A Coworker Announced He’s An Alpha Male

I looked down at my drink and tried not to laugh.

Photo by Sai De Silva on Unsplash

I was in the U.S. Marine Corps many lifetimes ago, and I still do some software work that is peripherally associated with the USMC, giving me fairly regular contact with Marines. This work also dovetails with other people in the “diplomacy has failed” communities. Men and women of all races, religions, national…