The funniest alpha white male trait in America right now...
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You scared or something?
I thought it was a funny but true generalization.
That’s hilariously funny and true. HROT is a shining beacon.
Is “alpha white male” code for something other than a white male with a dominant personality? Or are you referring to people who live in rural areas? Otherwise I don’t know anyone afraid of cities, let alone proud of it.
I'd say they hate American cities vs fearing them and in this context, the "alpha white male" is the rural trumpie types and the politicians they support. They often refer to themselves and their political heroes as white alpha males. They also see themselves as true patriots, they proudly display the American (and confederate?) flag but hate America's cities, culture, educational institutions, government agencies, and all of the American's who don't think like they do. Apparently that's what it means to be a patriot.
I see. I guess for slang i I would have used the term MAGAt.
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A common theme amongst this crowd is driving a large pickup truck, shined/wax’d/etc while not needing one for any real purpose.
Not sure where you live but this fits the description of many in small town Iowa that vote Trump but act tough in real life. I know a couple that won’t go to certain cities because of crime!
This phenomenon is one that pisses me off about as much as anything these people do. They have always hated 1/2 the country, but that has expanded to a position that it’s hard to tell what they even like about this place
Like I said, this isn’t a white thing, or an alpha thing. It is a MAGA TIITB (I wrote “thing” and somehow Apple saw fit to autocorrect it to “TIITB” and it was too funny so I let it stand) thing.
I wouldn't say afraid. Enjoy some things, but definitely wouldn't live in one again.
Start a post saying you’re visiting chicago… or Portland… or New York City… see what happens.
From those, I know not sure I'd say afraid, but rather dislike or maybe hate. They seem to hate or dislike things already mentioned like gov't, cities, anything new or different, most education, science, arts, etc. So, they tend to complain about the present and the future but love the good old days.
I don't know if it's a real purpose, but they often take up two parking spots. And the assend sits out in the driving lane.
I figured 'white alpha male' because non whites tend to live in cities, so the quip doesn't work as well without it.
Alpha male = stereotype of tough guy. Tough guy political stereotype is usually conservative.
So it's the contrast... tough guy complaining about danger all the time. That was funny.
I think it's about white dudes who would sincerely refer to themselves as alpha males. I know tons of them.
Like in a serious way? I see them out on the internet... but don't know them IRL
Pretty serious. They're not making fun of themselves, that would be gay. It's not like on their Twitter bio or in their elevator pitch. It comes out when they're confronted by all the snowflakes in media.
Well I live in rural Iowa, have a pickup I use to haul stuff and I hate going to big cities. Not because I am “afraid”, more like I hate the effing traffic and crowds. I also don’t like being called “flyover” country. Like we don’t matter here or something. Also I am far far from a Trump loving MAGA. So your stereotype above is not entirely accurate (although I do see the people you describe).
The rural white alpha male has long been afraid of the big cities in America, it's not a new thing at all.
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From a lifelong Iowan….Iowa is 100% flyover country…get over it snow flakes….
Heck, ideally the only way I want to experience western Iowa is flying over it….driving through it and Nebraska is nearly torture…
Heck, ideally the only way I want to experience western Iowa is flying over it….driving through it and Nebraska is nearly torture…
Belittling Iowa partially fuels MAGA Iowan fire.
I would much rather drive through Nebraska than downtown bumper to bumper, crawling, stopping, crawling, beeping, bird flipping Chicago anytime. But that’s just me.
For people on the coasts, flyover country is basically everything west of Pittsburgh until you hit a state touching the Pacific, or perhaps Vegas, and south of Pittsburgh until Florida and Texas. While I like cities like KC, they are referred to as "cow towns". My favorite shirt I wore in college was:
I would say that flyover country starts at Chicago. I've driven through Nebraska one time and will never do it again.
And you would be wrong, as viewed by east coasters. When in the military in Boston, I literally worked with rocket scientists and a whole array of super smart civilians. Most of them could not, or refused to, distinguish Ohio from Illinois from Iowa from Idaho. Illinois is absolutely a flyover state, even with Chicago.
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I can confirm illinois outside of chicago, especially central illinois is a terrible drive as well.
Being an alpha is about making the decisions for yourself you see fit.
I'm slightly confused by this topic, are you actively celebrating being betas?
I'm slightly confused by this topic, are you actively celebrating being betas?
I would hope that rocket scientists could point out Fermilab and the U. of Chicago on a map but if we are going to consider the 3rd largest metro area to be flyover country, we're adding a lot of metro areas to it.
The rest of Illinois is a flyover state, no question. Nothing of substance is coming out of it and it may as well be Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, or Nebraska
Being afraid of that would mean they aren't real alphas, whether they are white, black, male or female.
All I am relaying to you is my experience. I think they view Chicago like one would view Rome. It is its own thing in the middle of another thing, if that makes sense.
Those three bags of mulch and bag of potting soil from Home Depot aren’t going to haul themselves.
I assumed the trend would be logging into HORT and calling other posters “betas”.
It's not shocking that you believe in the concept of alpha males. You are slightly confused by an awful lot when it comes to masculinity.
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