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So 100 men think they can take on a gorilla…​

Men really do overestimate their strength. This time, that means thinking that they can take on a gorilla. Literally why would anyone think they can take on a gorilla? What next, 1,000 men try a hippo?

One user on X posed a simple thought: If 100 men were dedicated to the cause, they could take on 1 gorilla. Now, the post did not say if these men were armed or what the situation was but for the sake of conversation, let’s say 100 men with no weapons. Just the willpower to take on a gorilla with their bare hands. Frankly, I think that gorilla would take them out without a second thought but the prompt has given us a pretty funny new meme.

One silverback gorilla is rumored to have the strength of 9 men and can literally rip a crocodile in two. But sure, 100 regular dudes can take on a gorilla.

There are, of course, men who do think that they can succeed in this situation. Which has made the jokes that much funnier. It is a gorilla. In what world do you think a gorilla cannot take a group of men out? Have you seen one!?

What I do like about the jokes is that there are some self-aware men in this world who do understand that they would be picked off one by one. Even if they’re hiding in the bushes trying to keep everyone updated on how the gorilla vs. 100 men fight is going.

Whether you think any number of men can take on a gorilla bare handed (they most definitely cannot), I do think it is fun that so much of the internet has instantly taken the side of the gorilla in this fight.

So, if you want to be 1 of the 100, be my guest. But I will happily bask in the knowledge that given the chance, a gorilla could easily take out 100 men. No questions asked.

 

[Tanuki Mixed Nuts]

I'm gonna be honest, I thought I couldn't give less of a shit about a woman's opinion on this hypothetical, but then I saw that this was written by a woman for The Mary Sue. It turns out I could give less of a shit after all.

 

[Meriasek]

And many women think they could fight an average man after one self defense class. People really tend to overestimate themselves.

Don't fuck with gorillas. Don't fuck with chimps or fucking bonobos, either. They'll ruin your shit.
Really, don't fuck with animals at all, that's a dick move in general, even if they don't kill you.
And for the love of God, don't fuck animals.

 

[SauceRyuKen]

Ah yes, women still not understanding the fun in hypotheticals in the year of our lord 2025.

Hypotheticals are just for fun, ladies. Not to mention generally a hundred dudes can take one of anything that isn’t mechanized, so it isn’t even one of the hardest ones.

Plus this is just men getting philosophical and problem-solving some really stupid, really pointless shit. We love to do that. It’s entertaining, and promotes creative thinking. It’s the same line of thought vs “Can Batman take Wolverine.” The obvious answer is no, but then you waffle about prep time. It’s how that works.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

100 men chop down the gorilla's habitat. Men go back home. Gorilla starves to death. 100 men win.

 

[Idiotron]

100 dudes is a lot.
Imagine 10 of them grabbing each limb, you still have 60 dudes left and no way a gorilla's single limb is stronger than 10 grown men.
Sure some would die but the gorilla is not coming out alive.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

I asked an AI how much could a gorilla lift, AI says it could top 2k kg. Let's be generous and say a stronk monke could do 3k kg. If you have a 100 dudes and on average each is a lean 65 kg, which isn't much for a grown dude, that'd still be 6500 kg in a dogpile, so the 100 dudes win.

 

[I Shidded I Farded I Came]

100? 10 men could do it. Do they think gorillas are some sort of killing machine that was not programmed to feel fear? It would fucking run. People can keep moving longer than damned near any other animal. Walking animals to exhaustion is a certified classic. You don't even need the sharp stick at that point, it just makes the job easier.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

100 men could probably take on a gorilla even if they just run screaming at it rather than coordinate.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Clearly true. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

As the RN in the tweet put it, 100 niggas could do it if they were dedicated to the shit. 100 men could probably take on a fucking T-rex, does the author have no idea what 100 men looks like?

 

[Spud]

We hunted mammoths and tigers using sticks and fucking rocks. A gorilla is nothing.

