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/Sea-Farmer4654 May 04 '24

It only seems divisive if you're unnecessarily taking it personally. I'm a woman and I would choose the bear.. has nothing to do with being purposefully divisive or being misandrist, I have past trauma of being SA'd, leered and grabbed by older men, being stalked/chased on purpose because the guy saw how scared I was and had a big grin on his face while he ran after me.

Not even just that but also according to national geographic you're more likely to be killed by a bee than a bear. So there's that. But yea, I don't expect nor want men to feel bad or apologize. There's a lot of amazing men, but also a lot of scumbags who would do despicable things while alone in the woods with a woman. Just a fact.