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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

My younger brother keeps saying he is an Alpha male and bad mouths who he thinks are Beta. Can some one please explain to me what the hell is going on?

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My younger brother keeps saying he is an Alpha male and bad mouths who he thinks are Beta. Can some one please explain to me what the hell is going on?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    People are generally stupid, even more so when they’re young. Younger people are getting brainwashed by low-IQ online influencers into believing this Alpha/Beta shit.

    It’s that simple.

    If you want to help him, try to break his addiction to those influencers.

  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      Alpha males are like alpha versions of software

    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      neutron male 😎

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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    It’s called the manosphere, and it’s a bunch of bad podcasters and YouTubers giving shitty advice on how to be a man to insecure kids. It’s annoying because it’s so stupid on its face and yet it’s working.

  • figjam@midwest.social
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    He wants girls to think he is cool but has received bad advice

  • masquenox@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Your brother is being recruited by the fascists. That is what is going on.

  • DUMBASS@leminal.space
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    Andrew Tate and his cum dungeon brother are a big reason for this.

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.world
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    Ask him if being an alpha male is a furry thing

  • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
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    He’s watching toxic YouTubers like Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate.

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    “Alpha male” basically translates to toxic masculinity, and “beta male” basically translates to anyone who respects other people in any way. It’s the callsign of pieces of shit like Andrew Tate, who is a human trafficker and serial sexual abuser currently in prison awaiting trial in… I think it was Croatia?

    He doesn’t know what it means to be cool, so he’s hoping that just declaring that he’s cool will be good enough to make him popular.

    The problem is that the kids who try this strategy almost universally cannot pick up on social cues, otherwise they would understand that it will always lead to the opposite result. People who seriously say out loud that they’re alpha males are pretty much exclusively losers or scumbags.

    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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      I think it was Croatia?

      Romania

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    Tell him calling himself an alpha is just what a beta would do. Real alphas don’t say shit about themselves, they have people who do that for them. Watch him implode.

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
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      Im a Sugma male.

      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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        Not a Ligma male?

      • HollowNaught@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Ligma balls

    • tomi000@lemmy.world
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      That would probably just stop him from sharing. He would still keep consuming the harmful content

    • AAA@feddit.org
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      “Any man who must say ‘I am king’ is no true king at all.”

  • I'll be on ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com@sh.itjust.works
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    Your brother is on a (specifically designed and heavily funded) pipeline to being a total piece of shit (not just with misogyny, but racism, and probably queerphobia and ableism too), do what you can to get him off it. A quick search brings up what looks to be some good info to start you off:

    Manosphere

    Misogynistic influencers are trending right now. Defusing their message is a complex task

    De-radicalising incels out of the ‘manosphere’ through Reddit

    Making a Radical Misogynist: How Online Social Engagement with the Manosphere Influences Traits of Radicalization

    Swallowing and spitting out the red pill: young men, vulnerability, and radicalization pathways in the manosphere

    Exiting the Manosphere

    There are also many youtube videos on the subject, though I haven’t watched any recently, so I won’t link, but look up something along the lines of “manosphere right wing pipeline” and you should see some results.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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      The Alt-Right Playbook videos are an also must watch, starting here:

      https://youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g

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