Walter White Explains Alpha and Beta

So you're either Beta, which is Cringe, or you're Alpha, which is Based. It's not super complicated. Jesse, the Greek β is originally derived from the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyph "Pr," (𓉐), the hieroglyph for "House," the floor-plan of a building's foundation. Which means "Beta Maleness" translates to, literally, "House of Maleness." And furthermore, the necessary precondition of anything being "Based" is β, the Foundation. The Greek letter Alpha, α, from the Phoenician 𐤀, by contrast, symbolizes an Ox's head, and was the first letter, according to Cadmus, the mythological founder of Thebes, and the figure credited with introducing the Phoenician alphabet to the Greeks, because the Ox, as a beast of burden, was a man's first necessity. Meaning an "Alpha Male" is oxymoronic. Mr. White, what the hell are you talking about?

Walter White gives Jesse an absurdly elaborate pseudo-philosophical explanation of why “beta” supposedly means the foundation of maleness and “alpha male” is oxymoronic. Jesse’s final confused reaction is the punchline, making this useful as a reaction to someone overexplaining internet slang or making a ridiculous intellectual argument.

• @itvbia / 3991 2020-07-31