HauntedCupcake @ HauntedCupcake @lemmy.world

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Also bears are massively likely to just leave you the fuck alone.

Men are more likely to just leave you the fuck alone.

Oh totally, but if both are predators, and the bear is already a predator. Then surely that makes the man more likely to attack?

The problem is that this argument isn't about facts, it's all about (valid) feelings.

If I agree that factually a bear is more likely to harm you in an encounter. Can you agree that enough men exhibit predatory behaviour towards women that it's understandable for them to choose bear?

The problem is that the argument isn't about the bear, it's about emotions.

The dudes trying to defend themselves feel personally attacked, because telling someone that the average woman thinks they're more dangerous than a bear feels both unfair and discriminatory.

The people on bear side, encounter enough shitty men that they feel like the average man is more likely to harm them compared to bear.

The scenario is so unlikely to occur that any factual arguments are impossible to prove either way. And the way the question is structured (either accidentally or otherwise) is inflammatory and divisive.

I'm sure everyone can agree that women have to deal with shitty predatory men way too often. And that's the thought that the question is meant to provoke.

People defending most men aren't automatically predators and stalkers, please have a little empathy for them, and hopefully they'll have a little empathy for you

More empathy is needed on both sides. If you don't understand how being told that women think that you're more dangerous than a bear could be inflammatory, then you're just as lacking in empathy as the people who don't understand that enough men are so fucking shitty that many women would choose bear

Edit: This came off more abrasively than I thought. And rereading the parent comment tells me I missed the joke. Sorry🤦

Totally, the whole thing is inflammatory hyperbole.

I get the point that while not all men™, enough men exhibit predatory behaviour to the extent that a decently large percentage of women fear the average man more than the average bear.

But this is just deliberately sowing division, and more shows how little both sides know about both bear behaviour and crime statistics

If both are definitely predators, the average woman has less than 50% chance of fighting off the average man anyway, and if she fails the consequences can be worse than just being ripped apart and killed.

And if you disagree that there's nothing worse than being ripped apart and killed, that's personal opinion. Not fact.

Also bears are massively likely to just leave you the fuck alone. They don't want to fight you if they can help it, and don't actively hunt people. That's the behaviour of a standard "predator" bear, women aren't on the prey list. The standard "predator" man's prey is exclusively women, and they don't want to kill them, they want to play with them, make them suffer first

Not trying to dispute choosing bear, the percentages are so low on both sides that it's not really worth considering them as part of the decision process.

But it's almost definitely the case that a bear would be more likely to harm you when you consider the average person "encounters" significantly less than 1 bear a year, but over 1000 other people.

Everyone you meet on a hike is likely to just say hi and keep moving, same as a bear is to just avoid you

The biologist is arguing that segregating based on biology is flawed. I think I was agreeing with them.

Sorry if that wasn't clear. And you are right my question doesn't make sense, they're just saying you can't segregate on biology

Sorry if this question seems stupid, but you seem to really know what you're talking about.

My understanding is that the main issues TERFs have is protecting women's spaces, and that by having a vague or arbitrary definition of womanhood it erodes those spaces.

I personally would like to see a society that's far less focused on gender and minimises that kind of segregation outside of medical necessity. But I know that's quite extreme and I don't have a "perfect" solution, assuming we're going to keep things like women's only gyms, domestic violence shelters, and professional sports.

Judging based on "passing" is clearly transphobic and ignores any kind of intersex/non-binary presentation. As well as some masculine featured afab women somehow failing. And basing on biology is clearly flawed. So if it's not too much trouble what would your suggestion be?

It's true that they shouldn't be baiting in with an unsustainable free version, but this is essentially paywalling the subtraction function, not removing it

Why is the LITERAL WIZARD not a tradwife lmao

For this guy, it's because it's his job as a streamer

I guess in the modern version you'd have the child, then an adult with all bars empty. Then that's just it because they died before reaching retirement age from stress and poverty related illness

No papers that are actually concrete. Most of it is just speculation.

I'm not a scientist, and for me personally it's enough to make me spend a bit longer thinking before immediately dismissing all insects as mindless automatons. Most probably are simple biological machines. Jumping spiders are however massive outliers in terms of insect intelligence, and a cursory Google search will provide a wealth of evidence for it.

I personally would also go as far as believing that they dream. I just don't believe there's a reasonable explanation for the REM like state other than some form of dreaming, even if rudimentary.

I'm not going to state that jumping spiders are fully conscious as 100% fact, there's not enough proof for that. But they do have a proven ability to learn, and an ability to make somewhat complex plans. And all I'm trying to say is that we need more research before dismissing them so certainly.

Even that's a bit more complex, without predators many species massively overbreed, leading to mass starvation

Jumping spiders show some level of consciousness. They're intelligent predators that heavily use their sight to identify prey. They can recognise different prey types, learn their behaviours and adjust hunting strategies accordingly. A good example is how they are able to recognise when certain prey is acting odd, deduce it's injured and drop their stealthy approach for a more direct one. They're also capable of remembering their environment and using indirect and often complex paths to sneak up on prey.

Scientists have even observed them "dreaming", which is likely when they do the information processing required for such comparatively complex behaviours https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/jumping-spiders-dream-rem-sleep-study-suggests

Explain why taking the principled stance is worth risking Trump enacting Project 2025.

I would agree with you if the Republican candidate was more moderate, but we're talking about someone who wants to make the shitty two party system a hellish one party system

I would get a Galaxy Tab if the E-Ink isn't vital for you. But otherwise it's a very capable E-Int tablet, and it running Android means you can do anything on it you can an Android tablet.

The real killer is the latency though, for most things it's pretty bad, except in Boox's own apps where it's so damn quick it feels like writing on paper.

I wouldn't recommend it unless you know it's exactly what you're looking for, but if it is what you want then it's easily best in class

I have a Boox Ultra C. It has the same screen, I can confidently say the colours are utter shite for any kind of colour sensitive work or media. However, they're more than good enough for conveying information, like different coloured lines on a chart.

The colours also look sharp as fuck, as the grey scale is still used for brightness, and the colour just tints it. Meaning it looks a lot sharper than 150ppi and almost indistinguishable from 300ppi

Thank you 😁

That's really fucking interesting. Please could you point me in the right direction to research more?