It’s just nonsense for people who are too asocial and alien to the human experience to make sense of the world and feel better about themselves by having some sort of binary ‘strict goals’. You’re supposed to be somewhere ‘in the middle’ for best results: kind but not a doormat, confident but not arrogant, engaging but not domineering, etc etc.
Hey hey hey!
We’re Werewolves, not Swearwolves
Among dogs there is certainly the one dog that has the respect of the other dogs. The other dogs will happily wag their tail and show their belly. The ones that challange it will be chased away. I think each sex in the community has a ‘leader’ of their own.
I think the equivalent in humans are charismatic individuals that command respect over their surrounding.
People who self-proclaim ‘alpha’ usually lack charisma, are agressive, dysfunctional individuals that live in a fantasy. Noone respects them. They may see them as crazy and hence fear them.
You’re probably talking about literally the same: random dogs thrown spacially together where they naturally would avoid each other if they could. Which, in the modern days, they can’t. Especially not when leached.
I observe this in the stray dog population. There is always one calm and confident dog like this.
And? Of course there is. They’re also on a spectrum. Everyone is everything to some degree.
i mean we’ve got that one cat that beats up all the other cats and dogs in the neighborhood and everyone knows to keep their distance. pecking order I think it’s called.
I think “alpha” males appear naturally in some species, but not in wolves and definitely not in hominids, lol.
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Apparently there’s some disagreement about whether any of the other modern great apes should be included in the “hominid” definition, though.
No there isn’t, they are. Says right there in hominidae.
You might be thinking of hominin.
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I guess. I was able to engage in real conversation on Reddit and still do here, sounds like you’ve not really trying.
You’re on a 1 day old account with only 4 comments. You haven’t even tried to have a conversation yet. You’re also on the lemmy.world instance which is as close to Reddit as Lemmy gets, so what would you expect? Maybe try a different instance that’s closer to what you’re looking for.
Alpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.”
Do people not know this?
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.
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’.
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.
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.
Gee. It’s almost like language evolves!
Get bent you rape apologist
Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm
The president is a rapist and you’re here calling me thinking about rape out of nowhere, get your head out of your fucking ass
You’re obsessed with rape and now ass. Get help
Am I talking to a child. 👶. Good luck on numbers I heard they come after shapes lil buddy
Great, first rape, then ass, now children.
You are vile
It does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.
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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.
“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.
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.
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
I’m not mad, I’m laughing at you. You’re a joke. Keep it up, I love a good laugh.
Laugh more! Meanwhile, alpha still means first in every dictionary ever printed.
Ha!
You’re funny.
I know, not scientifically real, but you have to admit, there are in fact alpha and beta folks in the human population, both men and women. We used to call them type A and type B personalities, same difference.
Anyway, I’m in some kinda weird half-and-half place. :) “On the spectrum”, if you will. Dominant in some ways, but not enough to stomp people out of my way, empathetic enough to be seen as a “good guy”. Whatever. I’m just happy I didn’t land on either far side. Can you imagine being a wuss and having dreams of “alpha”? The mind recoils.
Anyway, I’m in some kinda weird half-and-half place. :) “On the spectrum”, if you will.
Hey, maybe people are not binary and everyone is “on the spectrum”? Maybe that’s why trying to put everyone into A and B boxes doesn’t make much sense?
There are not only two personalities
both men and women
There are also not only two genders
There’s only two of anything if you define broadly enough. There’s only two kinds of people: • those who have passed a kidney stone and those who haven’t • those who currently have a single testicle and those who don’t
I have a signed document pledging the right testicle of a highschool friend that I technically own and will collect upon his death. I don’t know how many testicles I have.
I didn’t make that up for a hypothetical. This is how I live.
you and me should be friends. what’s a life without an ambiguous number of body parts?
Let’s do it, but only if this online friendship doesn’t lead to a chance meetcute where my friend dies and the will is contested, and you happen to be the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississippi River.
I’ve already given up on love and nothing will thaw this icy heart. Not even the best damn testicle lawyer this side of the Mississippi River.
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)
There are two types of people, those who admit they pee in the shower and liars.
there are two kinds of people, those who can draw conclusions from incomplete data,
… , are the ones who dab while sneezing.
does my jar collection count
Different people have different personalities? That’s how humans work. It’s not neatly categorizable. Not even on a single sliding axis. Multiple sliding axis for different traits is more like it.
Anyway, I’m in some kinda weird half-and-half place.
Like everyone else then.
We used to call them type A and type B personalities,
Who’s “we”? A quick glance at Wikipedia gives me the impression that it’s the American tobacco industry and “scientists” on their payroll. Hopefully you are not one of them.
Who’s “we”?
Probably OP Commentor is using the Pluralis Majestatis (the royal we)
