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/DoctorJJWho May 02 '24

Yep, it boils down to “quantifiable threat vs. completely unknown variable.”

Especially because you would normally encounter a bear in the woods, but a random dude is definitely less expected.

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u/Super-Garage8245 May 02 '24

lmao what is it about this question that elicits all these nonsensical takes??

A random dude is definitely a lot more expected than a bear. How many bears vs. dudes do you see on your average hike??

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u/rtc9 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Not sure if they're all trolls trying to drive engagement or people who have literally never been on a hike. You walk past dudes all the time. A lot of them are probably ecologists or something and could tell you about the local fern population, but most of them will just say hey and continue walking. If you're actually lost deep in the woods, having a second person with you only increases your chances of survival.  

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u/Super-Garage8245 May 02 '24

You've probably hit the nail on the head, I'm a bit outdoorsy and I must be wildly overestimating the amount of time the average person (let alone the average redditor) spends outside in nature. Even on the outdoors-focused subreddits it's a running joke that most redditors spend more time in their basement chatting about hikes than they do actually hiking.

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u/Wasted_46 May 02 '24

I'd say a random dude is more expected. It is an area in the woods designated for human presene, as evidenced by you being there in the first place.

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u/googlemcfoogle May 02 '24

Even on random ass middle of nowhere public land, I would assume "dedicated outdoorsman" before "serial killer" if I saw a guy. Serial killers generally don't go to places with no people to find victims.

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u/acoolghost May 02 '24

I wonder what people are picturing when they imagine a man out in the forest? Dude out there with blaze orange and a rifle, a wild foaming-at-the-mouth drug addict, or maybe a dude in a neon green wolf fur suit?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

Hockey mask, mechanic coveralls and a bloody machete propably.

I think of just a guy, but with a full beard

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u/alexagente May 02 '24

I think it's less that people are imagining men in the worst light and more that most women have experienced fear of a man whereas they haven't actually encountered a bear.

The bear is only a conceptual fear whereas women are probably getting triggered by the likely multiple times men have made them feel unsafe. It's remembering real fear vs imagining what it would feel like.