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[-] [email protected] 73 points 2 weeks ago

The idea that wolf packs are led by a merciless dictator, or alpha wolf, comes from old studies of captive wolves. In the wild, wolf packs are simply families

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

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Baboons act more like that, you know primates like us.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Bonobos, primates like us and more closely related than baboons, do not.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean. They are a matriarchy. So one could say the oldest is the alpha female. Who only accepts a new female in the group if she's able to sexually satisfy the matriarch. And in case you want to see what bonobo gay sex looks like... don't. It looks like two sopping tumors rubbing against each other.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh thank god the tumors aren't dry.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

...There are a range of animal behaviors out there, and just because humans choose to identify with some more than others doesn’t mean we have to.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-science-of-alpha-males-in-animal-species

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Aren't we all captives of society and cultural norms

[-] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago

The louder they are, the more fragile they are

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago

Don't push alpha to production, silly.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

So alpha males are males who are unrefined and flawed? 🤔

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Beta males must be further along in development, then.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Gold males used to be pretty damn good. Now they're just as buggy as the rest, and usually need a few patches on release day.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

"A delayed male is eventually good, but a rushed male is forever bad."

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

Yes im a alpha male: still in developement and full of flaws

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm a bad boy. I'm a boy and am literally bad at everything :(

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

LTS Males are more reliable, they may still need patches though.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Fear is the primary emotion of any dude who calls or thinks themselves a alpha.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

It's really funny. Real alpha males don't care if you wear a rainbow or not.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Real alpha males don't exist. The study on wolves having alphas have been proven wrong my most.othet subsequent studies.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well...

Alpha wolves definitely don't exists, but there is support for "alpha" behaviour in primates, particularly chimpanzees.

"Alpha" is still a stupid and harmful idea, but it's not without precedent.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

They also found in other chimpanzees that alphas don't exist. I think we are both in agreement that it's a stupid construct to apply to humans though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And the biggest badasses I know also drive some of the crappiest cars and such too.

When more hilariously, here in Australia, I do a lot of hiking and such, and the badasses these days tend to be women. There's a lot of macho guys who talk big, but I've done some scary hikes with elderly women and a woman with Parkinson's.

The guys and women i.know who do the most crazy stuff also tend to be the most friendly people

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

'alpha males' find that they cannot use their typical lazy tools for wiping out competition when dealing with such adversaries. violence against them is unacceptable. filthy rumors aren't damaging.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Why are there so many

Rants against rainbows

And hatred of showing pride?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Look. Once upon a time a rainbow was a rainbow and everyone loved them. Then a group of people turned it into a symbol of a political movement and now a rainbow is no longer just a rainbow.

Of course some people are displeased.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The "symbol" being LGBTQ people asserting their right to exist. Without those "displeased" people, the symbol would have never been necessary.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That is nothing to what you people did to the swastika.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Those are the people that just do what told to do. They're told how to feel and think and they gobble it up. They're easy to see, usually wearing a red dunce cap and have some flags of a washed up felon in the back of their black ram 1500.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

If we could just round up the political people and get rid of them the world would be a much cleaner place.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Alpha Males 🤝 🌈

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of the fight porn video on reddit recently where a sp./port. Andrew Tate elbowed someone out because another guy fell asleep on his shoulder ring the subway and he had to have a closet gay fit of felonies.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Was there always a bucket in that picture?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe they were feeding the rabbit from the bucket. The rabbit just wanted some snacks, and these kids didn't like that.

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