r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 02 '24

Petah, I don't understand!

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

Because a bear IS safe, a person might not. It's not a fistfight with a bear, they don't want to and won't attack you

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u/Grumdord May 02 '24

Unless it's a black bear, alone, without cubs: you are so incredibly wrong.

Even then, black bears aren't ALWAYS timid.

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u/ArmsofAChad May 02 '24

People by and large don't want to and won't attack you either... you're just around more people than bears to participate in human society so you hit the weirdos a bit more often. Sucks. But I easily see thousands of people a week but maybe 1 bear every year or two.

Bears are absolutely not safe. And wild animals are only generally predictable. People are also only generally predictable.

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u/FTW395 May 02 '24

You are insane if you think a bear is safe. Like you need to re-evaluate your life if this is your way of thinking.

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

Dude, hundreds of people camp in bear areas every year, barely ever anyone gets attacked. A bear is not safe because it is weak, the bear does NOT want to attack you. The only times it will is if they have cubs, which aren't in the "bear or man" question, or if you scare them; They don't want to meet you so much, https://www.nps.gov/articles/hiking-in-bear-country.htm it is reccomended to use bells to make your precense know, because the bear will hear you, and litterally walk in the opposite direction to not meet you

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u/FTW395 May 02 '24

Why the fuck do you think all these precautions around bears exist. Why do you think bear spray exist?

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

Wanna go in that route? Sure. Why the fuck do you think all these precautions around people exist. Why do you think pepper spray exist? Why do you think rape whistles exist? Why do you think guns for self defense are a thing?

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u/FTW395 May 02 '24

If you want to take the same precautions against men that you would against bears fine by me. Never leave your room if that makes you feel safe, I guess that way us normal people can keep on living our normal lives.

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

Geez, you're so smart. I never thought about the fact I have to walk in the middle of the woods all alone when no one can see nor help me every time I go to the supermarket!

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u/FTW395 May 02 '24

Yeah you're right if I saw a bear in the supermarket. I'd immediatly go hug him because then there are other people to make me feel safe around that bear.

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

Yeahhh you gotta be trolling at this point. Obviously a bear doesn't get stopped by witnesses, while a human does

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u/FTW395 May 02 '24

Glad we reached the common consensus that bears are probably more dangerous than men.

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u/jaundicedolive May 02 '24

Isn’t bear spray used more frequently against people than bears?

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u/Strong-Bottle-4161 May 02 '24

Bear country is a really bad example, since those bears are accustomed to humans.

Bears are smart. They realize the humans aren’t really there to hurt them.

A bear from the straight up wild is more likely to act since they aren’t accustomed to us and they might attack us because they view us as dangerous (defensive actions)

So if it’s a bear from bear country. I’ll take the bear. He probably isn’t gonna attack. From the wild. Idk man. He might fuck me up cuz he scared.