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[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 108 points 10 months ago

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 28 points 10 months ago

You. Couldn't, understand! That.?

[-] Sea_pop@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

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

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago
[-] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

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

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 10 months ago
[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

Double standard.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 20 points 10 months ago

This is 'cur'rsed - I love it.

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago
[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago

Thanks, my therapist will love “Cursona”

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 49 points 10 months ago

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 We need to stop using outdated terminology from a retracted study in common language.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's why we should normalize asking "is it a furry thing?"

Dressing up in animal costumes to fuck has as much to do with real wolves as alpha/beta pack dynamics.

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 5 points 10 months ago

Very true, would probably get them to drop it quickly too.

[-] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 10 months ago

Good luck convincing the manosphere to drop it

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 9 points 10 months ago

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

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

Since when have these people cared about the opinions of women

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 2 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"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 10 months ago

Mursuits imply the existence of goldsuits and frankincensesuits.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Kids hate this one trick

[-] shani66@ani.social 15 points 10 months ago

It's actually an omegaverse thing you uncultured fool

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Isn't that the point?

[-] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago

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 17 points 10 months ago

There are two wolves inside you 🥴

[-] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Same with mewing and anything that ends in maxxing

[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Is that a furry rule?

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