atomicpoet on Nostr: Ultimately, I think the whole “would you rather encounter a bear or a man in the ...

Ultimately, I think the whole “would you rather encounter a bear or a man in the woods” discussion was awful. Here’s why.

I have, in fact, encountered a grizzly bear in the woods.

I was six-years-old when it happened. Meeting a bear was singularly one of the most terrifying events of my life. You want to know how insignificant you are? Meet a grizzly.

Let me tell you, the only reason I survived that day was because my school told me that, if you ever see a bear, play dead. Which I did. I even convinced myself I was dead—which I had to do if I didn’t want to actually be dead.

Here’s what I know about bears: there’s no reasoning with them. They don’t talk back. They’re a force of nature, and you are nothing compared to their force. The only thing you can hope for is that they’re not interested enough to kill you.

Now the point of the original discussion is that encountering a man is literally like encountering a bear. Except every bear *will* kill you if it’s hungry and sees you as a food source.

I am not dismissing that a man could kill you. I understand we can be terrifying.

But I’m telling you—you will be *more* terrified if you meet bear.