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[–] 42 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I can't remember where I heard it but some podcaster or youtuber pointed out that it's never been easier to have an alpha masculine job. In the past, you might be born into a class that meant you pretty much had to farm, but now anyone can join the police or the military, and yet a lot of these guys that are super concerned about the death of masculinity are not doing that.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Anyone who thinks farming is soft or feminine is ignorant.

    It was in fact the movement from plows and lathes to keyboards and screens that have created entire industries for men to express their masculinity in their free time. Men who load 16 tons of coal don't go to the gym.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Farmer isn't "Alpha Male" because farmer isn't the sort of career path that gives you power over others.

    That's what these people actually want. Power over others. Or status over others if that's all they can get, even nonsense racial supremacy bull shit.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    the point is more that no one is forcing these guys to become software engineers and go to the gym in their free time. They can do whatever they want for a living. But they don't.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Anybody who looks down on farming needs to stop eating altogether. They're the kind who probably doesn't even know the difference between salt or sugar unless it's in a specific container they're servant prepared.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Everyone I know who acts alpha about being in the military are the ones who never actually got deployed.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Some psychopaths end up loving it. There are the rare nutcases.

    This dude would tell me his stories about the military and how he would randomly run into this other dude who would start talking about dead bodies, just very little respect for the dead, joke about people he killed. Maybe it was a coping mechanism, maybe he was a psychopath?

    It reminds me of that scene in full metal jacket where they run into the guys who kept a dead vietnamese guy around, put a hat on him and joked about him.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There is nothing Alpha about coming back missing limbs and soul, and crying in bed because of a crack sound that was a tad too loud.

    There ain't nothing alpha about drinking yourself to death or overdosing in other to silence the overstimulated sensory.

    There ain't nothing alpha about coming back and realising that nobody learned nothing and we're all just waiting to see the next generation shipped off for the next war.

    I have no disrespect for those who take up arms for defense and their beliefs, but let us not glorify violence and tragedy.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'm worried by the possibility of aquatic combat that occurs next to a raised walkway extending out from the shore. Near-pier warfare is no joke.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    me dressed up as a furry femboy for reason "you look really alpha bleeding out in my tiger trap. If you have enough testosterone you should be able to escape"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    There’s no such thing as an “alpha” in biology (the concept comes from a methodologically flawed 1950s study of adolescent wolves in captivity), let alone human society, so an “alpha” is one of those things which is whatever people use the term as a placeholder for. Personally, I consider it interchangeable with “basic dickhead”.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    For most, some thrive in war which is arguably a much worse outcome.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Is that investment advice?

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