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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Bear is black, fight back.

Bear is brown, turn around.

Bear is white, say good night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Bear is Kodiak, you are trespassing and you will be shot.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Turn around is a bad idea

If it's brown, lie down

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh, I had understood that to mean lay down facedown (with your back to it) since people usually have backpacks while hiking/hunting, and it provides some measure of protection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I had heard it as turn around, but lie down makes much more sense.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Bear is white, say good night, and tuck it in and tell it a story. Once the bear has fallen asleep snuggle up to it, so it has a fresh morning snack.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also.

Some black bears are brown.

Some brown bears are black.

Good luck everyone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Polar bears have black skin. Polar bears are black bears.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

I remember somewhere they were saying you should remove your clothes (slowly piece by piece) with a polar bear. The bear will get distracted and start sniffing your clothes.

I think it was a QI episode and then David Mitchell said something like that Polar Bear being happier in the fact that the human would be better to eat this time because it didn't have a wrapper.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

That’s a myth perpetuated by the polar bears, they’re just perverts

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

This works because polar bears are super horny. Its desire to rend you limb from limb will be replaced by overwhelming lust. Of course then you've got a completely different issue to deal with, but at least you might not die.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think removing your clothes is just so the bear doesn't choke to death on your Nikes.