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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Is that a furry rule?

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 106 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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 1 week ago (2 children)

You. Couldn't, understand! That.?

[–] Hupf 1 points 2 days ago
[–] Sea_pop@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

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

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

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 3 points 1 week ago

Double standard.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is 'cur'rsed - I love it.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago

Thanks, my therapist will love “Cursona”

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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 We need to stop using outdated terminology from a retracted study in common language.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 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good luck convincing the manosphere to drop it

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 6 days ago (1 children)

Since when have these people cared about the opinions of women

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 2 points 6 days 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"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 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mursuits imply the existence of goldsuits and frankincensesuits.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Kids hate this one trick

[–] shani66@ani.social 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's actually an omegaverse thing you uncultured fool

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Isn't that the point?

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 week ago

There are two wolves inside you 🥴

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same with mewing and anything that ends in maxxing

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

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

[–] AmberRose@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Oh His extra ordinary 🙂🤨