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I really am very sorry for posting this at some level. I thought it was a good take on the thought experiment (further enhanced by some pretty nifty artwork). But really, just mentioning the meme is enough to get all the CHUDs out of the sewers and into the comments and I should have known better.

At least I get to watch them fly into my blocklist like mosquitos into a bug zapper lol

Tragic but valid point. Plus more women are killed by men than bears....

Thank you for voicing the thoughts I was having such trouble putting into words

This bear in particular is maybe not much better than a dude. He's gettin a little handsy.

Yep which flies in the face of evidence as few adult men are killed by adult women. But the misogyny that some men hold is just pure bigotry

Point is you don't know whether the man is a good one or not when you bump into him.

I agree with you but also, I stand by my assertion: if I'm in nature and see a bear that's good. If I'm asked who I'd rather keep bumping into on a trail, obviously a man, I'll be polite and if he gets too creepy I probably have bear spray.

this community does not allow participation by men.

Also, I will still ban misogyny.

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Thanks Linda appreciate you 😊

Yep, in North America, that works with black bears, generally.

Not brown/grizzly/kodiak bears though, as drawn in the comic.

They'll just maul you to death.

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If you are in forests, in areas you're generally likely to encounter any kind of bear in the wild:

With black bears, if they are not with cubs...

...you puff yourself up and shout at them to indimidate them, assuming they are approaching you, and you can scare them off.

If they do attack, the general recommendation is to fight back. Aim for the eyes and snout, and usually they'll retreat.

With brown bears, if they are not with cubs...

...you can wave your hands and talk a normal volume to indicate you are a human and not their common prey... and often they will stand up on their hind legs to scan for, and identify you, and then just avoid you...

... but sometimes they won't, and they will now aggro on you. Brown/kodiak/grizzlies are generally much more aggressive than black bears, and are more likely to attack you.

Also, don't scream shout or shriek at them, thats more likely to make them think you are prey, or that you are trying to intimidate them, which will anger them.

If they do attack you, the advice is play dead.

If you fight back, without some seriously powerful firearms, you'll die.

Even if you do shoot them multiple times with high powered rounds, sometimes, even often, they'll still kill you.

The advice is to play dead, because more people who've been in such an attack encounter who've played dead have survived than those that fought.

Its not guaranteed to work, just better odds.

If you encounter any kind of bear, and they are with their cubs, GTFO as fast and as quietly as you can, without breaking into a sprint, and always keeping your eyes on them.

Any kind of bear is much more likely to be much more aggressive when with their cubs.

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Also I have found that screaming at, and making aggressive postures and gestures toward men does in fact scare a good number off them off.

Broken up a few bar fights and gotten some guys roofying drinks out of bars that way.

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Everyone in this thread treating brown and black bears as equivalent, largely predictable threats... does not actually know enough about bears to know how to predict their behavior.