• twelve20two @slrpnk.net
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    7 months ago

    And then “sigmas” tried to set themselves apart by saying that they really, really, really don’t care and they’re just focusing on themselves*

    *By putting themselves into their own strata with a label that they definitely, totally don’t care about. And no, it’s definitely, definitely not a grift that influencers can use

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    7 months ago

    Alpha male is the most unstable and failure prone male.

    Beta male is a little better, since the developers would have tested it more.

    Release Candidate male or Staging male is probably the safest bet if you want a fairly reliable male while still having earlier access to new features.

    Stable Release male is the one most non male enthusiasts would use though.

    If you’re running males in a server or enterprise environment, you probably want Long Term Support male.

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    7 months ago

    In nature the ‘alpha’ wolves are actually just the parents.

    The original study that this term came from was based on wolves in captivity and the original author has spent decades reputitating the common interpretation of wolves being hierarchical and following an alpha leader like the common interpretation imagines that term to mean.

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      Those “alpha” wolves were just a bunch of strangers thrown together and operating off of fear. They were just trying to build a pecking order to have some interpersonal security.

      So any “alpha male” is just a frightened, insecure stranger who is out of their depth in scary circumstances and operating in a reactionary manner.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    My 27yo incel nephew during the holidays had a hissy fit and called me a beta and really put himself in the alpha seat.

    Which was weird, because I picked him up from my sister’s house, drove him here, and also had to drop him back off as a favor to my sister.

    I dunno what internet or what he thinks alphas are but oooof.

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      7 months ago

      So you chauffered him around for free, no strings attached, and are now wondering why he thinks he’s royalty.

      Next time you help him out, drop him off in the nearby woods with a camera, asking for a video on how alphas hunt.

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        No… there just isnt a next time.

        “Hey can you…”

        “Nah, Ive got too much Beta shit going on. Buying soy candles, yoga… tell him to find an Alpha way home. Tame a wild horse, Run with a wolf pack or some shit. NMFP.”

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    That’s what all social constructs and the bigotry based around them are, and another example of why hierarchies are destructive.

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    7 months ago

    “…and then they start jumping up and down on the sofa yelling ‘it’s turbo time!’ And then they start runnin’ around the house? And when you try to join in they yell at you and say ‘YOU’RE NOT PART OF THE TURBO TEAM! DON’T RUN! YOU DON’T RUN WITH US! WE’RE THE ONES THAT RUN! UNTIL YOU’RE PART OF THIS TURBO TEAM, WALK SLOWLY!’ Has that ever happened to you?”

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    Ah yes, a paper about wolves following a leader which was disproven by the same person that made it obviously applies to humans

    The average pack size in North America is eight wolves and in Europe 5.5 wolves, with the biggest being 42

    The largest human “pack” size is 37800000

    i couldnt find the average size of a city, only the largest

    42 is sightly smaller than 37800000 so studies on wolves about social structure might be wrong if you replaces wolves with humans

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      7 months ago

      As a European, I gotta tell you, it’s super creepy seeing those half wolves walk around with their packs… You guys are lucky your wolves decided to split up in 8-packs instead.

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    7 months ago

    Labels are for other people to describe you, the second you put one on yourself, you’re just showing what an insecure fool you are. People are supposed to figure that out for themselves around highschool age.

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    7 months ago

    Alphas exist in real life though. You wouldn’t understand 🍷🗿🧬💪🏻

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    7 months ago

    I love how much this pisses people off. Dude is a troll and people are feeding him constantly.