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Best advice I’ve seen in a long time.
You have discovered their secret. They are timid frail people preaching to timid frail people. Nobody with actually healthy mindsets and self confidence watches shit like that.
I work with a lot of guys into (or adjacent to) the “I’m deeply insecure about myself” part of the manosphere. Testosterone supplements, sildenafil, meat heavy diets, etc.
I usually ignore it, but sometimes they start pushing that stuff or talking down to me about it. The easiest way to shut it down is playing off their insecurities.
“I’m already a man, I don’t need gender affirming care.” Followed by asking them how their transition into a man is going – most of them are highly transphobic.
“Why? Mine [dick] works fine, but I’m glad you found something that helps.”
“I don’t do fad diets.”
I mean, it is literally gender affirming care and highlighting that is hilarious, but as a trans person myself, that second part seems unnecessary and a little rude to your trans homies
I worded it badly and did edit my comment.
I’m not trying to demean anyone: I don’t think there is anything negative about being trans or transitioning. They know that about me and give me shit about it constantly. The things they say about trans people is horrifying.
So when I gently and supportively ask how theirs is going they really don’t like it – but fuck them, the hypocrites.
Yeah, i could tell that it isnt with vitriol. it just seems to be in a similar category of “i dont mean removed like gay people” from the 2000s. Just unecessary and makes trans people the joke in a way even without that intention.
I’m a software developer. For me, “alpha” means somethings that’s still buggy, unfinished and unfit for wide availability.
I’m a hobby software developer and a fan of reading a lot of about physics. To me, “alpha” means an highly unstable configuation with massive amount of over optimistic excitement and just one wrong nudge will have catastrohic emmission of high energy photons and sounds. But it all decays away eventually and reaches stable state. xD
Wrong. Beta means that. Alpha means “set everything on fire.”
I’m not saying that you’re wrong. I’m saying we have different definitions. Cheers!
i’m a wannabe software developer. to me, alpha is when you’re bored of using latin letters
I’m a physicist. To me, alpha is highly dangerous but is incapable of penetrating the human body. Seems to check out
I’m Indigenous and I grew up in northern Ontario in a hunter and gatherer family of hunters and trappers. We did wake up at 4am to go travel, work, set things up, gather and maintain equipment … so that everything was set for the day. Then when the day came, you know what? … we sat around and rested as much as we could which was hours of just resting. Because evening would come and you had to prepare for the night. Then rinse and repeat.
Apex shit was all about conserving energy to survive. If nothing was happening, you rested as long and as much as possible because there will come a time when you will need to expend a terrible amount of energy in a short period of time to get work done, to carry out a hunt or to remedy a serious problem.
If you are expending energy all day, every day non stop … you’re doing it for someone else’s benefit and you will burn yourself out.
That’s a lot of words to say “I’m a squirrel”.
(kidding)
As far as I know, it’s about endurance with our ancestors
Because we can sweat. And with that, we can run longer without overheating.
There are still some people in Africa hunting their prey that way.Everything else came afterwards. Not sure about the timelines, so can’t say how much impact evolutionary selection has - but would be a very uneducated guess anyway
True … but even African hunters in the hot weather aren’t tracking and running down prey every hour of the day every day … hunting animals, especially large animals is a one time event. It’s done once, provides a big source of food, the food gets processed, hopefully preserved for a while and it nourishes people for a period of time, usually several days or even weeks … then the hunters restart the process again.
What many people ignore about the whole hunter / gatherer lifestyle is the amount of hunger and starvation that goes along with it. Just because someone says they are a full time hunter … doesn’t always mean that they are capable of going into the wilderness, finding an animal, killing it and eating it that day. It is all dependent on luck and if the resources are available at the time … and that can change due to weather, timing, seasons, cycles and a dozen other things. Before the modern era, my parents had stories of starvation and famine happening here in northern Ontario 70/80 years ago.
There’s a reason why human evolution moved into the agricultural revolution because it was a more stable food source for everyone.
Hunting and gathering is always glorified as the epitome of apex human activity … but no one ever counts the millions and millions of hunter/gatherers that died along the way because they were just unlucky and couldn’t find enough food.
