• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Alpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.”

    Do people not know this?

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      14 hours ago

      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.

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      16 hours ago

      Normally you would be right, that’s not the case here, just looking at ALPHA, outside of the content of the above statement, is problematic at best…The statement does indeed talk to the behavior of pack animals…Do You Not Know This?

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        14 hours ago

        I’m right still, you are wrong! Alpha is not problematic in any way. It’s in the Bible (the best selling book on Earth, at least at one time), it’s used in pop culture while not referring to the study in any way. So now annoying people use “alpha” just like “king” and “prince” and “the best” and “the greatest”.

        You’ll all get over it soon, as usual. I promise.

        p.s as per your question, yes I do know of it, as stated in my post that you responded to. I’m sorry that referring to it was an inadequate indicator that I knew of it, so I’m guessing your question is a joke? I mean, it’s obvious.

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          13 hours ago

          “I am the alpha and the omega” only means “I am the beginning and the end” because alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Alpha does not mean “first” in Greek you smug dipshit.

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            1 hour ago

            Wow, this is big news… you should write Webster, Oxford, et al immediately and let everyone know they’ve made a massive mistake! Thank you for saving us from this horrid linguistic error!

            https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha

            You are 100% wrong, and not even worth an insult. You bring shame to your family and make me sad.

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            1 hour ago

            I don’t know, you tell me… here we are having a nice discussion, and why are you thinking of assholes? Nasty.

            Alpha means first, as it has for millennia. Get mad about it