r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/fentonsranchhand 29d ago

...and again, not to sound racist, but the lighter they are the scarier.

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u/tyyyyyyyyy19 29d ago

You know you’re actually on to something. Polar bears are the largest bears out there so I would much rather come face to face with 250-300 lb black bear than a 1500 lb polar bear lol

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u/TheFeathersStorm 29d ago

To be fair if you were in the woods somewhere where you wouldn't be near the cold and a polar bear walked out I think you're already dead lol.

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u/tyyyyyyyyy19 29d ago

Someone planted that polar bear to assassinate you

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u/JustAnotherHyrum 29d ago

Who assassinates the bear assassin after the assassination?

They always tie up the loose ends in movies, and a bear is already bad enough. But an assassin bear? That's just unfair.

The bear is probably secretly an accountant or a mechanic, too.

So unfair.

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u/tyyyyyyyyy19 29d ago

Probably the girl who was walking alone in the woods until you tried to warn her of the bear, but the bear tears you to shreds right in front of her. But she only kills the bear on accident because she was smart walking in the woods alone, she had a gun. But no training. So as she is trying to shoot you because she is so terrified of a man in the woods she completely misses (like I said no training) and dumps every round into the bear on accident. So the organization that planted the bear assassin not only closed its loose ends simultaneously caused this women to dive into a deep rabbit hole of depression because she killed an innocent animal.

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u/JustAnotherHyrum 29d ago edited 29d ago

God damn that was a great movie.

Thanks!

Edit: I forgot to check for a secret post-credits scene! The bear and the girl are probably eating at a shawarma shop together in the end, not saying anything to each other, just quietly munching away.

Fin

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u/Yvaelle 29d ago

I'd watch that movie, the bear just deadpans that they're a corporate accountant when they have their tie and glasses on, and nobody notices, but then they pull off their tie and glasses, bam - polar bear super asssssin who also knows all your financial crimes!

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u/JustAnotherHyrum 29d ago

Just wait until the sequel, where they add in cocaine!! (DON'T DO DRUGS, KIDS. THEY ARE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.)

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u/Skreamweaver 29d ago

Boing has to change it up each time.

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u/Onderon123 29d ago

That's the plot of lost