@jzmurdock "I'm a boomer. I'd never heard the term "alpha male" used until a couple of years ago. Through most of my life we used the word "asshole."

I am a retired software engineer. To me, "Alpha" means "it sort of works, maybe (and anyway we had a deadline), but still full of bugs. Don't rely on this for anything real. Wait for the Beta version at least."

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It comes from these assholes.believing the debunked alpha wolf bullshit.

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For added points, read this in the voice of Hank Hill.

@jzmurdock #Alt4You
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I'm a boomer. I'd never heard the term "alpha male" used to describe a human male until a couple of years ago. Through most of my life, we used the word "asshole."
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Best alpha male behaviour, is watching Macron out sass Trump when they meet.
https://youtube.com/shorts/alz2cxufFTI?si=TrWlC4K8Cr5Th_zl
Before you continue to YouTube

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Males who call themselves alpha are as transparent as balls on a truck. They're trying to compensate for something. I tend to call it Chronic Sexual Insufficiency.

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Same idea, and saves 3 characters. No?

@jzmurdock David Mech in the 1970s created this concept based on his observations of captive wolves. He says everyone uses "alpha male/female" wrong.

So assholes heard "alpha male", missunderstood and started to use it wrong. They came commercial mass media to make money on this myth.

So, assholes can be an alpha males in society of assholes? ๐Ÿค”

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And in wolf packs it turns out that "the alpha male" mostly just means "the daddy" because wolf packs are family units

https://www.iflscience.com/the-term-alpha-male-is-all-a-lie-66483

The Term Alpha Male Is All A Lie

Hens, wolves and a 50-year misunderstanding โ€“ itโ€™s a wild ride.

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@sean Absolutely. The 'alpha male' idea, as popularized in the manosphere, is a distortion of outdated and debunked animal behavior studiesโ€”especially the original wolf pack theories, which even their author retracted. In real social species, including humans, leadership and strength are far more nuanced than dominance or aggression.
@jzmurdock I'm with the boomers on this one