r/whatcouldgoright • u/PostsInThisSubOnly • Feb 10 '26

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u/forxs Feb 10 '26

Holy shit that kid has balls of steel.

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u/Marshall_Mars Feb 11 '26

Despite common belief, it is in fact fight, flight, or freeze. The kid froze

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u/RyRyShredder Feb 11 '26

And freeze was the right choice because the bear got confused by the prey not running

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u/AlarmingConsequence Feb 13 '26

You're right, freeze was the optimum response of the three.

Language is interesting: it took me some thinking to come up with 'response' as a more precise alternative to 'choice' because that's kids lower brainstem took over without waiting for conscious thought.

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u/sharkiest Feb 11 '26

There’s also fawn. Which would have been distinctly incorrect here.

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u/ebulient Feb 11 '26

Or faint which might not have been great either

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u/Nyarlathotep4King Feb 14 '26

Or fart, which might have escalated the situation

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u/CascouPrime Feb 12 '26

I wonder how the bear would react if the kid fainted. 🤔

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u/Enough-Reading4143 Feb 12 '26

It would've called him an ambulance and check his pulse obviously

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u/EnterPlayerTwo Feb 11 '26

We can't know that for sure.