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[–] 169 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Any time someone uses the terms “alpha”, “beta”, or “sigma” unironically when referring to a person, I immediately write them off as a braindead waste of oxygen.

I’m not even religious, and I’m praying tiktok finally gets banned.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Definitely a hacked/fake account lol

    On an unrelated note, nothing screams dominance more than someone who gets their lifeprotips from a guy who needs to abuse women to get them to listen to him, and got arrested by the police. Sure seems the police are the alphas in this case lol.

    And in the US, E Jean Carrol seems to have shown "President" Trump who is really in charge too

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Feel the same way but why did you mention religious in particular? Do they have something against tiktok or something? I hate it for a bunch of reasons but I don't see anything that could be particularly religious.

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  • [–] 114 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If you have to tell people you're an alpha, you're not.

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  • [–] 137 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    There are no human alphas. Without each other we're all weak ass bitches. Just look at the series "Alone". Even the most rugged outdoorsmen absolutely get fucked hard when they are alone.

    We're a social species. Our strength is our cooperation. Anyone who thinks he's above the rest kicking ass all alone is just a moron.

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  • [–] 121 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    There's no wolf alphas in nature neither. It's an old and debunked theory based on studying captive wolves.

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/

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  • [–] 101 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    To be absolutely clear to anyone who hasn't read about this; it was debunked by the same guy who came up with it in the first place!

    The dude studied wolves in captivity, drew conclusions about their behaviour, then applied those studies to wolves in the wild and discovered that he'd got it all wrong. The behaviours that he observed in captive wolves were all stress responses.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because he’s a good scientist. He followed the evidence, ran a different experiment to test his findings, and followed the evidence again.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Not joining the whole alpha thing but where does alpha get described as lone?

    Meme Alphas are purported to be top dog but they still run with a pack

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    True. Though I’ll add, none of these people actually are leaders in their friend group or community. They think that being an aggressive ahole makes them a leader when real leadership tends to be about gently convincing people that they want to do what you want done or that they should do it anyways

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    [–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Alpha software: broken and incomplete software

    Alpha radiation: very little penetration power

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Every time I see people call themselves an alpha I immediately think they’re a/b/o role playing on main. Mind you that kink also involves misunderstanding wolves, but kink is rarely based on reality

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Just asked ChatGPT what the social structure of a Wolf pack is and it trotted out all the alpha, beta crap, because that’s now what most people believe.

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    The only thing I know about wolf socialization is from a documentary I saw where 2 wolves were fucking and the girl wolf's dad came back with the rest of her pack and caught them and when the boy wolf tried to run away he dragged her down like 3/4 of the giant hill they were on by his dick before it popped out. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    FoXeS aRe JuSt CaT sOfTwArE rUnNiNg On DoG hArDwArE.

    Also rabbits eat carrots, mice eat cheese, and turtles eat pizza

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    sigma balls

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think Sigma is more often used to describe misogyny than anything positive, so I'm definitely not that either.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a mockery of misogyny (or the more general toxic masculity). The Sigma male term was supposedly describing a social outcast who doesn't play the social game but still somehow wins the social game, and thus gets respect and women. Obviously the internet ran with it because it hits the sweetspot of stupidity where it becomes funny

    Of course some people actually believe it and use it unironically, but it's mostly about mocking the supposed Greek lettered male classification. Then again memes change in time and maybe it is returning to its original toxic meaning.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Yes, Xitter is also my platform of choice to consume non-dumb-ass content...

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