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Info on the bigot Nick Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_(commentator)

Relevant part:

Adams opposes education regarding LGBTQ topics in schools and said that only a "bad parent" would take their children to see a drag queen show.[18] LGBTQ Nation, an online news magazine, has alleged Adam's apparent hypocrisy on this topic as he has suggested taking children to Hooters.[18]

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

Alpha males enjoy spending time with alpha males because it's hard to find non-alphas willing to wrestle naked with you.

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

Dude isn't very sharp....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I don't think I'd mind sharpening some man's iron

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And all these years, I thought Nick Adams was a parody account. Fucking hell

Edit: after reading his Wikipedia article, I've decided Nick Adams is himself a parody of your average American conservative, whether or not it's intentional.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

I'd that what they call it these days? "Sharpening iron?"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IDK, paying Musk for a blue checkmark is pretty beta.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Begging people to purchase your bargain brand of celebrity status isn't exactly a Chad move either.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Conservatives as always saying gayer things than actual gays do.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

I think it's because when you're out and open, you get it out of your system all the time. But when you're trying to repress it. The pressure builds up like how if a hydraulic system gets a pinhole leak, It'll squirt out with enough force to go right through your hand. Speculating of course.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nothing screams “wimpy crybaby energy” quite like putting (Alpha Male) in your social media handle.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

So true and none of them seem to realise that their alpha maleness look a lot like worshipping some grifting daddy-boss.

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

Exactly what Geoffrey Asmus is making fun of all the time. Never thought I'd see it so pure in the wild.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weak chinned and doughy. Straight out of central casting for republican alphas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

But he alpha man.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Iron can't even be that sharp. Pretty bendable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They did used to use it in swords and other blades and cutting tools back in the iron age (hence the name), but steel is obviously the superior metal for such things.

Meanwhile, the Mesoamericans used obsidian, which take a very long time to get dull if you're using them to cut things like flesh and muscle, either as a weapon or for food. They're pretty good at cutting through bone too if you feel like sacrificing someone at the top of your pyramid. Obsidian does not, however, sharpen obsidian. Stone knaps obsidian into sharp pieces.

But I suppose "alpha males enjoy the company of alpha males because stone knaps obsidian into sharp pieces" would be less pithy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They didn’t use pure iron in the Iron Age. Even back then knives and swords were made of steel. In the Iron Age they already knew that adding carbon during the smelting process would increase the hardness of the metal. They just didn’t understand why.

And even meteoritic iron is an alloy of nickel and iron.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm still not convinced this dude is legit about all the bigotry stuff. He could be running some kind of long con. From reading his posts I eventually got the sense he was either not even a real person or at the very least he's a grifter grifting right wing rubes (which we all know is very easy)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's definitely a grifter, but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't also a bigot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh no doubt, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just a run of the mill right wing idiot who thinks he's an "alpha male" (lmao) but I just get this inkling that hes doing it for the laughs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Alpha usually means the early version in software. If we're to go with that meaning that would mean his an inferior version of everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure no one enjoys the company of anyone that calls themselves an alpha.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always tell those people that they are the incomplete version.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They are also prone to infestation, since they are full of bugs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking for an alpha male to sharpen my iron, if ya catch my meaning.

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

And as we all know, it's always better with some lubricant, really helps the process along...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

"Word around the office is you have a sharp iron"

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