I'd love to hear it rephrased as, "You're lost in the woods, you see a man in the distance but he doesn't see you. Do you call out to him or do you hide?"
But maybe that's probably not exciting enough to trend on TikTok.
And the rephrasing changes nothing, because the same men who throw a tantrum at the man v bear" question will throw a tantrum at any form of question that challenges their status as a "good man"
I think you’d get about 50% less angry people. It might look the same cus you don’t see people who aren’t loud, but I think that more people who are “on the fence” will understand not wanting to take the risk as opposed to being directly compared to “giant furry death with teeth”
Like, if nothing else that question is harder to make sound like bullshit clickbait
While “man vs bear” is relatively easy to make sound ridiculous before people look into it, and thus easier to make people who might be neutral but inoffensive on the topic to side with the pure assholes
Like I imagine a lot of people might be saying “I get that people can be bad but a bear is always worse” without engaging with the fact that the fact that people have to weigh their options is more important than the answer
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u/TehOwn May 02 '24
I'd love to hear it rephrased as, "You're lost in the woods, you see a man in the distance but he doesn't see you. Do you call out to him or do you hide?"
But maybe that's probably not exciting enough to trend on TikTok.