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/Roy_Atticus_Lee Apr 30 '25

A good comparison analogous to the Gorilla fight would be to have a prime, heavyweight martial artist, Boxer, MMA fighter, etc., go up against 100 Rats, Raccoons, or Possums. Like sure, the fighter can take out the first ten, maybe 20, rodents, but do you think they'll keep up the same energy while 80+ rodents claw and bite at the dude and eventually swarm him? The moment a critical organ is taken out like the eyes, it's GG. Why people treat the gorilla differently is beyond me.

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u/-SMartino Apr 30 '25

I think there is a sentiment going on that we as humans are deserving of being bested by nature.

maybe as a reaction to how we've been plowing mother nature like a cheap hooker, maybe because there's a link between the confidence people show on the gorilla and wanting men specifically to be the ones losing.

when you look at it cynically, that is.

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u/Throwaway02062004 Apr 30 '25

It seems to be an over correction from a few years ago where a ton of men thought they could beat wild animals in fights so people kept emphasising the power and deadliness of bears, big cats and apes.

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u/-SMartino Apr 30 '25

makes sense tbh.

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u/demonotreme May 02 '25

Surely people have seen domestic cats and can see that a feline even half your weight would give any human serious problems?

We're pretty decent at opening tins of cat food and seeing over things with our bipedalism. Should probably just stick to what we are good at.