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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 73 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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/

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

Oh thank god the tumors aren't dry.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months 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

[–] Roberto@mujico.org 4 points 5 months ago

Aren't we all captives of society and cultural norms

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 54 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The louder they are, the more fragile they are

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't push alpha to production, silly.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Beta males must be further along in development, then.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

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

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 5 months ago

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

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago

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

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

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

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months 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.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months 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.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why are there so many

Rants against rainbows

And hatred of showing pride?

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

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

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 points 5 months 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.

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[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Alpha Males 🤝 🌈

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months 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.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Was there always a bucket in that picture?

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months 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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