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Explain Like I'm Five

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

Every time he says it ask him if that's a furry thing.

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

Tell him you aren't interested in hearing about his omegaverse self insert

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Kick him in the nuts so hard you remove him from the gene pool permanently.

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

kick him in the ribs, become the true alpha

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

I say this as a younger brother who was beat up by older siblings. If you are both under 18 and he's a lot smaller than you, slap him. If he thinks he's an "alpha" and you aren't, it might be the only thing that points out that he is just human

After you do this, please please please try to point out his error in thinking. No "alpha" commands any respect and the "alpha" bosses are the ones nobody wants to work for

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"There is no such thing, if you want I can slap you around and prove you're just a normal person if you like?"

Avoids hitting anyone and hopefully gets the point across. If it doesn't... Wouldn't hitting them not get it across anyways?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How old is your brother? If he is an early teenager, it is possible that he picked these concepts up from somewhere and will very likely grow out of that thinking all by himself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Twenty Two. He just started this shit. Me and my mom don't know to be offened worried or what.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

He's defective. Talk to the manufacturer about getting a replacement

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Just tell him that alpha and beta thing does not exist in the wild. Even the author said so.

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-wolf-dont-alpha-males-females.html

It does not apply to humans. Are you saying your brother is a wolf? Is he a furry perhaps?

Humans are more complex than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Also doesn't apply to wolves, the original researcher just mistook a parent protecting her kids for an aggressive male

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

Yeah that argument has never dissuaded a single chud from embracing in the “alpha” bullshit. They’re being fed this bs from manosphere manipulators like Andrew Tate or someone adjacent or from peers. Their goal is to become cool and intimidating, it’s not about the bad research that lifted up this bullshit myth so long ago.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

Young men who start to behave this way are lacking direction and aren't self-starters. So to cope with the fact they aren't accomplishing anything or going anywhere in life, they assume an outwardly-accusing posture.

Contrary to the image peddled by the grifters, every guy I've known with the "alpha" mentality has been a dishwasher, car porter, snow shoveler, or unemployed cretin.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ask him,whether this alpha beta talk is a furry thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Alpha and beta? I'm released on service pack 2

[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 days ago

Your brother is being recruited by the fascists. That is what is going on.

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