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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 month agoAlpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.” Do people not know this?
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNo, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 month agoGee. It’s almost like language evolves!
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoGet bent you rape apologist
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThink about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoThe president is a rapist and you’re here calling me thinking about rape out of nowhere, get your head out of your fucking ass
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoIt does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.
Alpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.”
Do people not know this?
No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
Gee. It’s almost like language evolves!
Get bent you rape apologist
Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm
The president is a rapist and you’re here calling me thinking about rape out of nowhere, get your head out of your fucking ass
It does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.