• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    5 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.

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      5 months ago

      i would certainly be more perplexed by a human just existing out there, a bear being out there would definitely make a lot of sense, i suppose it matters if either one of them has spotted me.

      If neither spots me it doesn’t matter. If one spots me, who’s to fucking say what happens. Could be your local mountain man out there just vibin on his own time, could be your local serial killer up to some shit, who knows!

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        5 months ago

        i would certainly be more perplexed by a human just existing out there

        In this scenario you are also “just existing out there.”

        Could be your local mountain man out there just vibin on his own time, could be your local serial killer up to some shit, who knows!

        And that is the entire point. The article didn’t say “any man” it said “a random man”. Could go either way, who knows? With the bear it’s far more certain it just wants to leave you alone.