What do you think of self proclaimed alpha males?
I thought if you have to tell people you’re an alpha, you’re not an alpha.
41-45, M
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basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@basilfawlty89 Yes it’s a fantasy built from wrong assumptions of primates and other mammals. It’s ego fuel, nothing more.
Really · 80-89, M
@basilfawlty89 Again, it's just a phrase - alpha male - invented, I think, by animal behaviour researchers. People use & understand it in various ways. In conversation the speaker and the listener usually 'get' each others' context.
It's more convenient to say 'alpha male' than something like '[i]that domineering braggart who goes around crudely showing off about his strength & abilities[/i]. I don't much like labels; they can short-circuit actual thinking but sometimes they're legitimately useful.
(Heavily tongue in cheek from here on; just having fun ... 😉)
Notice that short-circuit (above) is not to be taken literally. It really belongs in an electrical context; and did you see when I used the words "each others'" I put the possessive apostrophe after the terminal 's'? Do you think that's right or should it have gone before; in this usage is 'others' actually plural, or is it possessive singular?
It's more convenient to say 'alpha male' than something like '[i]that domineering braggart who goes around crudely showing off about his strength & abilities[/i]. I don't much like labels; they can short-circuit actual thinking but sometimes they're legitimately useful.
(Heavily tongue in cheek from here on; just having fun ... 😉)
Notice that short-circuit (above) is not to be taken literally. It really belongs in an electrical context; and did you see when I used the words "each others'" I put the possessive apostrophe after the terminal 's'? Do you think that's right or should it have gone before; in this usage is 'others' actually plural, or is it possessive singular?