I’m not an expert, but isn’t that a very vague analogy to horse power and torque?
Torque = the power right at the moment you need it, hp = overall. In most cases, you get hp displayed at the car dealers as a selling point.
Not really, no. They measure different but related things, torque isn’t actually a measure of power, unless you also know the RPM.
Unironically, alpha male shit is a psyop from big corporations to encourage employees to work harder in the hopes of getting imaginary super-raises.
The study that the whole alpha/ beta dynamic comes from was studying caged wolves in a zoo.
So limited territory, resources and mates.
Its essentialy prison social dynamics. Makes sense thats what theyd be trying to push in general society- keep people competing for the artificially scarce resources, instead of trying to wrestle back control of said resources from tbe corporations/ their owners
Yup. It came out that Clavicular has been funded by Peter Thiel. I was watching a guy do a marketing breakdown of a “clip farms”. Where top streamers pay people to clip their videos and upload them to flood the algorithm. PirateSoftware, Asmongold … like a lot of streamers use this service to surface to the top.
I think he did a breakdown of Clavicular and he was like, someone has poured a lot of money into getting this guy noticed.
Idk how it is with PirateSoftware nowadays. I haven’t gotten any clips from him or about him after 1) some stupid WoW drama 2) and especially after his stupid ass takes on Stop Killing Games.
Either way I militantly curate my YouTube feed anyways so
I’ve seen a few of his more recent clips. He’s still playing games on livestream and giving out advice. Obviously with a much smaller audience.
I’ve never really followed him that closely to begin with. I would like to think he’s a good guy that has dumb opinions on certain topics. However, I also don’t care enough to dig into it deeper.
I curate my feed too. I also watch only one short or have to select it myself. I refuse to scroll shorts one after the other.
The way that it’s so impossible to tell what’s organically popular and what’s just a hype campaign is honestly so maddening, it’s not as blatant as what they do with political campaigns but it is still an attack on democratic pluralism in a really significant way imo
e; ‘pluralism’? where tf did you even remember that from - searches -
Pluralism thus tries to encourage members of society to accommodate their differences by avoiding extremism (adhering solely to one value, or at the very least refusing to recognize others as legitimate) and engaging in good faith dialogue.
I mean, sure, but just not with genocidal people, right?
One of the more famous arguments for institutional pluralism came from [noted slavery advocate and slave owner] James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10
Maaaann, I hate politics
Unless I’m misunderstanding you, the streamers doing it don’t try to hide it, they openly pay editors to manage their YouTube clips etc
I think I’m miscommunicating it. You know how sometimes you feel as though you understand a topic until you have to explain it? :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5lqJF5BTvo (40minutes)
This video talks about it.
He talks about a Discord server where they pay people to do it. Not like editors or employees which are perfectly fine and make sense, but to hire other people to do it:
https://discord.com/invite/clipping
If you clip their stuff they’ll you via their campaigns through that Discord server. It’s to game the algorithm to make people think that other people are really interested in this to push them up the charts.
He brings up a good point in the video where he talks about how this should be considered advertising as opposed to natural content and labelled as such but laws around this are not clear.
Yes, it’s just “influencer shit”.
You mean to tell me that the people at the top, who confidently know they have already won, don’t run around like desperate insecure dickheads trying to prove that they are the most valuable worker bee?
On a more serious note, they represent and propagate some of the worst parts of our culture, especially in the US.
According to them (and most of my upbringing) the indicators of leading a good life include money, possessions, greed, excess, and dominating others.
Things that are actually good for us are seen as being crutches for the weak. You know, like community, healthy relationships, generosity, and fulfilling work/hobbies.
I would say it propagates conservative values like innate hierarchy and your worth as a human being equal to your economic output, but plenty of people who don’t consider themselves conservatives get wrapped up in it.
I squirrelmax because I’m acorn pilled.
This guy nuts.
is*
So are we all. ✊🏼
Well squirrels are also strong enough to crack the earth in half, I watched it in a documentary.
In this documentary was the squirrel also responsible for creating the contenets by running on earth core?
I saw that same documentary. Very informative. I wondered where all the life on Mars went … turns out that squirrel crashed a ufo there .
