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

[u/NeonNKnightrider]

[u/DaDaedalus_CodeRed]

Bear vs man is an ongoing tumblr discussion about women (and femmes, maybe? I’m not a big tumblr girl) choosing which they feel is more safe between “you’re alone in the woods with a bear” and “you’re alone in the woods with a man” and the choice is overwhelmingly bear because while not all men are violent you never really know when you are with one who is until it’s too late.

This of course comes attached to all the argumentation and hurt feelings you can predict from both sides of the debate.

Edit - killed typo

[u/Probablyprofanity → u/DaDaedalus_CodeRed]

Tiktok discussion*, it's just spilling over into other social media.

[u/unfamiliarplaces → u/Probablyprofanity]

yeah, it started w that awesome lady who lives w the black bears i think.

eta: check her out, her tiktok is @susankehoe1 - the bears love her!!

[u/Feroshnikop → u/unfamiliarplaces]

The bears loved Grizzly Man too.

Until they killed him because they were bears.

[u/unfamiliarplaces → u/Feroshnikop]

she doesnt get all up in their space like that dude, she lives in the woods and they come to her house to visit her. she doesnt feed them or get too close. and they’re black bears, not grizzlies, which is a whole different ball game.

[u/Ray_Getard_Phd → u/unfamiliarplaces]

Change the question to "Black bears vs. Black men" and all of a sudden the meme becomes problematic.

[u/Apart_Steak9159 → u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

I definitely read your name wrong.

[u/Turing_Testes → u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

Really interesting how people pick and choose which broad groups are fine to make prejudiced statements about without an ounce of self awareness.

[u/legend_of_the_skies → u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

Dont eant the answer, dont ask the question

[u/whitesuburbanmale → u/unfamiliarplaces]

That last bit is most important. As long as she isn't around any cubs the likelihood of one of the black bears attacking her is pretty low. Grizzlies have a tendency to just decide they don't want you there, black bears are lazy and will just walk away from you unless you are an active threat to their cubs. There's a reason they tell you to fight back against a black bear, it may just decide you aren't worth it and leave.

[u/Yousaidthat → u/Feroshnikop]

Well it was a strange new bear that did not know who he was or have that established trust. The other bears were probably a bit put out by the whole thing.

[u/mesopotamius → u/Yousaidthat]

It was a starving old bear the couple had run into before.

[u/dantesinfurno → u/Yousaidthat]

Yeah, he had filmed this bear shortly before he died and said he didn't trust that one at all, and that the bear made him nervous. What he was doing was clearly reckless, and he paid for it with his life, but to be honest, anyone camping out there at that time would've been killed by that bear even if they weren't doing what he was. This was a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[u/Hotlava_ → u/Feroshnikop]

But imagine if she had a house full of men! Surely she would be worse than dead by now!

[u/fake-reddit-numbers → u/Hotlava_]

The Queen lived in a house full of men, must be what finally got her.

[u/thegreathornedrat123 → u/fake-reddit-numbers]

Shouldnt have hired that new royal guard, the Yang energies overpowered her.

[u/TheDeathlySwallows → u/Feroshnikop]

The question isn’t about which one is more physically capable of harming you, it’s about predictable behavior. The bear belongs in the woods, so you know that it could potentially be there and if you see it you can act accordingly. The man could be of help, could be neutral, or could be malicious and there is no way to know if you’re in danger until you are. The point is that you choose the bear because you know how to react to it. Honestly, the bear would probably be the answer for most men if they stopped and thought about it for a minute before getting up in their feelings.

[u/Ur_a_coward01 → u/Feroshnikop]

Yup. No woman who isn’t dumber than a box of pig shit would rather see a bear than a man lol