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[–] gmtom 94 points 6 months ago (13 children)

This is terrible logic to go by.

If you generalise half the population and insult them then of course people are going to be mad at you.

This is like some boomer saying "All feminists are easily offended lesbians that just like to shout out people"

Then smugly being like "haha you proved my point" when a femininst rightly takes issue with that statement.

[–] feedum_sneedson 79 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Also bears can't type, which introduces a massive bias during data collection.

[–] FlyingSquid 41 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] feedum_sneedson 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well they did say "smarter than the average". Technically true, but must have meant something like... ten standard deviations from the mean.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 6 months ago

Are you sure? How many bear caves have you been in? They might all have fiber at this point.

[–] Ultragigagigantic 12 points 6 months ago

I thought we were all dogs using the internet while out humans are at work.

Yall are dogs to right?

[–] Shadowq8 0 points 6 months ago

reminds me of this somethingawful ancient meme:

[–] Katana314 42 points 6 months ago (4 children)

This is also an indicator of the world’s best insult as per the comic Basic Instructions:

“I find you argumentative and easily offended.”

Basically no one is allowed to respond to it.

[–] feedum_sneedson 4 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

“How you find me has nothing to do with the conservation. Anyway, conditioner is better.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

"I'm sorry you feel that way. I hope you get the therapy you need some day"

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

This is like some boomer saying "All feminists are easily offended lesbians that just like to shout out people"

Then smugly being like "haha you proved my point" when a femininst rightly takes issue with that statement.

Worse than that even, as feminists are less than half the population and an ideology you choose to belong to, rather than a demographic you are born into.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (6 children)

If you generalise half the population and insult them then of course people are going to be mad at you.

As a random man I don't feel insulted by this at all. I would also rather be in the woods with a random bear than a random man. The bear is more predictable in preferring to have nothing to do with me.

[–] gmtom 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would also rather be in the woods with a random bear than a random man.

Theres literally no way you genuinely believe this right?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I literally expanded on my reasons in the other reply.

There are literally a bunch of posts from other people explaining their reasons for preferring random bear as well.

The fact that a random man can be told multiple times "I don't know you well enough to be comfortable with this," with explanations, and they will still respond with "there's no way you actually mean the words you are saying" is a big contributing factor.

[–] FarmTaco 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do you think will happen if you tell the bear you arnt comfortable with being attacked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's very possible to communicate to a bear that you aren't threatening them and that you aren't prey or worth attacking. I recommend looking up "what to do if you encounter a bear in the woods."

It seems to be very difficult to communicate to you that I would be uncomfortable encountering you alone in the woods.

So yes, the bear is probably a better listener.

[–] gmtom -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cool. But I really think your reasons are complete bullshit.

Like take your last paragraph, you actually think that because some men don't listen to reasonable arguments you would rather be with a violent and wild animal that is physically incapable of listening to reason?

Seriously you're either actually insane or you're just bullshiting to try and prove a point that you've already committed to without actually thinking it through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you would rather be with a violent and wild animal that is physically incapable of listening to reason?

No, that's why I'd rather be with the bear.

You seem to be really angry about some rando's opinion on a hypothetical situation. That's not normal.

Bears generally aren't violent unless you threaten them. People survive seeing bears in the woods all the time, and once they are out of that situation they generally don't have to worry that the bear is stalking them.

[–] gmtom 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not angry, I'm incredulous that you either think I'm dumb or you're completely braindead. There's a difference.

People survive seeing bears in the woods *all the time

I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people survive seeing men more often than they survive seeing a bear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people survive seeing men more often than they survive seeing a bear.

And we're moving the goalposts. Note how the article, and my post, specified in the woods and you have changed the situation to include: In public. Places with good lighting. Lots of people around. Easy access to law enforcement. People you personally know (and therefore not random).

I absolutely 1,000,000 guarantee people get attacked by men more often than they get attacked by bears.

[–] gmtom 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't change the situation? You're literally just making shit up now.

Where did I say in public?where did I say around people you know? Nowhere. because you know your argument is stupid but you don't have the balls to just admit you're wrong so instead you literally have to accuse me of making shit you randomly made up just so you have something you can actually argue back against.

Please for the love of God, do us all a favour and go back to reddit, you'll be in better company there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Please for the love of God, do us all a favour and go back to reddit, you'll be in better company there.

Says the guy who just typed a series of Ad Hominem attacks instead of an argument because you know you disagree with me but can't present a reasonable reason why.

All of your needless insults do not convince me that I'm better off encountering you in the woods than a bear. If you have no interest in what I have to say you can simply not reply. You can even block me if I offended you so much.

[–] gmtom 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Crying "ad hominin" only works if you're making an actual argument.

If you're literally just saying random bullshit that no one, not even yourself, thinks is true, then when you're called out on that literally just completely making up an argument for me that I never actually said, so you can have something to argue against.

THEN when youre called out on that part, you completely ignore it and just cry about how im not engaging your horseshit how you want me to.

And no, im not going to block you just yet. Because I'm interested to see if you actually have enough of a spine to acknowledge you're just lying and making up random shit or if you're going to try pulling off some more insane mental gymnastics to try and trick yourself into thinking you're not a loser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yes, you've definitely done such a great job listening to what's being said, let me spend more time explaining things to you. Your approval is so important to me that this would be a good use of my time...

[–] gmtom 1 points 6 months ago

It would take less time to just admit you're an idiot and a loser that makes shit up to try and win internet arguments than it would to keep whining like this...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I havent read the article, but from the heading and the teaser of it it seems to be a personal opinion piece of what she would prefer and asking other women about it.

Where exactly does she actively insult all men?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Where exactly does she actively insult all men?

The part about saying she would prefer being alone in the woods with an animal that would maul and eat her alive than being with [insert trait you were born with].

If you don't think it's insulting, switch out the word "men" with gay/jew/trans or any other group of people and ask if those people would feel insulted.

It's a statement that very likely would be removed by moderators and gotten you banned on certain instances on Lemmy if you did. I honestly don't believe you're asking that question in good faith.

[–] Infernalism 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I can't say that I blame her and I'm a guy. Besides, you know she's just being over the top to make a point. Take five seconds, look at what she's really saying and stop looking for reasons to be angry at her.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I was merely replying to the other person who seemed to be arguing in bad faith.

I don't really have much interest the online gender debate. From the few tidbits I've seen, it's not a healthy debate and it doesn't align with anything I've seen in real life in Norway.

[–] tory 0 points 6 months ago

You yourself have completely ignored the argument you're responding to in order to chastise about arguing with a bad take.

It's looping upon itself and it all starts with one bad take. Maybe you can accept bad faith arguments are bad and move on?

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[–] gmtom 11 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Okay, let's reframe this to be about a different specific group.

Let's say this woman wrote this exact same opinion piece, but instead of it being about men in general, it was about black men specifically.

And she is just saying that she would rather take her chances with a wild animal than be alone with a black man. Is that perfectly okay and not insulting/demanding to black men in your eyes?

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[–] Hule 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But, I mean, are you acquainted with said bear?

Are you on terms with each other's intentions?

'Cause if you're in the woods with a stranger, there is a 50 percent chance you're going to have a bad time. Human or bear.

Stupid city folk. Comparing a BEAR with a honeybear...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A bear predictably would rather have nothing to do with me. If I treat a random bear with respect it will be more likely to treat me with respect than a random man.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I dk, did it have any cocaine or do I have food on me?

Though that would also apply to a human.

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