A cat would though. My cat will absolutely not care who or what I am just that he wants his wet food now
either sexist or hungry
I still think the bear question is completely loaded
I would ALWAYS choose the bear. Everyone I know would ALWAYS choose the bear. If the random man was a person they were close to, most people would STILL choose the bear because bears are rad as hell
This is my take.
My boyfriend isn’t terminally online so I often tell him things like this, in an impartial way.
“The internet is mad because some women have been saying they would rather be alone in a forest with a bear than with a strange man.”
Him: “Why is this a question? People are always the objectively worse answer.”
“Well… some people are pointing out that the type of bear is important-”
Him: “I would rather risk being mauled by a bear than have to deal with a stranger. Why is this controversial? I thought people on the internet hated people?”
Yeah. Bears will leave you alone if you leave them alone, and also I want to see a bear. I’ve only seen bears at a zoo.
I met a bear, his breath smelled of rotted flesh and death. So make sure you bring a ton of tic-tac’s.
I didn’t say I want to make out with the bear
There are two (three) types of people
People who understand why women would choose the bear
People who are the reason women would choose the bear
(People who haven’t heard of the bear discourse and don’t have enough context from this meme to pick it up)
Sigh…
I RUN a hiking group here in Australia. And the sole purpose of this question is to promote toxic men and women to start toxic discussions. I’ve never seen it posted outside of Reddit/lemmy in hiking communities, and the only real life discussion I had about it, was by a female hiker who messaged me about it once, and called it stupid… I agreed…
The vast majority of people who join my group (even overnight solo with me), are women (and no, I’m not a bear). In fact, I’m probably as average as they get (straight, white, not particularly tall or short, no tatts, etc)…
Whenever the question of safety comes up in hiking groups, and anyone says "women need to bring a weapon, and keep it under your pillow, trying to make them feel insecure, the entire female and male community tends to completely blast them for doing so. Such threads are always full of primarily women re-affirming others that they are safe and push them to give things a go. Based on that, I don’t think many women from the aussie female hiking community would agree…
So, things might be different in America, but here in Australia, it’s not true. And I regularly speak to a few women who run their own groups, and whilst I can’t speak on behalf of any of them, I suspect at least some of them would hate this discussion, as they are interested in encouraging women to hike, be active and be their best self. This question is designed as a weird hypothetical instead.
I’d even argue, the question likely wasn’t posted by someone who actually hikes much either. More likely it was posted by someone who wants to argue with others, or having a bad week (possibly some weird 4Chan troll even).
You’re missing the point of the hypothetical.
Firstly, as far as I understand, the concept is supposed to be that you’re stuck in an unknown location with no witnesses. Hence the choice of “spend a night in the woods alone with a bear/man”. The purpose of this is to ensure that neither the bear nor the man are going to have peer pressure or have any sort of intervention from a third party.
Secondly, I’m not a toxic woman and this isn’t a toxic discussion. The hypothetical is a vessel for encouraging discussion about women feeling unsafe around unknown men. The bear isn’t the point. The takeaway is supposed to be "a lot of women feel so unsafe around unknown men that they’d choose [insert bad thing].
This isn’t a discussion about real life hiking safety. Many women (including me) are sharing their discomfort about random men. Hear them, acknowledge them. Their fear and discomfort is based on their lived experience or the lived experience of the women close to them.
Side note, not sure if the Australia vs America comment was directed to me or the discussion in general but for posterity’s sake I’m not American and don’t live in America.
There were two posts in men’s liberation which may be good food for thought.
God bless those pure souls living between your parenthesis
I straight up blocked the entire lemmy.world instance over this hypothetical. Too many people actually tried comparing this to discrimination against POC and Jewish folk.
Honestly? No love lost, I just see less shitty memes and bad takes now.
The whole point of these is basically to cause people to fight, just like the original question
Nah
I was just trying to fight 😐
And if said woman is a top chef, with a degree in culinary arts and science?
That would make any kitchen in the world her realm and domain.
The best chefs in the world are men. Women do nit belong in the kitchen.
/s
Women belong wherever they want to be. And nothing else.
Women belong :)
Yes and nothing less.
I don’t think the bear would care…
That is a good point you raise there. A bear would not care, as the bear even lacks the notion of what a kitchen is or the notion of belonging implies.
Yeah but only because dinner is standing right in front of him.
Most bears don’t eat people.
Bears can speak in English!?
Look, the bear doesn’t need any more points in its favour, it already won
I’m still angry its the animal bears.
Well, since the bear sees her potentially as food…
Bears don’t really eat people. Furthermore, they avoid people but will defend themselves or cubs.
Read this comment in OneTopic’s voice. Wild. I haven’t watched him in forever.
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I don’t think this is properly vetted until the kicker from the Chicago Bears gives a commencement speech.
