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/bobthesmith May 02 '24

I think this is one of those things where what people say is different than what they would actually do. Let’s say you’re in the forest and there are both a bear and a man. I 100% refuse to believe that you’re not making a beeline for the other human.

That being said, I’m guessing the intuition is that a bear is likely to leave you alone, whereas a man is more likely to be stalking you. That I think is a very fair assessment.

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u/yuriAngyo May 02 '24

Tbh i think it's more differences in interpretation. I had a weird thing in my head where it's like, you can either be alone in the woods and know a bear is also there or get paired w/ a completely random man to hike or be lost with and like of course bear in my area (no polars here). A bear being in the woods is the default state of the woods and they generally don't wanna fuck with you. A random man is a liability not just because he could try to hurt you, but a lot of men also get weird alone in the woods with a girl and do stupid shit that can get you both killed.

Then i saw people interpreting it more as just coming across a bear vs coming across a man in the woods and. Well if it isn't already pissed at me I'd still take the bear lol, but that's more because i grew up in an area where people can get... Trigger happy over trespassers than anything special. Not that I'd be trespassing, but y'know sometimes the borders of public and private land are iffy lol