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• sus@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  When you meet a bear in the woods, there is a 0% chance they will notice the parallel to the popular meme and proceed to mansplain about how bears are more dangerous.

  This is and has always been the one and only reason women choose the bear. But one question yet eludes us: how did the cycle start?

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  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If youre so suicidal youd rather to be eaten alive than a chance to be condescended to, theres a problem.

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    • sus@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      …are you a goldfish

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      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        *salmon

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    • magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If the biggest threat you pose to women is possible condescension, and you don’t understand why this is a meme, then maybe you’re one of the good guys.

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      • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Tbh, my bigger question is if you’re in bear country, why arent you carrying a big gun? Be prepared!

        The whole thing just reinforces a helpless victim mentality, and it irritates me. Its misogynistic. If you’re that worried, buy a gun, learn to use it safely, and carry it. To me, this is on the same level of not having a fire extinguisher or toilet plunger. I just dont understand people who refuse basic defense. Did they watch an old western and see the damsel get tied to the railroad tracks and get the wrong message?

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Dude was going around asking if theyd rather meet a man or a bear in the woods. There isnt much hidden meaning behind it, its not a 4deep2me tumblr post

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  • Leg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Here’s the thing. You’re very right, it’s not deep at all. Metaphors, similies, analogies, hyperboles, implications, etc. are all very normal parts of human speech, and this meme is pretty surface level in its requirement to use these things.

    However, something has dawned on me, and I feel it necessary to ask you: are you perhaps on the spectrum? We sometimes have difficulties not taking everything literally, and this causes a communication gap. If this is the case, I will be completely and totally clear for you.

    We are not literally talking about a literal bear vs a literal man. This is in fact a real metaphor for “danger vs danger”. The literal interpretation is “men can be scary to many women”. Going further, respond to this point and don’t fixate on the hypothetical bear.

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