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Why haven't you taken the bear pill? (jlai.lu)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Really? What people do you usually hang around with?

Bears are incredibly strong and dangerous and will kill you just for fun.

I would honestly prefer a random man to a fucking moose.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Man is more unpredictable than bear. I know A bear can kill me, but I have no idea what a random man has in mind for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sure. I guess it depends on what odds you are comfortable with. I prefer the very small odds of something worse than death or anything happing at all with Man than the high odds of death with a bear.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Where are you getting these odds from? For how many people live in bear regions, go camping/hunting/biking etc, there have not been that many bear attacks. Source

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

From this scenario I'm obviously assuming you have to be close to the bear for the entire day.

It's not like the bear/man is at the other side of the forest.

And as to where I got my odds from? Well out of my ass. There are no statistics on this extremely specific scenario.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Bear: Couldn’t tell you what he’s up to even if it wanted to

Men: Can actually listen and talk their intentions.

Why is a man less predictable in this case? You all just claim things without the slightest bit of argument behind it… so please tell my why that would be the case.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

The random man probably hasn't anything in mind for you, just minding his own business.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The scale is shark > bear > man > moose. Don’t fuck with moose.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Large prey animals in general. I see a hippo im running

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Won't help, those fuckers go 30 mph. Usain bolt only managed 23 dot something for comparison

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean... on sight doesn't mean they're already chasing, the point is to avoid that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Don't make eye contact, don't attract attention, get the almighty fuck out.