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Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by matwood on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:21AM (#42708981)
> Is this history's most bizarre midlife crisis? What is going on with this man?

He's the definition of a perpetual beta trying to be alpha.

I would love to spar with him in BJJ sometime. After you train for awhile you can lock up with someone and immediately feel who they are. An alpha stays calm and relaxed, never panicking even as they are being put to sleep [1]. He went into BJJ hoping to become alpha and it just highlighted even further he's not.

[1] BTW, this isn't a bullshit masculine/man/woman thing. I roll with plenty of women and many of them are more alpha than many men I know.

Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by ralfd on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:58AM (#42709192)
Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by latexr on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:15PM (#42714810)
> He's the definition of a perpetual beta trying to be alpha.

That’s not a thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti86veZBjU

Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by psunavy03 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:37PM (#42715093)
There's no better way to torch your credibility than to use the terms "beta" and "alpha" unironically.
Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by matwood on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:46PM (#42715964)
The ironic part is that's what he's probably thinking and chasing (he talked at length recently about bringing 'masculine energy' back to Meta). He's literally one of the most powerful people in the world, but always comes across as wishy washy and unconfident.
Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' by gemerald on Saturday January 18, 2025 @03:07AM (#42746709)
On average men are more alpha than women. You probably don't feel comfortable saying this obvious fact due to being a beta.