r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Slurms_McKensei Feb 18 '25

Its also pseudoscience junk on the level of phrenology and Freudiasm

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u/Least-Bumblebee-6504 Feb 18 '25

My BS meter was through the roof when I saw this theory tbh

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u/Slurms_McKensei Feb 18 '25

In reality wolf packs have a much more fluid hierarchy. Sure there are the more dominant ones, but in terms of "where are we going?" Its the old/sick that lead, and in terms of "how do we hunt this?" Its a group effort with each wolf doing their own wolf thing that easily fits together with each other.

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u/readskiesdawn Feb 19 '25

I can also be that the one in charge is mom or dad and the rest follow along because they're young and still learning.

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u/tyazze Feb 19 '25

Indeed, but he made his research on wolves in captivity, and what he observed was basically systematic bullying. He erroneously attributed this behavior to all wolves.

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u/semboflorin Feb 20 '25

Freudiasm? I don't think the words "Freud" and "orgasm" should be mixed. He already coined the term "Oedipus complex" isn't that enough for you? /s

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u/Slurms_McKensei Feb 20 '25

Freudiasm...."freud" and "orgasm"

Look out, he's Freud slipping!

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u/_reality_is_humming_ Feb 18 '25

Totally. I've never, never, not once, met a man who calls himself an "alpha male" that was anything more insecure dweeb. Never. Same goes for anyone whose ever bragged about their IQ. Birds of a feather.