I have seen the distinction recently.
Currently i am at university, it's not your typical one, there are a little of international students here and strong high flyers in the future, who are already setting up their own businesses out of nothing. In the last year, especially since i broke up with my girlfriend, i have been studying social dynamics like crazy, not just to have more success with women who i find attractive in every sense of the word, but also in the line of making your way in the world (Which is more important, as everything else follows behind your own inner game).

I have realised though that there is a large group of guys who may come across as alphas, have success with women, and moderate success in life but these are assholes. The types who do this, are those who AMOG their own friends, and i am not talking about clever banter, i mean simply to dominate them. I have had this recently with one of my friends, and have seen him lead others, nice guys into this attempt to amog me. I am used to shit tests, and general attempts to test my frame but this was constant. This happened at a party i hosted last night.

Due to recently making contacts who are alphas, don't get me wrong they will destroy someone who gets in their way, but they don't but generally speaking they are above their (well from what i have seen) lower instincts, they don't have to resort to petty jealousy, as their high confidence enables them to remain indifferent.

Bottom line is assholes dominate a room by making other people feel bad, undeservingly. Women will generally go for these guys, because they are imitating alpha characteristics, however those types of girls are usually the ones with daddy issues, lack of experience, or are messed up in one way or the other.

Alphas are able to dominate the room, don't have to do much chasing, can destroy people, although they are above petty woes and worries which generally gives energy to assholes and makes them tick.

On a side note, does anyone have any advice on how to deal with a friend who is AMOGing you in front of a group of people, and being backed up by a jealous minion (long story to why he is jealous) it caught me off guard, and although i gave a witty comeback, i felt let down more than anything.

In details to how he was AMOGing me, he just kept on taking the piss out of everything i was saying, and calling me a prick, very childish and i believe he is mad.

The less attention you give them, the better. In almost every case, I'll pretend like I don't hear them and occupy myself with something else for a few minutes. Then, when the time is right, look them straight in the eye and calmly ask, "Are you done yet?" and keep staring at them like you expect a completely dignified response. Think about it from their perspective: there is very little they can say to save themselves at this point because you're drawing attention to the fact that they're acting like annoying little insects.

Thats good il take note of this !

Alphas ftw. Assholes tend to be overcompensating for personal insecurities. They also break down under stress. Ignore them, but hold them accountable if they disrespect you.

People who are constantly AMOGing other men and "dominating" the room are often very insecure people.

^this.

Thing is that most guys fall close to the extreme ends of the spectrum, either they're the harmless beta or an asshole. and given those two choices, most women will opt for the asshole.

so the asshole becomes the betas' frame of reference for what an alpha male is. there just aren't enough "nice alphas" out there to show them how it's done.

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This guy is not your friend, and he is not an alpha. An alpha would never put down his friends like that. Alphas take care of their own, and they don't go out of the way to be dicks to others. He's an insecure turd and probably ripped on you because he knew he could get away with it. I'd avoid him in the future.

An important distinction between an asshole and an alpha is that assholes don't have meaningful relationships, and tend to be lonely people, since they're dicks, and no one really wants to be their friend and deal with the dickishness that comes with it, and so all their relationships are superficial "lets get lunch/hit the bars" friends. Not the kinds of friends that would be there for them if they hit a hard spot.