Nope.
I am clearly some kind of hardened, feelingless, emotionally devoid automoton product of the urban jungle.

NerblyBear wrote:Answer: Shoot the bear in the face. Kills him immediately. Knife? Hell no, because you can't get into close combat with him without him completely demolishing you.

But even if you fail to hit his face on the first shot and he comes up to attack you, you can always hit him in the face close-range as long as you've got passable gunsmanship skills.

Playing dead sounds like a risky gambit. He could still demolish you if he's starving.

In any case, take a gun with you.

Shooting a bear in the face by no means guarantees you will survive a bear attack, much less avoid getting fucked up.

Bears have very thick skulls, and grizzlies especially are immensely powerful. Having a gun is good, but it doesn't guarantee a thing.

FYI, how to respond to a bear attack depends on what kind of bear is attacking you.

Grizzly bears rarely attack humans with eating in mind. They attack to protect themselves or their young. You want to stand your ground until you are sure you will be attacked, and then play dead. If the bear is emaciated, then you may have to fight back.

A lot of this depends on timing and location--if the bear has just come out of hibernation, what the conditions are like for foraging in the area, etc. These things are good to know if you are hiking in grizzly country.

Black bears don't give a shit about their young. They rarely attack humans. When they do, it's b/c they are hungry. You have to fight back or get away if attacked by a black bear.

These strategies are complicated somewhat by the fact the black bears are sometimes brown. But the two kinds of bears have much different features and are not difficult to tell apart if you do a little research.

I don't remember what the deal is with polar bears.

tmidgett wrote:I don't remember what the deal is with polar bears.

For the love of God, stay the fuck out of the Arctic then, Mr Midgett!

polar bears will always try ta fuck wit' chu

so make sure you've got your knife with you when in the artic circle

Nerblybear,
Just keep your wits about you. Don't be out late and drunk in sketchy places or places you're not familiar with. And if you ever do get mugged, hand over your stuff and be ready to run.

NerblyBear wrote:If you go to Atlanta or Baltimore or the South Side of Chicago, you'll see what I mean. You'll want to carry a knife, just as I'm planning to do when I move to downtown in Atlanta in a month or so.

ROFL. I can see that whole scene. Guy starts hassling you for spare change, you pull knife because you area scared-silly little pussy, spare-change-guy punches you in the face, you puke and fall to your knees to be stabbed by your own cutlery.

If I were you I'd forget the whole knife thing. Mostly because you're a fucking Nancy.

I can't wait to see your posts about downtown Atlanta - ROFL!

Marsupialized wrote:I don't know if I ever told the story on here about stopping the girl from getting raped on Halsted a few years ago but long story short, we were going to see a movie at Landmark....fahrenheit 9/11 actually...we were sitting in my car smoking a joint before we went in...anyway, we hear a girl scream a terrified scream....we get out and look, there's a dude on top of a girl in the grass trying to get her pants down right there on the side of the street about half a block up...we yell and run towards them, he gets up and runs we chase him for a bit while the cops are called....we lose him, the cops show up 45 minutes later and don;t even get out of their car, they yell at her for walking home alone in such 'bar slut' clothing and yell at us for smelling like weed 'oh the stoners here will make GREAT witnesses' they don't even ask what the dude looked like.
The dude they eventually caught for raping a shitload of women in that area months and months later, I saw the sketch on the sun times cover and yep, same dude same clothes everything.
They only caught him because a girl who he tried to rape clawed his eyeballs out of his head.

This is absolutely hideous. And I've heard more than a few stories like this.

Almost all of the African-Americans that I've met say that they wouldn't trust police officers with a five dollar bill.

Defenders, please tell us why cops are so great. We're all waiting to hear about it. And why should they be called unless it's absolutely the last resort?

tmidgett wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:Answer: Shoot the bear in the face. Kills him immediately. Knife? Hell no, because you can't get into close combat with him without him completely demolishing you.

But even if you fail to hit his face on the first shot and he comes up to attack you, you can always hit him in the face close-range as long as you've got passable gunsmanship skills.

Playing dead sounds like a risky gambit. He could still demolish you if he's starving.

In any case, take a gun with you.

Shooting a bear in the face by no means guarantees you will survive a bear attack, much less avoid getting fucked up.

Bears have very thick skulls, and grizzlies especially are immensely powerful. Having a gun is good, but it doesn't guarantee a thing.

FYI, how to respond to a bear attack depends on what kind of bear is attacking you.

Wow, that's nuts. Thanks for the info. I had no idea that their skulls were so thick.

Playing dead, though...how can one do it if the bear initially sees you walking upright and moving around? Do you just drop on the ground and pretend to have had a heart attack?

NerblyBear wrote:This is absolutely hideous. And I've heard more than a few stories like this.

Almost all of the African-Americans that I've met say that they wouldn't trust police officers with a five dollar bill.

Defenders, please tell us why cops are so great. We're all waiting to hear about it. And why should they be called unless it's absolutely the last resort?

You can't argue that cops don't put a stop to street fights, even if there presence is unwelcomed.

Having any weapon on you is a recipe for disaster if you aren't capable of using it.

NerblyBear wrote:

Marsupialized wrote:Why would you move to Atlanta of all places anyway, Nerbly?
I don't even like walking around most parts of Atlanta, I get kinda on edge and I usually have at least 5 or 6 local dudes I work with who live there walking with me.
You? They'll fucking kill you, man.

Going to law school at Georgia State.

And I don't plan on walking around downtown much at all. That's what cars are for.

I'm swayed by Antero's and Marsupialized's arguments, but I'm not sure yet.

What the fuck are you guys talking about?!? I live in one of the most ghetto spots in all of Atlanta (MLK JR DR and Boulevard: the location of the "ghetto" scene in that Borat movie and countless T.I. and Ying Yang twins videos) and I feel just fine walking around just about anytime....

People will not fuck with you unless you appear to be easy to fuck with. Look people in the eyes, acknowledge that they are there (give them a nod or a "how's it going") and you will be fine.

Jesus, it sounds like you guys are talking about walking though a Somali war zone or something!

Oh and just to make sure it is clear, I am not some bill badass or something...almost all of my friends have no problem walking or biking anywhere in this city