• NeilBru@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    The “man or bear in the woods” question is obvious ragebait. Thinking people don’t entertain hyperbolic hypotheticals that are proposed to sow divisive rhetoric.

    The gender war is a psy-op proxy for the class war.

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      4 hours ago

      Pretty much.

      In hiking groups, certain people bring it up, and it’s the kind of people you expect.

      The rest of us just go hiking

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      There’s also a TON left unsaid in it. Is the man armed? are you armed? Is it a hiking path? Is it the middle of the forest? Are you camping or just walking? what kinda bear? is the bear just walking or is it attacking?

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        2 hours ago

        You’re overthinking it; those questions are totally irrelevant to the point. Though, to be fair, the question doesn’t exactly specify this at face value.

        It’s really just a thought experiment: would you rather take your chances, alone, with a random bear/man in the woods? You don’t get a weapon. You dont get to choose which man or which bear, or what they do. It’s a gamble.

        • redisdead@lemmy.world
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          1 hour ago

          If I’m in the woods, it’s because I don’t need nor want human interaction. Please pick the bear and leave me the fuck alone thanks.