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AwesomeBrainPowers t1_j4tyrbn wrote

Reply to comment by eu_sou_ninguem in Polar Bear Enters Remote Alaska Village, Fatally Mauls Woman, Boy by MinimumMonitor7

I have questions (which you may or may not be able to answer):

  • Is petty, car-related crime like radio theft a problem there?

  • At what level of "persistent threat of polar bear attack" do (or should) area residents recognize a problem that is probably best resolved by ceding the land back to the local (huge and predatory) wildlife?

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mtarascio t1_j4u3rtc wrote

Everyone knows everyone in these communities and it's not like people can just drive a town over to them.

You'd be more likely to have someone find a spare and install without asking you.

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gnarfler t1_j4u0cp0 wrote

I guess that it’s so remote the community is so small that living out there requires trust and cooperation.

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AwesomeBrainPowers t1_j4u0fa9 wrote

> trust and cooperation

Sorry, I'm American; can you translate that from Canadian for me?

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gnarfler t1_j4u18xq wrote

“Well what you got there son is a wild liberal on the loose. I don’t blame ya if you wanna try to shoot it, not at all. What we do round here is leave our cars unlocked in case that liberal gets too vicious. We can all hear your cries for help so don’t bother tryna steal anything cause we’ll know who done it. They call that trust and cooperation round here.”

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Khaldara t1_j4v8c4t wrote

“Now see here, sharing a resource for the safety and common good of the community’s inhabitants sounds like that there commusocialisms that Tucker told me was the devil in between cash for gold ads and bemoaning the loss of the Snickers dick vein! What if onna them gays or a brown person needs to escape from a polar bear? No siree, no thank you. We ain’t doin that. I’d rather be eviscerated, you know, to own the libs!”

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WalkerBRiley t1_j50nle1 wrote

Yea this is more believable over the prior one. Republicans in the states would be more likely to lock you out of the car to distract the bear from themselves than let you in to save both of you.

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NeverSober1900 t1_j4vrfnf wrote

This is pretty standard in rural Alaska as well it's not just a Canadian thing. When the weather can kill you and you know most of the people around you people in general are very willing to help.

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turdballer69 t1_j4wffds wrote

Is there a Trust and Cooperation, Alaska like there’s a Truth or Consequence, New Mexico?

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2459-8143-2844 t1_j4v1vzc wrote

Do people steal car radios anymore? Can you even remove the radios in New cars like the old ones?

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fighttodie t1_j4u07hn wrote

Oh silly humans don't cede shit. If anything the question is how long until they get culled

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LowBornArcher t1_j4wbh6z wrote

"ceding the land back", well the indigenous people who have lived there for 1000's of years might have something to say about that. We are part of nature, not somehow above it, and we don't have to apologize for merely existing.

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Elipticalwheel1 t1_j4um66w wrote

Yep, Polar Bears have to eat, if the human invade there territory and eat all there food, what else do they expect.

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Omegalazarus t1_j4u019y wrote

Or sitting the herd for the good of the rest. Like I seriously mean responsibly doing it not talking about just destroying the polar bears.

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