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Alpha Male v0.00003 (thumbsnap.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

The only difference between alpha and release is the fixes needed to get through a sales demo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Glenn is an omega male, obviously...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TIL I'm an alpha male. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How did you make that? Down the rabbit hole I go...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Like this:

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oooh ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you have to constantly tell people you're the king, you're not really the king.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't know that reference

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lucky you, you're in for a treat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/-8bqQ-C1PSE

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Nice! I just got around to watching it and I'm glad I did.

[+] [email protected] -10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Too bad the term "Alpha" males has gotten such a bad rap from cretins like Andrew Tate.

The term "Alpha male" refers to men with a mix of being tall, very good looks, charisma, authority, and social popularity. I think we can all agree that men with a high level of those traits are very popular with heterosexual, or have we fallen so far that most people don't see that?

To put it more simply, all the men on Lemmy combined will not have as many women lusting for them as Jason Momoa or one of those Kpop dudes. Don't call it Alpha Male if you want, because the term has been tarnished by hucketers. But we all know the type of man that has zero trouble attracting women.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do you contextualize men with those traits as "alpha" though? Can't they just be guys with those traits?

What is the social utility of dividing men up like that? Is it like an omegaverse thing for guys or what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

We need to use another word besides Alpha. The division that the word "alpha" is associated with is the division between men who are desired by women and men who are not. If you're using the controversial word "alpha" that is what you are talking about. It's like classifying the rich vs the poor. Lemmy users don't want to accept this but most heterosexual men want to be the former in either case, no one wants to be the latter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah I don't think men need to categorize themselves based on some out of touch notion of how fuckable they are, feels pretty objectifying

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then I guess men don't date anymore, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Plenty of men date without comparing themselves to other men in a weird hierarchy way

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Don't forget, you can name your release versions, even alphas. "Babydick," "Cuntosaurus" and "PhatTwat" are good options here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

i will never hear "alpha male" the same from now on.

but you are right!😂

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Release Males rise up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm more of an end of support male.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

RTM males anywhere?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

FULL release 💪🏻

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

... eww

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

damn bleeding edge males

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

Considering the alpha wolf myth originates from observing a stressed out wolf population in captivity, unable to live out their fulfilling wolfy lives, the emergence of purported "alpha males" is an oddly appropriate indicator of what three decades of neoliberalism has done to our wellbeing.

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