Alpha males
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Gee. It's almost like language evolves!
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I'm right still, you are wrong! Alpha is not problematic in any way. It's in the Bible (the best selling book on Earth, at least at one time), it's used in pop culture while not referring to the study in any way. So now annoying people use "alpha" just like "king" and "prince" and "the best" and "the greatest".
You'll all get over it soon, as usual. I promise.
p.s as per your question, yes I do know of it, as stated in my post that you responded to. I'm sorry that referring to it was an inadequate indicator that I knew of it, so I'm guessing your question is a joke? I mean, it's obvious.
wrote last edited by [email protected]"I am the alpha and the omega" only means "I am the beginning and the end" because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean "first" in Greek you smug dipshit.
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Oh, my brother is the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississipp. I'm just a collector.
Blood related, adopted, or is it more of a spiritual relationship? (For sex reasons)
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Blood related, adopted, or is it more of a spiritual relationship? (For sex reasons)
uh, you go right on ahead. brother is brother.
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"I am the alpha and the omega" only means "I am the beginning and the end" because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean "first" in Greek you smug dipshit.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Wow, this is big news... you should write Webster, Oxford, et al immediately and let everyone know they've made a massive mistake! Thank you for saving us from this horrid linguistic error!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
You are 100% wrong, and not even worth an insult. You bring shame to your family and make me sad.
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What’s it like living inside of your own asshole?
I don't know, you tell me... here we are having a nice discussion, and why are you thinking of assholes? Nasty.
Alpha means first, as it has for millennia. Get mad about it
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No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn't mean 'first' any more than the letter A does.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You're wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is "first", and you must accept that as fact.
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You're wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is "first", and you must accept that as fact.
In correct. "It" does have many definitions, but none of them are 'first'.
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Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you're not a vile worm
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I think "alpha" males appear naturally in some species, but not in wolves and definitely not in hominids, lol.
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In correct. "It" does have many definitions, but none of them are 'first'.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You're wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I'm sure they will crown you as king.
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You're wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I'm sure they will crown you as king.
I see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
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I see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
wrote last edited by [email protected]That's neat! A heavy crown to bear.
I'm glad you learned something today... now go forth, and sin no more.
You could say... that your favorite definition is the "alpha" of definitions.
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That's neat! A heavy crown to bear.
I'm glad you learned something today... now go forth, and sin no more.
You could say... that your favorite definition is the "alpha" of definitions.
A crown made of internet points isn't heavy at all.
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I think "alpha" males appear naturally in some species, but not in wolves and definitely not in hominids, lol.
I find it fascinating how oblivious people pretend to be about what our natural social hierarchies are, making fringe speculations ranging from proto-capitalism, over alpha male fantasies, to proto-communism.
Maybe it's too obvious, or too boring, but it's families. Incidentally, happens to be the same for actual, natural packs of wolves.
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Hey hey hey!
We're Werewolves, not Swearwolves
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Counterpoint:
Humans in a civilized (meaning urbanized) society... are domesticated, are basically in captivity, from the comparative framework of wild animals.
CounterCounterpoint:
Using studies on captive wolves as a fundamental basis for how human societies do or should work...
... Is maybe really stupid compared to, I don't know, using Sociology as a basis to understand human societies.
Sociology being the field that focuses on the social dynamics of uh, humans, which are markedly different from wolves, and other distinct, largely non sapient animals.
Its uh, kinda in our name, homo sapiens sapiens.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Humans in a civilized (meaning urbanized) society… are domesticated, are basically in captivity, from the comparative framework of wild animals.
What about urban existence resembles captivity? You aren't constrained geographically or denied personal autonomy. In fact, you have significantly more freedom and autonomy precisely because you're at the hub of a large, well-developed collection of infrastructure and accumulated resources.
I would not consider a human in a city any more "in captivity" than a duck in a lake.
Its uh, kinda in our name, homo sapiens sapiens.
So nice they named us twice
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Lemmy said it was different than Reddit, same gatekeeper BS, no real conversation, just the opinions that google gave you
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Lemmy said it was different than Reddit, same gatekeeper BS, no real conversation, just the opinions that google gave you
I guess. I was able to engage in real conversation on Reddit and still do here, sounds like you've not really trying.
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Humans in a civilized (meaning urbanized) society… are domesticated, are basically in captivity, from the comparative framework of wild animals.
What about urban existence resembles captivity? You aren't constrained geographically or denied personal autonomy. In fact, you have significantly more freedom and autonomy precisely because you're at the hub of a large, well-developed collection of infrastructure and accumulated resources.
I would not consider a human in a city any more "in captivity" than a duck in a lake.
Its uh, kinda in our name, homo sapiens sapiens.
So nice they named us twice
wrote last edited by [email protected]You aren't constrained geographically or denied personal autonomy.
Nation-State Borders.
Sorry, you can't leave Gaza, you're not allowed to.
You need a ticket to attend this concert.
You will be arrested or shot on sight if you enter this facility without authorization.
Sure, you can download a movie, but thats a crime, so really, you can't.
Sure, you can hack into a Tesla and drive off with it, but thats also a crime, so really, you can't.
Whites Bathroom on the Left, Negroes on the Right.
Japanes heritage in the 1940s?
Off to a concentration camp, all your property is forfeit.
Hispanic, or even just brown skinned in current year?
Same.
Only the Preist may enter the Holy of Holies.
etc etc.
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And even less overt things than that:
You can't go to this club, this bar, this concert dressed like that, talking like that.
No, you cannot go outside nude, thats generally a crime.
You can't say those words, love that person, speak that language, have that opinion or belief, not without social ostricisization or even incarceration.
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In fact, you have significantly more freedom and autonomy precisely because you're at the hub of a large, well-developed collection of infrastructure and accumulated resources.
Sure, if you're in the global top 1% to 5 % of people wealthy enough to afford all those things that you can now do via the exploitation and reduction of freedom of the other 99% to 95%.
Everyone else has to go back to work, or they get evicted, starve and die.
The duck can fly away and never return, if it wants to.
A human can only do that to the extent it has money.
... We just live in a more complicated Zoo with more rules, that we built for ourselves, compared to ourselves 100,000 years ago.
I am not saying there are no upsides to civilization.
I am just saying you maybe need a different frame of reference to see the differences, the downsides.
