Comment on Alpha males

Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re wrong according to everyone but you, sorry.

    It has more than one definition, and one of those is “first”, and you must accept that as fact.

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    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In correct. “It” does have many definitions, but none of them are ‘first’.

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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

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• lady_maria@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gee. It’s almost like language evolves!

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  • dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get bent you rape apologist

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    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm

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      • dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.

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• Itsnotalieifnobodyfindsout@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Normally you would be right, that’s not the case here, just looking at ALPHA, outside of the content of the above statement, is problematic at best…The statement does indeed talk to the behavior of pack animals…Do You Not Know This?

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “I am the alpha and the omega” only means “I am the beginning and the end” only because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean “first” in Greek you smug dumbass.

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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!

        p.s. you are wrong, and not even worth an insult. pathetic.

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    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s it like living inside of your own asshole?

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      • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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

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