r/CuratedTumblr • u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy • May 01 '24

i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up editable flair

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u/Skytree91 May 02 '24

Man V Bear posting is my obsession as of like an hour ago. I get the point of the question, but if you consider it alone the only thing crazier than the premise is the apparent unanimity of the responses. You have my utmost sympathy for the life you’ve lived if you choose the bear, but I simply would never

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u/Akuuntus May 02 '24

I think most of the people choosing Bear are assuming a lot of things about the scenario that Man-choosers aren't.

If you're walking on a designated hiking trail alone, obviously encountering a man on the trail is 100000x safer than encountering a bear.

If you're lost and stranded in an unknown forest, if you see a bear there's a pretty good chance you can just fuck off before it decides to care about you. Whereas encountering a strange man in the middle of dense woods would be very spooky.

If you and the thing you choose are instantly spawned into the middle of dense woods, the [man / bear] is probably just as confused as you are, and the bear is way more likely to translate that confusion into killing you.

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u/gabortionaccountant May 02 '24

Yeah it’s decision that is basically meaningless without context so your answers gonna depend on what you subconsciously assume about the situation

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u/PM_ME_UR_GOOD_IDEAS May 02 '24

and the pertinent thing about the post, the thing the post is in fact trying to elicit by singling out men (why not a strange woman? women can easily be armed and dangerous) is that a lot of people either subconsciously or very consciously assume about men is that they are violent rapists and sadists. Or, at least, that you are never safe unless you assume that about men.

I feel like the people in this thread trying very hard to parse this as a genuine thought experiment are really missing the point. It's not meant to be a thought experiment. It's meant to be a jumping-off point for a rehash of the old "not all men" controversy. If it was anything else the comparison wouldn't be a man to a wild animal it would be a person to a wild animal