Love it.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    People just assume if you can walk up to a wild animal, it’s tame.

    To a bison, killing a human is like swatting a fly. Well, easier than swatting a fly. We’re a bigger target

    We’re not a threat, we’re not food, we’re just a potential annoyance. Dumb enough to get close to a calf, and then you’re really fucked. It’s like picking a bare knuckle fight with a wrecking ball.

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      6 days ago

      For another comparison do a Google image search of “Arnold in his prime”. Now imagine seeing a dude who looks like that and being told “be careful, that guy has no concept of human laws or morality, he won’t go out of his way to kill you but if he did it wouldn’t bother him one bit. Also he doesn’t speak English.”.

      I think most would be pretty unlikely to just walk up and run their fingers through that dude’s hair. But Arnold in his prime only weighed 240 lbs. An adult male bison can weigh anywhere from 1000 to 2200 lbs.

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        But Arnold in his prime only weighed 240 lbs.

        That can’t be right.

        That might be his cut weight for bodybuilding, but in his acting days (what people think of) he had to have been more.

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    6 days ago

    Why idiots think they can just walk up to a wild animal (regardless of sizes) and do whatever they want?

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    6 days ago

    Oooh I like this a lot, it is more than the usual ‘have the confidence of a straight white man’ or smth I see which hehe fun and empowering but at the expense of an entire gender.

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      Dunno, people like this have no grip of reality rather than massive confidence. But I guess same can be said about the white man joke.

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        Both can be true at the same time babe

        You don’t deserve downvotes for your statement though. It’s not like you were being contrary or intentional obtuse just contributing to the discussion.

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      6 days ago

      “have the confidence of a straight white man” is not at the expense of an entire gender, unless one considers white men who are straight to be the only men.