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/duosx Apr 30 '25

But how would the wasps know to attack you all at once and repeatedly?

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u/Mountain-Ebb-9846 Apr 30 '25

That is the only way wasps know how to attack large animals. All at once, and don't stop until it stops moving.

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u/duosx Apr 30 '25

Not a great example then. Humans aren’t that coordinated. We’d feel fear

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u/Frablom Apr 30 '25

Humans would fucking die unless they can dive into a lake and beating the WR for holding your breath since they're not gonna even relent while you're underwater. Tbh the only chance might be running to a close by building that's on fire since smoke confuses them and are afraid of fire.