B8 is pretty laughable on the whole alpha/beta thing. It's one thing to parrot about it on B8 but when Other M comes out and the mainstream gets a hold of it and decries its awful misogyny, they pretty much have to play along or risk looking like fools.
I guess peer pressure is one potential explanation but I think the whole alpha thing is foolish and anti-social to begin with, it reeks of basement dwelling nerdrage. Baww no one likes me, it must be because girls only like JERKS.
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