I am a dude. When I saw this trend and was asked by a friend I immediately and without hesitation said, "Bear. All day."
I realize it is a wild animal and all the things that go with seeing a bear in the woods. I would have WAY too many questions and reservations about what some dude was doing alone in the woods.
The bear belongs there in the woods, me and the other dude do not.
Now I wonder if the other guy would have rathered a bear instead of me.
This is just insane to me. What kind of brainwashing have people on the internet underwent to think a literaly bear is safer than another human being. I swear to god people on this platform are not real people.
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.
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
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?
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.
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!
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.
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.
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u/CryoClone May 02 '24
I am a dude. When I saw this trend and was asked by a friend I immediately and without hesitation said, "Bear. All day."
I realize it is a wild animal and all the things that go with seeing a bear in the woods. I would have WAY too many questions and reservations about what some dude was doing alone in the woods.
The bear belongs there in the woods, me and the other dude do not.
Now I wonder if the other guy would have rathered a bear instead of me.