• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      I think everybody is more scared of any type of person than trees, what is a tree going to do to you? maybe you meant bears?

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        doggirl-smart Errrm Aktchually, only an average of one or two people have a fatal bear mauling expirience per year, while on the other hand 100+ people are killed annually by trees.

        Really, we should all be a bit more respectful to the power of the tree.

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        Fall on me, but that’s also from camping and a sudden storm hitting. Well and the other time another branch almost landed on me.

        Still more afraid of anyone that would be out carrying with that type of holster

  • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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    22 hours ago

    Got a handgun and is scared to drive into a crowded area, yet I’m supposed to believe this man’s a hardass

    What an incredible reality we live in

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    As a city dweller I used to fight against this kind of propaganda, but as time went on I realized the only kinds of people I hate running into in my city are the kinds of people who are visiting my city. Not every visitor of course, but these kinds? I hate them. They suck. They ruin everything.

    So now when someone asks me how scary it is to live in my Big Scary City I tell them about all the Big Scary Things I’ve seen and hope like hell it keeps them away.

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    Being afraid in either scenario is silly lmao. In the wilderness, the apex predators don’t want to harm you! Unless you live in polar/brown bear territory but that’s not a problem in the US. You just gotta do your own thing. Living in irrational fear all the time is such a conservative mood

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        It’s in the genetic memory of wild mammals to see humans as ultimate apex predators. Research finds everyone from deer to bear will run faster from the mere sound of a human voice than the call of literally any other animal. Humans talking literally invokes greater fear in animals than howling wolves or roaring lions

        The vast vast majority of hiking deaths aren’t from the wilderness itself but from completely avoidable things like falls off cliffs, heat strokes from overexertion, drowning, or hypothermia/dehydration after getting lost. Also parasites from drinking river water or some shit

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          Yeah like you’re all correct, but the spraining an ankle thing is what I want people to be afraid of. Ever watch a city person try a rocky hike? They literally don’t know how to walk.

      • Frivolous_Beatnik [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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        True to a degree - a lot of the “wilderness” outside the suburban blight is formerly cleared woodland where a ton of old-growth forests were destroyed and most potentially dangerous animals driven out. The most a lot of these chuds have to worry about is mosquitos and ticks.

        You right though that if you’re not prepared in real wilderness you can get lost, take a severe fall, starve, freeze, get heatstroke, get poisoned, bitten, contract disease, frighteningly easily. Be smart out there!

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        If you know what you’re doing, have the right gear for the conditions, and are unafraid to bail if things get dicey, it is extremely safe. You gotta be more prepared though for sure, anything you immediately need to survive an emergency situation you have to bring with you

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          You can definitely minimize risk but if anything goes wrong you are absolutely in danger in the wilderness. This is more about exposure or inability to get out unassisted than it is about animal attacks typically but it does seem silly to start with “if you are prepared and just nope the fuck out if anything unexpected comes up” and then conclude that it is extremely safe.

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      There’s a small population of grizzlies around these parts so the conventional wisdom is if it’s a black bear you yell at it to fuck off but if it’s brown you better hope it’s not hungry

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      Honestly it is kinda dangerous here, but mostly because people like this bozo have a gun

      I doubt he is from here though. No one here dresses like this. Maybe the suburbs

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      That style holster is used for tactical purposes if you are sitting a lot, aka in a transport or in the air. Your pistol is a lot more accessible to you there than at your hip. Or so people say. Personally 3 o’clock on my hip is a quick draw so I don’t see the point. Maybe if you are carrying a lot of gear?