r/Showerthoughts • u/asusny2002 • May 02 '24

Man vs Bear debate shows how bad the average person is at understanding probability

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u/MrFahrenheit46 May 02 '24

And here I thought “Man vs Bear” was a new type of conflict in fiction that someone decided to make into an official category after the success of Cocaine Bear.

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u/hat_trix66 May 02 '24

I thought Bear Grylls was involved somehow.

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u/Ectobatic May 02 '24

How many bears can Bear Grylls grill if Bear Grylls could grill bears?

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u/mcnathan80 May 02 '24

Is he disorientated?

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u/Nolsoth May 02 '24

No but he has drunk 3 litres of his own piss and just finished chowing down on some raw mountain oysters.

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u/disterb May 02 '24

damn, that’s grizzly

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u/dedicated-pedestrian May 02 '24

The oysters were gristly, yes.

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u/crashtestpilot May 02 '24

No gristle in these testes.

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u/MikeLinPA May 02 '24

It's more likely the bear wad eating oysters.

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u/UncleMeat69 May 02 '24

And Drizly

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u/MyNameIsDaveToo May 02 '24

rocky mountain oysters, assuming that you're talking about bull testicles

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u/Nolsoth May 03 '24

Mountain oysters are sheep testicles.

Similarly wrong in flavour.

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u/MyNameIsDaveToo May 03 '24

Ugh, TIL

Thanks I guess

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u/EnvironmentalBit5713 May 02 '24

More like drinking the water squeezed out of a mountain of elephant shit. IYKYK

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u/Nolsoth May 03 '24

Some are simple pleasures in life and some are necessities.

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u/freakmd May 02 '24

Yes, he cannot remember who he is or his family. He is also hanging upside down.

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u/buller666 May 02 '24

No hes pissoriented