Don't "alpha males", as they describe themselves, typically prefer submissive women?
Rudolph Schenkel (yes really)
What? What is weird about that name? Maybe I'm too German native speaker to get this.
I was thinking maybe because of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, being kind of the alpha of the reindeer herd? No idea, really
I don’t get it either. It’s not like he’s called Wanker or anything.
Isn't Schenkel thigh in German?
I think probably you're too German. It's kind of a goofy name from an English point of view. And, for clarity, we don't necessarily generally think German names are particularly goofy.
Either that or I'm missing what the guy is referencing.
Thanks for your perspective.
For a moment I was wondering if it's the similarity to the Israeli currency Shekel, but that doesn't make sense to me either.
Shekel also sounds funny to us. It might be related to how it sounds kinda similar to shekel, but I think he's just noting that the goofy-sounding name is real.
Schenkel translates to “deer fucker” in german, I dunno I’m just making this up
"Thigh", actually :-)
~~Does it exist in humans, though? I'm fairly certain that it remains pseudoscientific in humans as well as wolves.~~
Oh, wait, I read point two. I stand corrected.
Shut the fuck up, omega
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(Not really though)
Hhyeah yes Daddy Alpha, I'll be quiet for you UwU~
Guys, can't we all just get along. You're upsetting the Gammas.
I'm Zeta Maxx
It makes more sense when we assume it's software development terminology instead. Alpha means the software is immature and full of issues.
I am a release candidate male.
I am a minimum viable product male
I am about v4.1 right now
Well, I am a god damn mess as a person. So I'm like pre-alpha. I guess that makes me a proof of concept, or maybe even a thought exercise.
Hello ladies, I'm legacy code nobody wants to refactor and is being slowly converted into microservices.
Just remember:
An alpha release is unfit for public use, contains bugs, is untested, unrefined, and is likely to crash and may cause system wide issues.
An alpha is the first step, the very basic of basics, an infant in terms of development.
If anything, be an Omega man.
Ultimate power move: be both.
The Omega you want to be
The Omega you actually are
The omegaman you want to be
The omegaman you are
This is fun. Let's play more.
(You're on!)
The Omega you want to be:
The Omega you are:
The omega you want to be
The omega you are
So it’s Walter Masterson.
Got it.
I'm an alpha male: barely able to keep myself running and likely to completely break down if I encounter something I'm not prepared to deal with.
I'm a Google Beta.
I am effectively immortal, but I will probably someday disappear without notice.
Imagine if phrenology caught on as the latest pop-culture dipshit trend.
"My bumpy skull means I'm preternaturally predisposed to be polygamous and misogynist, and I'm just looking for a girl who has a compatible set of head bumps."
"If you can't handle me at my alimentivenest, you don't deserve me at my inhabitivenest."
Well, I've got news for you: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/far-right-phrenology-physiognomy-spread-hate-1234808413/
Clearly you've stayed away from 4chan and I commend you for it.
Peter Gibson, the guy who discovered non-celiac gluten sensitivity, retracted his own study a few years later, but it had already become a fad diet, so it just stuck. That being said, there have been some studies that seem to confirm its existence, but the evidence is pretty thin. (To be clear, celiac disease and wheat allergies are 100% proven and can be reliably tested for).
A lot of people's gluten sensitivity is actually a sensitivity to glysophates.
However, the gluten-free fad diet was actually incredibly beneficial for sufferers of celiac desease because it made gluten-free products so mainstream and really expanded what pre-made foods and snacks they can buy in stores.
Not really though, because it led to many places and cooks not taking it that seriously. Becky won't have any idea there's a little gluten on the knife and cutting board, but a person with celiac definitely would.
Sometimes, I have a friend with celiac who often sees "gluten free°" on menus to look down at the bottom of the menu and see "°not for people with gluten sensitivities"
He calls it "Becky gluten free" because Becky doesn't know what gluten is but she doesn't want it in her body.
To be more precise, Shenkel's work was discredited by the collective efforts of numerous scientists studying wolf behaviour. Probably the most notable of these was David Mech. His book "The Wolf" was based on Shenkel's work, and his own research on wolves in captivity, and was really the work that popularized the "alpha" nonsense in the public mind.
After numerous studies of wolves in the wild failed to bear out these conclusions, Mech later concluded that his work was wrong, and got The Wolf removed from publication.
Screw alpha males, I'm an alpha woman with a thing for omega soft guys. 🥰
I'm a male Bonobo, please keep me in line.
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