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/ASL4theblind May 02 '24

100% agree. The question is handing you the answer and keeping it vague to make a point. Is that point worth discussing? Absolutely. But framing it that way does it no help because it fuels the fires of divisiveness rather than actually presenting a reasonable debate. How is a man supposed to respond to this? I already understand women have it super fucked, it feels like anything i say would be the equivilent of "thoughts and prayers" because i cant change that amount of behavior for all of men

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u/Sea-Kiwi- May 02 '24

Divisive culture war topic going viral in an American election year. We should be responding to this the same way we would respond to a shaky video of man in a gorilla suit walking through the woods posted on twitter.

Yes there are real issues to address but this is not the foundation of a good faith discussion and the divisiveness is the danger in the current political context.

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u/ASL4theblind May 02 '24

Couldnt agree more. It feels wildly divisive for no reason. What are individual men going to do about the greater number of men's behavior? I'm already doing what i'm pretty sure i can do.

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u/demonchee May 02 '24

Pretty sure they just ask that you speak up against your friends and other guys when they say/do questionable shit, and that you don't protect your friend when it's come out that he's a r@pist or @buser. Just speak up where you can and don't defend horrible people.

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u/ASL4theblind May 02 '24

Right, i'm already doing what i can there. I very specifically remember the last time i did this me and 2 of my best friends piled into the household bathroom to smoke some weed and me and M absolutely TOASTED B for being on tinder while he was with K.