2008-07-05: 13:52
jim7221 Cool post, Ronin... an interesting read!!
And boy!!... great shots!!....... bless them!!!...lol.. ;))
jim7221 · 2008-07-05: 15:23
Szilvinnya intresting post :))
Szilvinnya · 2008-07-05: 16:39
DancingDolphin I have a daughter this age and many times see this scenario of your first shot. What I see is the blond smiling for her friends photo and not smiling for yours. The brunette on the other hand indulged you taking her photo. I doubt they were arguing when you left. I think you don't give these two young women enough "intelligence" credit! :-)
DancingDolphin · 2008-07-05: 16:43
curlyq60 ...remarkable photos,,,,as always...
curlyq60 · 2008-07-05: 18:12
dadlak Fascinating change of expression by the blonde...great set
dadlak · 2008-07-05: 18:14
aurian Ooh.... an interesting set... the blonde woman is very much in competition with the brunette once you turn your lens to her! (although I'm biased, i prefer the brunette anyway :P)
aurian · 2008-07-05: 19:11
sunshineand
swimwear does not leave much to the imagination these days
sunshineand · 2008-07-05: 19:38
mojaroo WOW
GREAT GREAT PHOTOS
mojaroo · 2008-07-05: 20:09
ootgoody both are georgous...no need to compete.
i go to the beach a lot. but always kinda worry taking picture of bikinis. please advise.
ootgoody · 2008-07-05: 23:47
busybee36 Its interesting seeing different peoples thoughts on what the girls' smiles and frowns mean.
busybee36 · 2008-07-05: 23:55
cluez good note
cluez · 2008-07-06: 00:58
missindependent great pics and note. ;)) I'm impressed.
missindependent · 2008-07-06: 05:52
Yueren nice set!
Yueren · 2008-07-06: 06:26
maciut :))
maciut · 2008-07-06: 10:44
r00tt great :):)
r00tt · 2008-07-06: 12:40
MarcoCastagnaro (;
MarcoCastagnaro · 2008-07-06: 15:18
cortelazzo :-)
cortelazzo · 2008-07-06: 15:32
ypslon :)
ypslon · 2008-07-06: 16:34
vollenda :)
vollenda · 2008-07-06: 19:44
somogyvari Perfect shots !!
somogyvari · 2008-07-07: 05:55
ambersunsets Very interesting!
ambersunsets · 2008-07-07: 08:46
SunFe funny:)
SunFe · 2008-07-07: 15:15
Jausmil Geniales!!!
Jausmil · 2008-07-07: 15:32
ClaudePechabaden Your comments are very funny :)
ClaudePechabaden · 2008-07-07: 16:26
bundlesofjoy intersting spin on the last shot
bundlesofjoy · 2008-07-07: 18:58
SoyLatte great commentary. for me, what you do is what photography is all about.
SoyLatte · 2008-07-07: 22:45
ThePearlView I somehow agree with Dancing Dolphin
Maybe the blonde looks that way because she was being wary that a stranger was taking a photo of her friend.
But I do like your point of you and your results!!
ThePearlView · 2008-07-08: 03:04
jenjung funny : )
jenjung · 2008-07-08: 13:00
Cabecilha it's automatic!! :)

fab post!

excellent words!
Cabecilha · 2008-07-08: 13:47
nathaliedelmas Sacré Ronin!!! des femmes, des femmes... toujours des femmes!!! :))))
nathaliedelmas · 2008-07-09: 14:05
taifallos are you sure it was competition?- maybe she's watched too many CSI's and hadn't met her drama quota for the day =) -therefore targeting the guy with the camera as the next predator.
taifallos · 2008-07-11: 19:49
bebbo che rossa .....e che sorriso.....le donne.......
bebbo · 2008-07-13: 17:38
Andrea67 Bella idea... simpatico post...
Andrea67 · 2008-07-30: 13:15
Mabi938 looks like in fact !
Mabi938 · 2008-08-01: 23:19
LastFrontier The blond woman doesn't appear to be looking at you; rather, at her friend. Hasty generalizations sometimes make people question their own values.
LastFrontier · 2008-09-30: 12:20
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