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Explain Like I'm Five

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My younger brother keeps saying he is an Alpha male and bad mouths who he thinks are Beta. Can some one please explain to me what the hell is going on? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

disgusted to see "just hit your brother" so sentimentally popular. Please dont abuse your family members as a method to disabuse them of their indoctrination. how would that work? seems pretty obvious to me it would only reinforce the view that alphas are stronger than others and can get what they want through violence. it's a humorless joke at best and terrible advice at worst. shame on anyone who made the remark, and shame on all those who voted it up.

op, check out fd signifier.

[–] Dkarma -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"prove your brother wrong," is a valid solution.
I don't think you really get the underlying issue here based on your response.

Do brothers not wrestle anymore? Lmfao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

"have fun wrestling with your brother" is not "assault your brother so that he understands who the true alpha is"

by your response i dont think you really get the underlying issue or my response.