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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 103 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Aaaahh please use punctuation

It would make it infinitely more understandable if you wrote:

Normalize saying "is that a furry thing?" whenever a guy says he is an alpha

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You. Couldn't, understand! That.?

[–] Sea_pop@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah I had trouble as well. I don't like having to adopt an altered mindset to read something.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There should be a comma after "Nah." Are you an "alpha" trying to distract from the conversation?

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago
[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

This, i almost had a stroke. Or at least i thought i was having one.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, because periods at the end of a sentence are unnecessary if there are no further sentences.

Though a period for the first sentence in my comment would've made sense

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

Double standard.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, my brain jammed trying to understand the first sentence which wasn't, in fact, a sentence.

[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is 'cur'rsed - I love it.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks, my therapist will love “Cursona”

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Alpha isn't a real thing in the way it was originally described, wolf packs are a family stricture not a group of random dudes following the toughest ones. The "alphas" so to speak, are the parents and the "betas" are the children. We need to stop using outdated terminology from a retracted study in common language.

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good luck convincing the manosphere to drop it

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Calling it a "furry thing" is very likely to be successful if done in sufficient quantity

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'd do it in a heartbeat if people started thinking it was a furry thing.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’d do it in a heartbeat if people started ~~thinking~~ saying it was a furry thing.

In particular, once women start calling openly them out for being furries , they'll drop the issue. XD

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since when have these people cared about the opinions of women

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Since they enjoyed heterosexual sex with them, and only if it could lead to the possibility of having sex with them. Actually they only ever care if there's potential for them to have sex (if they consider the lady attractive) otherwise they couldn't care less.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

"Alpha/Beta" kinda makes sense to describe the manosphere when you consider the context of the study. If you force a bunch of unfamiliar wolves together in an abusive environment, cruel hierarchies can develop. If you live in a society that alienates, dehumanizes, and forces inhumane scarcity, people might find comfort in hierarchical power dynamics. It's not natural to desire to be an alpha, but the result of a manufactured environment.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think the term as they mean it originated from wolf behavior in captivity rather than in the wild.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"You're an alpha? I happen to be a power bottom, pretty boy! Why don't you come back to my place later and I'll put on my mursuit." seductive wink

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mursuits imply the existence of goldsuits and frankincensesuits.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Anyone who MUST say they are an alpha is NOT an alpha." - Tywin Lannister.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Kids hate this one trick

[–] shani66@ani.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually an omegaverse thing you uncultured fool

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't that the point?

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A friend of mine said that he wanted to get with a wolf. I asked him (out of genuine curiosity) if it was a furry thing.

Nope, it's gay slang; like bear or otter. I got a chuckle out of him though!

[–] Moose@moose.best 16 points 1 year ago

There are two wolves inside you 🥴

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same with mewing and anything that ends in maxxing

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I feel like people who use those terms are less likely to care about being "weird"

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Is that a furry rule?