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Tap for contextSome woman on the internet said she would feel safer spending a night in the woods with a random bear rather than with a random man

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[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 93 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Context: Some woman on the internet said she would feel safer spending a night in the woods with a random bear rather than with a random man

Some woman

Not "some woman" — quite a few women. Lots of women.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I’m a man and even I would pick a bear

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I too prefer chubby hairy men.

finally, someone who gets me.

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[–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago
[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are we talking brown bears or black bears?

Brown bears are violently territorial and will attack you for being in eyeshot.

Black bears are basically giant racoons and will move away from people - especially if you're making loud noises and making yourself look big - because they don't want that smoke. They'll only get aggressive if you surprise them or get anywhere near their younglings.

I'd probably take a black bear over a lot of dudes. As long as we got a good hundred feet or so of distance, Mr Bear and I ain't gonna bother each other.

[–] Soulcreator@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Totally agreed, the question is so vague it's absurd. Are we talking a panda or a grizzly? Is the man a locked-in paraplegic or an violent ex con?

Regardless how you answer there's always another possibility that makes your decision look stupid.

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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 30 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I am unironically bearpilled in this context. Men can be fucking scary with women. At least I'm unlikely to be SA'd before I die, with the bear.

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[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Bear seeing a lone person in the woods:

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get the sentiment, but realistically I'll still pick the random man. A man could kill or rape me. A bear is likely to kill me.

[–] Skkorm@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Actually a bear is very unlikely to come after you. I come from an extremely rural part of Alberta, Canada, and large bears would sometimes wander in and near town. They wouldn't run around swiping people up and murdering them, they would just basically wander around eating garbage and looking for food. The reality is that if you were in the woods with a random bear, unless it was starving or you were near its Cubs, it likely wouldn't see you as important.

I'll tell you what though. The bodies of indigenous women would get found in the woods sometimes. Bears didn't put them there, men did.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As my wife put it, if the bear kill me, nobody would ask how I was dressed.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The bear discourse is the true measure of whether a given man is a red or green flag.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The correct answer is to raise both hands and eyebrows, excuse yourself from the table, walk off and keep walking until sufficient distance has been reached. Switching mode of transportation on the way is acceptable.

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[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"Question. What kind of bear is best?"

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[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

hexbear.net users ahead of the curve

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Men seriously feeling the need to convince the world that they are not as dangerous as a wild bear.

[–] rotkehlchen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think men are out at this point. The question of "Bear Vs. Shark" however is still unanswered?

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