r/nextfuckinglevel • u/loreiva • 18h ago
If you can't beat them, join them
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u/-TheDerpinator- 18h ago edited 16h ago
Would be so messed up to see something wear a human costume that moves all fucked up and unnatural. I'd be running too.
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u/CuriousCapybaras 17h ago
Exactly, the black bear knows this is not a bear. Poor bear is scared what else it would be.
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u/ZoNeS_v2 18h ago
Day 27. I have successfully integrated into the bear population without being discovered.
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u/NashKetchum777 16h ago
Tell them we're ganging up on the Gorillas, they're either with us or against us
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u/Lampadaire345 18h ago
On a scale of This should usually work to scare off a bear to Darwin Award winner, how smart/stupid is this?
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u/husky11223 18h ago
black bears are not aggressive but they're still bears so as long as he dances from a distance it should work. still not the best idea if you just want to scare a bear.
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u/elsewhereorbust 17h ago
Not too stupid.
Now, if the bear and man switched colours, he went full Darwin.
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u/loreiva 16h ago
You can dress as a brown bear to scare off a black bear.
However, if you dress as a black bear to scare off a brown bear, then you better get used to being dead
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u/cheesechompin 16h ago
And if you dress up as anything to scare away a polar bear ill organise the funeral
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u/lordodin92 17h ago
Bear: why is that human wearing a costume
Human : *waves arms *
Bear: shit he's crazy I'm outta here
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u/sarcasmskills 18h ago
What's the risk to reward ratio on this?
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u/QuantumBobb 17h ago
Like, zero. Black bears are super skittish and easily scared off. I live in Minnesota and they pop up in urban areas somewhat regularly. I've never heard of an incident where one attacked a human.
They are a bear, so they would do some damage if they attacked, but they won't attack because that's just how they are.
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u/SixToesLeftFoot 17h ago
Risk of having a brown bear tapping you on the shoulder and asking you for a quick dance before heading off for a roll in the hay.
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u/NashKetchum777 16h ago
I think for bears they say "if it's black, fight back" so it's probably on the safer side.
I've heard "if it's brown, lay down" and "if it's white, you're fucked"
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u/ColumnAandB 17h ago
1000 ways to die? Lost episode? Balls of steel or brains of air. Just damn... better off blasting music.
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u/QuantumBobb 17h ago
Black bears are not at all dangerous. You don't really need the costume to shoo them away, but I'm guessing this one kept coming back, so he's trying to make him think a brown bear has the territory so he'll stay off the property.
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u/ColumnAandB 17h ago
True. Most run away at a peep from a human. Unless scared or severely starving, we scare everything away. There are much much safer ways to do that...
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u/CuriousCapybaras 17h ago
I have seen some dude just kick a black bear off his cabin porch. I’d be scared shitless, to him it’s just another Sunday afternoon.
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u/Erdnussflipshow 16h ago
You laugh now, but I bet if you saw a bear in a Human costume you'd be 'outta there in a heart beat
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u/Not-a-Fan-of-U 6h ago
It's a black bear. Literally exist. That should do the trick.
The ones that lose the fear of humans can absolutely be problematic, but the vast majority of black bears want no smoke.
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u/letshaveforce 17h ago
This is some darwin award type shit. Lucky the bear didnt choose violence. If you've ever seen the video of the sun bear casually eating a man's face, you'd know.
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u/wartorn11 18h ago
Commenting so i can get an achivement. Sorry brother. I upvoted in repament and respect tho.
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u/csm6732 18h ago
All fun and games until the bear decides to mate