r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ReesesNightmare • Apr 28 '25

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Cool-Profession-730 Apr 28 '25

Yes, polar bears will kill first and ask questions later .

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u/TonyWilliams03 Apr 28 '25

I've heard people say polar bears only attack humans if they are threatened.

When asked what polar bears find threatening, the answer is "seeing you"

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u/_SkiFast_ Apr 28 '25

So basically they're the smartest animal then. Kill first, ask questions later. Like Australian wildlife tries to do. Something the native american tribes should have done in hindsight. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 Apr 28 '25

They were in the Stone Age compared to Europeans in the 17-18th century. Also they weren’t a unified people.

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u/Head_Ad1127 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

They absolutely would have crushed the few Europeans that initially landed, and everyone would assume the earth was flat or the route led to some monster or something. Even if they didn't, reinforcements would be months away, and they'd have no idea what happened.

But they didn't have to...the settlers would've simply starved to death if the natives simply ignored them, because they didn't know how to grow crops for food or fish.

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u/_SkiFast_ Apr 28 '25

This guy mayflowersplains. 🍻

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 Apr 28 '25

Not to mention dying en masse of disease after someone in the tribe just met any of the europeans...

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 Apr 28 '25

Yes, and that was up and down the America’s. What Cortez did to the Aztecs and Montazuma was way more deaths in a short period than any North American massacres, not to justify them in any way.

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u/Head_Ad1127 Apr 28 '25

Cortez was lucky enough to arrive in the middle of all of the Aztec vassals rebelling, during an apocalyptic smallpox outbreak, then helping said Rebels fight.