People concerned with how alpha they are are so silly. So hilariously unaware that they are broadcasting just how deeply insecure they are.
Right? If some dude on YouTube has to reassure you you’re “alpha“, you most certainly are not.
Most MAGA dudes in a nutshell.
Silly question, but why is being insecure bad again?
Being insecure is fine. Being insecure and then never shutting up about how great you are and how everyone should be like you is deeply annoying. Lie to yourself if it makes you feel better; everyone does that. But don’t insist I should be part of it.
Interesting. Yeah, don’t bother with validation from others, that is just a vulnerability for others to exploit.
The Crit Role “RTA” bit is relevant here, I feel, and no familiarity w/ the series req’d! 🤘🏼
(FYI: spoilers abound for any newbies looking up that years-long pay-off, but it’s worth it, IMHO.)
I like squirrels.
I like turtles
watching squirrels reminds me of myself when I was playing arc raiders, running from corner to corner, stopping to see if I hear anything around me, then scavenging for stuff, then run some more to another corner and repeat. then come across some big arc and run for my life
You know, I would totally play an extraction game where you play as a squirrel gathering nuts and things.
Not an extraction game but Squirrel With a Gun might be up your alley.
Isn’t Acron exactly that, in a couch co-op? 🤩
That is fun sounding; too bad it’s VR + mobile and not… a more reasonable set of environments!
True enough, though I gotta admit: a team of even mildly organized squirrels make the tree player (VR) wonder if someone cranked up the difficulty after the kiddos had their turns in the seat. 🥹😂
I used to get squirrels to climb on me for peanuts.
sits in your lap
Peanut please. Peanut me now.
Oh they’ll nut you, alright! 😏
Oh ouch.
Hope your peanuts get better.
It’s more like love-hate for me. They’re terribly cute and they do play an important ecological role.
But they are destructive little shits. Mercilessly and needlessly destroying homes, gardens, and at times even vehicles. Their reigns of terror are expensive and tough to mitigate. And with so few remaining natural predators, their populations quickly grow to near plague levels quite rapidly. May your tomato plants be damned.
Stop chasing away the coyotes, corvids, raptors, snakes, or pretty much any mid-tier predator, then. Coexist > consume.
if apes hadn’t been faster, squirrels would rule the Earth
When I wake up in the morning and do my bike rides or lifting, I feel great throughout the day and have more energy. You don’t have to be alpha to know a bit if excersice is great and I think you’ll find makes you feel better for the rest of the day
Nah, I never feel better after I work out. Just tired and kind of shitty. Having to go to work afterwards would make me want to walk into traffic.
Yeah that’s why I work out after work
Same and overall I do feel better. Just not immediately during/afterwards.
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That’s fairly privileged of you. Millions upon millions aren’t able to do what you do so nonchalantly, fellow human. Enjoy your own circumstances for what they are to you, but let’s not imply that it’s “easy” for anyone else to do the same. ✊🏼
ACHKTUALLY
Insufferable people just out to argue unrelated shit. I IMPLIED, IMPLIED!!!
You forgot to fight for the crippled you monster.
Aww, did someone drop his binkie? 🤣🖕🏼
Don’t worry, I’m sure someone’ll stick up for you, one of these days, kiddo. Keep being you. It’s going great.
Aww, did someone drop his binkie? 🤣🖕🏼
Don’t worry, I’m sure someone’ll stick up for you, one of these days, kiddo. Keep being you. It’s going great.
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Gotta get that nut either way!
Squirrel girl is op tho.
Squirrel-core must be hardcore.
Squirrel Girl is dangerously attractive for all the best reasons my doc warned me about. 😶
You also had to visit a nut doctor?
Did I choose poorly by believing her that she was a nut doctor?
(It’s for all the best reasons!)
She
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Also, let’s be fair: if wishes were coming true, I’d never trust myself not to ask for a whole passel o’ her, knowing full-well the djinn’d get clever and put them all in the same body. 🤌🏼
I wouldn’t complain, but still. Ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times”, and all that.😅
(hi matt damon.)
…is the most fun Matt Damon.
some folks live to get a nut. nothing to cry over
Oh that is so fucking funny.
All these alpha male wannabes are just a squirrel trying to get a nut.
