if I’m not supposed to run up and hug bears, why do they look like that.
kinda bullshit tbh
I blame the teddy bear industry for conditioning me to want to hug bears
(This is actually the reason teddy bears became a thing. They’re named after Theodore Roosevelt)
Wow that’s wild. In my language they’re called hug bears
Yah it was to make Americans more supportive of the newly created national parks where bears were protected. Teddy’s administration wanted the public to associate the large apex predators who could murder you in seconds as adorable, oversized dogs instead. Bears became a mascot instead of the stuff of nightmares.
Any time I learn such history about common objects we have as well, I’m again shocked on how dominant US culture actually is (and for how long). We don’t even have bears where I live.
Very rude sticking your tongue out at me and mocking me when I’m in distress.
Polite bears seldom become dope ass
This bear is a rockstar and probably does coke
“Hi good morning - you must be the camper who thought ‘surely toothpaste doesn’t need to go in the bear-barrel’ and ‘the food’s in a barrel - we don’t need to hang it too’ - anyway this is my site now, please leave your belongings as you exit”
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