I actually have a story about how a guy made himself look not alpha when he easily could have. 

I was playing basketball with a guy that was 6 foot 6, a few other guys and a few girls. He caught a pass and it was just 5 foot 8 me between him and the hoop and all I thought was "fuck I'm about to get yammed on". He took one dribble and shot a pull up jumper. After the game I thanked him for not embarrassing me and he responded "no problem, I knew you were talking to that girl and didn't wanna make you look silly". 

Respect.