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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

All alpha maleism is categorically insecurity. For each of them it's different. Figure out exactly what he's trying to bury under all this tate shit and address it directly. It could be the onset of male loneliness, that shows up around the teenage years - lasts forever though if he's aware he can make changes. It could be he's insecure in his own sexuality - just get him to open up and take everything he said to the grave with you. There could be a person or activity the betas engage in that he can't, or is afraid of being made fun if. Teach him how to stand up to that shit and grow through it.

I'm not suggesting you punish your bro in a way that would enable this behavior further. It's hard to be an alpha type when you're showered in love and support- it just looks stupid. He's probably going through some of the first real life shit, and handling it poorly. As his sister you're kinda on the hook for helping him through this. If you do, you'd probably have a better brother and friend.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

He found tate's channel.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I say this as a younger brother who was beat up by older siblings. If you are both under 18 and he's a lot smaller than you, slap him. If he thinks he's an "alpha" and you aren't, it might be the only thing that points out that he is just human

After you do this, please please please try to point out his error in thinking. No "alpha" commands any respect and the "alpha" bosses are the ones nobody wants to work for

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"There is no such thing, if you want I can slap you around and prove you're just a normal person if you like?"

Avoids hitting anyone and hopefully gets the point across. If it doesn't... Wouldn't hitting them not get it across anyways?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Just tell him he's fully cuckpilled cause he clearly isn't looksmaxxing.

[–] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This comment section is either full of top notch satirists or the worst fucking people on Lemmy. I honestly can't tell.

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How old is your brother? If he is an early teenager, it is possible that he picked these concepts up from somewhere and will very likely grow out of that thinking all by himself.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago

Lil bitch got hopped up on manosphere podcasts... Likely due to rejection or and poor social skills.

[–] Cochise@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 week ago

He is a furry that identify as a wolf. /s

[–] Today@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

How old is he?

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, ask him how many omega males he's fertilised.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Re-educate him & show that Alphas don't live that long

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[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

disgusted to see "just hit your brother" so sentimentally popular. Please dont abuse your family members as a method to disabuse them of their indoctrination. how would that work? seems pretty obvious to me it would only reinforce the view that alphas are stronger than others and can get what they want through violence. it's a humorless joke at best and terrible advice at worst. shame on anyone who made the remark, and shame on all those who voted it up.

op, check out fd signifier.

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The surest way to guarantee you're a beta is by calling yourself an alpha

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The underline issue is that human evolve to be part of social norms. Use to be a tribe, a country, a sport club. But new generation can be have more options. Associating with alpha male or whatever means he belong to a group who might like his meme or comments.

It could also be due to lack of a man figure they can associate with. So watching documentaries of strong males might help shed light on what the role could look like.

What you want is to balance his only identity or group with other (groups). For example, joining a gym, fishing, be part of musical band …. Whatever he is also into, just to get him out of that only identity he is associating with.

For me I would try to come from telling him being alpha means you can hunt or camp or survive in the wild, then lead to cooking classes or wood working. Something that mentally and physically taxing. I also would watch gordon Ramsay shows and Anthony Bourdain just to crash that image of one way to be an alpha male. You can cook and be an alpha male as the same time type thing.

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you're really asking what it means, an Alpha is a strong leader. They don't take commands, they give them. If they want something, they take it. They consider themselves superior to the weaker beta males, and feel that it is their duty to lead the betas, or that they are doing them a favor by pushing them to be more like an alpha.

Although, a lot of the time, the people who claim to be alphas have none of the redeeming characteristics, so they just act like entitled assholes.

EDIT. I think because I didn't come out swinging people are assuming I believe any of this shit. I was trying to explain it from the perspective of their brother. I thought they wanted to know what it was about, and just calling people assholes doesn't really explain what THEY believe.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you’re really asking what it means, an Alpha is a

pseudo scientific myth that has been twisted and then adopted almost exclusively by toxic men to try and boost their own ego and justify their shit behaviour

FTFY

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't even give it that much credit.

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[–] piecat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Alpha and beta? I'm released on service pack 2

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