Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 days agoInstead of "alpha" and "beta" we should be saying "frog" and "scorpion."message-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareInstead of "alpha" and "beta" we should be saying "frog" and "scorpion."Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoEvery time someone calls himself an “alpha”, I think of Brave New World, in which the speaker would not be an alpha at all.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoI just lose all respect for their intellect. They might still be shrewd, but they aren’t likely smart unless it’s a ruse.
Every time someone calls himself an “alpha”, I think of Brave New World, in which the speaker would not be an alpha at all.
I just lose all respect for their intellect. They might still be shrewd, but they aren’t likely smart unless it’s a ruse.