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.

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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? 🤔

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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