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This is their whole identity. (slrpnk.net)

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[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah the meat of my misunderstanding is:

they're aware of their social shortcomings and attempt to close them by exclaiming things that are only relevant to their insecurities

I mean I’m pretty aware of my shortcomings but it doesn’t lead me down to an alpha/beta philosophy.

Maybe I’m old-school but just trying to improve those (if I want to) and generally not caring what people think seems easier to me than inventing a whole alpha/beta worldview.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The point being, their shortcomings are already related to the alpha/beta mindset, they don't create it. They may be insecure about height, lack of affection growing up, being seen as a disappointment, etc. So they defensively project an image of themselves onto others, but only they see it.