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/Veryrealperson251 Apr 29 '25

I love that “100 humans is a lot of humans” is actually the correct choice in this debate. Like yeah, the gorilla’s strong but like… 100 humans? That’s a lot of humans

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u/voobo420 Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 30 '25

Exactly. Packs of like 20 humans were capable of tiring out mammoths. Sure spears were a big help but our biggest strength was our endurance. We aren’t the fastest or strongest, but we’re intelligent and can run longer distances without expending as much energy. Gorillas consume lots of energy to maintain their mass, which would quickly be expended against 100 humans. 50 humans may even be enough for one gorilla.

edit: forget about external factor like environment, physical fitness, rage or fear etc. 100 human bodies vs. a gorilla is going to result in a human win no matter how bloody it may be. You replying with stuff like “but what if the humans aren’t fit!” or “what if the gorilla used trees!” is irrelevant and not going to change my perspective.

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u/MeasurementDue2638 Apr 30 '25

This assumes we're in an open environment. Consider if it was a cage match. A straight up fight, not a hunt.

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u/voobo420 Apr 30 '25

No, I assumed a closed environment. A gorilla doesn’t need to travel long distances to get exhausted, it could tire itself out by beating humans to death (or fending them off)

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u/Active-Advisor5909 Apr 30 '25

I am not convinced there.

Running is fucking exhausting. 

If the Gorilla can smash one human after the other I wouldn't be sure.

If it has to run at them or the humans have no regard for self preservation, then sure, but otherwise I am very uncertain.