The question is designed to be as divisive as possible. It categorizes large swathes of people into just 2 groups - man or bear. The man group contains mansplainers, but it also contains regular people who simply view humanity as naturally altruistic. The bear group contains people with concerns about men overpowering women, but also contains people who earnestly believe that most if not all men will try to do it if given the chance.
The problem is that people either are unable to or unwilling to acknowledge that these categories are not monolithic. And in claiming that all people in the man group are incels, you are inadvertently insulting everyone in that group. Likewise, in claiming that all people in the bear group are misandrists, you are inadvertently dismissing everyone in that group.
It is not productive to make claims about people based only on their answer to the question. In fact, it appears to be entirely the intention of the question to divide even rational people by exploiting the general human inability to see subgroups within larger categories
No. Women are very aware that it’s not all men. But the bad ones don’t come with a bell. It’s not about you personally.
I’d be offended if a women thought a pussy ass bear was more dangerous than me I’m on that gang shit for real
When people play no-win games it is better to never play.
If you want relationships you work on your social skills.
If you want to go bear-hunting, well you go after bears.
If you want peace of mind just ignore these type of games.
So wonderful that Joseph Allen is here to tell us what women think. This is the kind of investigative journalism the world needs more of!
We really gonna keep this going instead of just being better men? Hub McCan would be disappointed.
Some men would rather die than to empathize with a woman.
As man, all the men getting offended or angry over the women picking the bear are the exact reason the bear is the correct choice.
I’d be a little disturbed to find out some stranger picked me to roam around the woods lost with. The fuck are you planning?
They pull out the bag of Cheetos and you’re ready to go though.
Excuse me sir, we are strictly a French Onion kind of bear, thank you very much.
The true solution is to be single. It’s great, I suggest everyone try it.
7 years single, I dated someone several months ago, went back to being single, not sure I want a serious relationship again.
Can the woman choose which kind of bear?
Is it a black bear or polar bear? What kind of bear are we talking about here? If she can choose the bear, can she also choose the man?
Is it random bear and random man? Random bear gives a rather high chance of polar bear. Random man gives a rather low chance of violent man.
We need a random bear man simulator to run the data. We deserve answers!
I don’t care for the debate. I care for statistics.
I’d choose a brown bear because “If it’s brown, lay down.” All I have to do is pretend to sleep and he goes away. No murder, no rape. Just a nap & peace & quiet. Sounds ideal to me!
I know more about polar bears than the others. But I’ve heard the saying; if it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s white, good night.
Do you live above the Arctic circle or something? The most common bear is a black bear.
I live rather far north yes. I’ve seen polar bears before when traveling in the deep arctic. I have never seen any other bear.
Black bears are pretty scared of people as far as I’ve seen online. Polar bears are afraid of missing a meal.
Yeah, most people are going to be encountering a black or brown bear and the bear will just move off on its own or give you a threat display because you’re near its cubs. (Just back away slowly for either bear)
Juvenile black bears can be aggressive when they’re trying to make territory, but usually that just makes them dumb teenagers that are trying to scare you. It’s very easy to scare them back. Otherwise they will bluff charge you to get you to run away.
I’m pretty sure it’s mostly just talk, when actually faced with a 🐻.
People are taking this way too literally. It’s just a goofy meme that’s expressing a general sentiment.
Memes are propaganda in the modern age. For women, this question is essentially “man bad, amirite?” And for men, it’s essentially “woman dumb, amirite?”
There is no right side of this hypothetical argument. It’s designed to stir shit and nothing else.
Shit stirring on the internet? Preposterous!
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“As a happily married man I’m got so triggered by an internet meme that I started ranting to strangers about divorcing my wife.”
Healthy and normal…
“as a rule, men are subhuman scum more dangerous to me than wild carnivorous animals”
Lol. No one said that. But the fact that you hear that when women say they feel threatened is very telling of who you are as a person. I hope your wife finds freedom eventually.
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It’s clear you are choosing not to understand the difference between what you said and what the question said. I can’t save you from your willful ignorance.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be “attacking a straw man”.
The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having refuted or defeated an opponent’s proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., “stand up a straw man”) and the subsequent refutation of that false argument (“knock down a straw man”) instead of the opponent’s proposition. Straw man arguments have been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly regarding highly charged emotional subjects.
It’s definitely the women’s fault for preferring the bear. 🐻 /hj
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Women don’t hate men. They’re just doing what society told them to do. Taking precautions to avoid becoming one of the 14% of women who have reported being raped. Probably while they were a teenager.
Why does your brain connect avoidance with hate?