 

[Haramburger]

H3/Ethan Klein sperging about it for 20 minutes:

 

[Ignatius von Cistern]

Girillas are vegetarian. Should be tasty.

 

[Overly Serious]

Does she mean 100 men at once? Or of a survey 100 men thought they could fight a gorilla? At first I thought it must be the latter as it's the only thing that makes sense to make fun of. But as I read on she means the former. Yes, a hundred of us at once could take on a gorilla. Even assuming this was a mental gorilla that chose to attack us not run.

Even one on one there are circumstances it might be possible. She doesn't clarify if armed or not. Men have killed bulls one on one with sharpened sticks, and bulls are a lot larger, strong and faster than a gorilla again.

Also, why would I want to fight a gorilla? Gorillas are lovely.

 

[Judge Holden]

This is like thinking that 100 monkeys could not kill the absolute fuck out of a random guy if they all rushed him at once. Sure the average human is a whole lot stronger and bigger than the average monkey but that will matter precisely jack shit when you have twenty biting and wrenching each limb and another twenty ripping out his eyes and balls at the same time.

 

[Nick Gars]

100 dudes of average intellect, meaning they are able to formulate plans and strategies, and with a bit of teamwork can easily use this intellect to make rudimentary weapons to greatly augument their physical capabilities just out of shit found in an enviroment.

VS

One strong monkey


Like... How the fuck is this even a question? 100 dudes vs anything is a scary fucking match up for anything that isn't 100 other dudes. People like this author really fucking underestimate just how vast an advantage even average intelligence is compared to a fuckin' animal. Intelligence is such a massive fucking advantage in fact that ONE smart and well prepared man with resources would be a legitimate threat to 100 unco-ordinated, low intelligence apes that are frequently busy killing each other in turf wars.


Thats not even getting into the math of the numbers. As others ITT have said, just dogpile the mother fucker. They may be "as strong as 5 people combined", but that doesn't mean shit when its facing 20 fucking times that, completely alone. 50 dudes pile on top to pin it down, the other 50 rip its fucking limbs off, don't need a lot of intelligence for that one, pack animals do this shit.

 

[peachlover669]

The better question is to ask the gorilla how many humans he thinks he could take out. I bet that faggot gorilla would say some bullshit like "1,000" fucking apes.

 

[Judge Holden]

100 dudes of average intellect, meaning they are able to formulate plans and strategies, and with a bit of teamwork can easily use this intellect to make rudimentary weapons to greatly augument their physical capabilities just out of shit found in an enviroment.

VS

One strong monkey


Like... How the fuck is this even a question? 100 dudes vs anything is a scary fucking match up for anything that isn't 100 other dudes. People like this author really fucking underestimate just how vast an advatage even average intelligence is compared to a fuckin' animal.

Honestly I am viewing the hypothetical with a zero weapons policy because the moment basic fuckin unga bunga spears enter the arena then its entirely possible if not probable that one singular nigga will 1v1 the gorilla.

Pure weight alone is on the side of 100 men. The exhaustion factor is on the side of 100 men. The combined strength factor...well...I mean how the fuck would 100 men not fucking win this?

 

[Meriasek]

And many women think they could fight an average man after one self defense class. People really tend to overestimate themselves.

Don't fuck with gorillas. Don't fuck with chimps or fucking bonobos, either. They'll ruin your shit.
Really, don't fuck with animals at all, that's a dick move in general, even if they don't kill you.
And for the love of God, don't fuck animals.

And I'm realising I understood the question wrong.
I thought in a survey 100 men thought they could take on a gorilla 1v1, but it's that 100 men together could take on a gorilla.
The former, yeah, don't fuck with a gorilla, it might have a tiny penis, but it will rape you anyway.
But the latter? How is that even a question? 100 dedicated men? You could do it with like 10 dedicated men. Allow any form of basic tool like sharp sticks, rocks, and ropes, and the number goes down further.