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'''[[Alpha]]''', '''[[beta]]''', and '''[[omega]]''' are names for animals of different rank in a hierarchy. [[Alpha|Alphas]] are the most dominant and [[Omega|omegas]] the least dominant animals.
'''[[Alpha]]''', '''[[beta]]''', and '''[[omega]]''' are names for animals of different rank in a hierarchy. [[Alpha|Alphas]] are the most dominant and [[Omega|omegas]] the least dominant animals.
Other letters of the Greek alphabet are also used this way, e.g. ''gamma'' as the subordinate rank to beta animals.
Other letters of the Greek alphabet are also used this way. For example ''gamma'' is the next rank after beta.
For simplicity, one often refers to all non-alpha animals as betas.
For simplicity, all non-alpha animals are often called betas.


Both men and women have a hierarchy, but the criteria and mechanism that determine them are very different, e.g. women are much more gossipy and men more cooperative. In the [[incelosphere]], the alpha male is called [[Chad]], the beta/omega male [[virgin]], the alpha female [[Stacy]] and beta female [[Becky]].
Both men and women have a hierarchy, but the criteria and mechanism that determine them are very different. Women are much more gossipy and men more cooperative. In the [[incelosphere]], the alpha male is called [[Chad]], the beta/omega male [[Virgin]], the alpha female [[Stacy]] and beta female [[Becky]].


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