• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    If you generalise half the population and insult them then of course people are going to be mad at you.

    As a random man I don’t feel insulted by this at all. I would also rather be in the woods with a random bear than a random man. The bear is more predictable in preferring to have nothing to do with me.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      i think i would probably be more concerned if i were alone in the woods with a woman honestly, like what the fuck did i do to be put in that situation? Why am i here at all? Is this an act of god?

      Being alone in the woods in it of itself would be fucking weird, but a lot less fucking weird that being alone with someone else for some reason.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        You’re walking through the woods and at the end of a clearing you see: either a man, or a bear staring right at you.
        Which one makes you more uncomfortable?

        If I slowly leave the area I’m fairly confident the bear will leave me alone and not follow. I’m spending the rest of my time in the woods wondering if that man is following me.

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I would also rather be in the woods with a random bear than a random man.

      Theres literally no way you genuinely believe this right?

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        6 months ago

        I literally expanded on my reasons in the other reply.

        There are literally a bunch of posts from other people explaining their reasons for preferring random bear as well.

        The fact that a random man can be told multiple times “I don’t know you well enough to be comfortable with this,” with explanations, and they will still respond with “there’s no way you actually mean the words you are saying” is a big contributing factor.

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          6 months ago

          What do you think will happen if you tell the bear you arnt comfortable with being attacked

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            6 months ago

            It’s very possible to communicate to a bear that you aren’t threatening them and that you aren’t prey or worth attacking. I recommend looking up “what to do if you encounter a bear in the woods.”

            It seems to be very difficult to communicate to you that I would be uncomfortable encountering you alone in the woods.

            So yes, the bear is probably a better listener.

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          6 months ago

          Cool. But I really think your reasons are complete bullshit.

          Like take your last paragraph, you actually think that because some men don’t listen to reasonable arguments you would rather be with a violent and wild animal that is physically incapable of listening to reason?

          Seriously you’re either actually insane or you’re just bullshiting to try and prove a point that you’ve already committed to without actually thinking it through.

          • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            6 months ago

            you would rather be with a violent and wild animal that is physically incapable of listening to reason?

            No, that’s why I’d rather be with the bear.

            You seem to be really angry about some rando’s opinion on a hypothetical situation. That’s not normal.

            Bears generally aren’t violent unless you threaten them. People survive seeing bears in the woods all the time, and once they are out of that situation they generally don’t have to worry that the bear is stalking them.

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              6 months ago

              I’m not angry, I’m incredulous that you either think I’m dumb or you’re completely braindead. There’s a difference.

              People survive seeing bears in the woods *all the time

              I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people survive seeing men more often than they survive seeing a bear.

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                6 months ago

                I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people survive seeing men more often than they survive seeing a bear.

                And we’re moving the goalposts. Note how the article, and my post, specified in the woods and you have changed the situation to include: In public. Places with good lighting. Lots of people around. Easy access to law enforcement. People you personally know (and therefore not random).

                I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people get attacked by men more often than they get attacked by bears.

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                  6 months ago

                  I didn’t change the situation? You’re literally just making shit up now.

                  Where did I say in public?where did I say around people you know? Nowhere. because you know your argument is stupid but you don’t have the balls to just admit you’re wrong so instead you literally have to accuse me of making shit you randomly made up just so you have something you can actually argue back against.

                  Please for the love of God, do us all a favour and go back to reddit, you’ll be in better company there.

                  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                    6 months ago

                    Please for the love of God, do us all a favour and go back to reddit, you’ll be in better company there.

                    Says the guy who just typed a series of Ad Hominem attacks instead of an argument because you know you disagree with me but can’t present a reasonable reason why.

                    All of your needless insults do not convince me that I’m better off encountering you in the woods than a bear. If you have no interest in what I have to say you can simply not reply. You can even block me if I offended you so much.