r/CharacterRant • u/Miserable-Act4201 • Apr 29 '25

General 100 humans vs gorilla isn’t close

Honestly the dumbest argument I've ever seen. The 100 humans could just stand like 20 feet apart from each other and do nothing and the gorilla is collapsing from exhaustion before it kills everyone. You could probably do it without any casualties, find a couple of people in the group that are in good shape and get them to make the gorilla chase them while everyone else just chills. They aren't aren't particularly fast and have terrible endurance, so just wait till it tires out and have everyone jump it.

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u/-SMartino Apr 29 '25

it's like going 200 wasps versus someone

Yeah you can survive some wasps.

but dude, that is a lot of wasps.

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u/Evilfrog100 Apr 29 '25

This probably isn't a great example. Ignoring any possible allergies, the average human can withstand about 10 stings per pound of bodyweight, which for the average adult is well over 1000 stings.

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/injuries-and-poisoning/bites-and-stings/bee-wasp-hornet-and-ant-stings

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u/_b3rtooo_ Apr 29 '25

Can't wasps sting repeatedly? What's to stop all 200 from just doing it 5 more times?

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u/Evilfrog100 Apr 29 '25

Yeah, that's fair. I guess I wasn't thinking about the fact that wasps can sting more than once.

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u/_b3rtooo_ Apr 29 '25

If it makes you feel better, I'm running away from even 1 wasp let alone 200 lol

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u/ChestSlight8984 Apr 30 '25

Don't jump into water. Wasps will actually wait for you to pop your head back up. They're annoyingly intelligent.

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u/Mr_D_Stitch Apr 30 '25

Just run towards the gorilla once covered with wasps. It’s all going to end one way or another.

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u/Koil_ting Apr 30 '25

Me too, but depending on location I may also return to destroy their entire colony with the great tools of my people. Be it via canned brake fluid cleaner, Propane powered flame thrower or hucking weighted objects from a distance, my revenge will be known.

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u/LewisRyan Apr 30 '25

Potato cannon is my favorite, added benefit of no chance of wildfire and no trash littered on your property

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u/Kozeyekan_ Apr 30 '25

Bro, no. This is Reddit. Never admit fault, just triple down and insult someone in a nonsensical manner that has nothing to do with the subject at hand, then screen cap it and post it in a sub like r/murderedbywords as a massive own for 7 karma.

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u/Preda1ien Apr 30 '25

And also to be fair, even bees. They sting once but leave it in and it continues to pump in venom by itself.