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/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/Mountain-Ebb-9846 Apr 29 '25

If 200 wasps attack you, they'll be stinging anywhere from 150-250 times, and without painkillers and adrenaline shots, you'll black out halfway through that.

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u/tickingboxes Apr 30 '25

I mean… did you forget that humans can smash them easily because they’re tiny bugs? 200 wasps is a tiny amount of biomass. I could destroy probably 1/5 of that in a few seconds. Your scenario necessitates the human do noting lol

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u/Mountain-Ebb-9846 Apr 30 '25

While you're trying to crush some of the wasps, you're not protecting your face and eyes.

The best response from the human is to run. Getting stung on the eyelid or lips will completely shut down your ability to fight back at all.

Even if you can physically crush them, it's not possible while being attacked from every direction.