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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.

 

[TenMilesWide]

So if 100 men vs 1 gorilla is an easy win for the men (even unarmed) just by sheer weight of numbers, how many gorillas would it take?

the machine tells me an average group of gorillas has around a dozen individuals. Assuming they're all grown and willing to fight, do we think they could win?

We get the dinosaurs too. Ok but how would a spinosaurus fight a plesiosaur?

those two kinda make sense to put in a fight. one being a semi-aquatic predator and the other a fully-aquatic predator it'd have to be in the water, but some scrap over a good fishing spot is easy enough to contrive.

 

[The Nothingness]

Apes will always lose. Case in point, the extremely accurate movie, Congo:

Apes are so fucking dumb, they will legit jump into lava out of confusion. Even some homo ape with a gay Siri voice bodies these jungle apes.

Or Beneath the Planet of the Apes where supposed intelligent gorillas get the bright idea to pull down an atomic bomb, resulting in its colbat case cracking.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

The instant you introduce a sharp stick, not even a full blown spear, just a sharp stick the size of a knife, all it takes is 2 men to 1v1 the gorilla, one to distract it and one to stab it in the neck.

If you introduce actual spears into the equation its not even a contest.

Just rocks alone would be sufficient, it shouldn't count as a weapon either since it's just part of the environment and the ape has equal access to them too. Unless this takes place in a boxing ring or something.

 

[Shroom King]

What race are the 100 men?

100 somewhat sober white guys, yeah, the gorilla's fucked.
100 hungry Chinamen, yeah, the gorilla's getting cooked and eaten.
100 wonderful POCs. SHEEEEIIIIIIIIIT.

 

[Karognis]

So if 100 men vs 1 gorilla is an easy win for the men (even unarmed) just by sheer weight of numbers, how many gorillas would it take?

the machine tells me an average group of gorillas has around a dozen individuals. Assuming they're all grown and willing to fight, do we think they could win?


those two kinda make sense to put in a fight. one being a semi-aquatic predator and the other a fully-aquatic predator it'd have to be in the water, but some scrap over a good fishing spot is easy enough to contrive.

By "willing to fight" are we discounting the psychological effect of any threat display either side might put up? Also if we're assuming no tool use for the human side (they would automatically improvise from their environment, so we would have to put both sides in a spartan arena with a tarmac floor) then are the humans also naked, since the gorillas are? If so then I'd the gorillas' display would be more effective, while they might not be very impressed with the human one at all as it'd look like kids acting tough dressed in their dads' clothes.

 

[TenMilesWide]

By "willing to fight" are we discounting the psychological effect of any threat display either side might put up? Also if we're assuming no tool use for the human side (they would automatically improvise from their environment, so we would have to put both sides in a spartan arena with a tarmac floor) then are the humans also naked, since the gorillas are? If so then I'd the gorillas' display would be more effective, while they might not be very impressed with the human one at all as it'd look like kids acting tough dressed in their dads' clothes.

For the purposes of the scenario any threat display just makes the other side angrier, nobody involved sees flight as a valid response. Fight is in gorilla territory, humans can be as clothed as they'd like (I guess the gorillas can too, why not?) but they've come unarmed and any attempt to improvise tools will draw more heat from the gorillas.

 

[Karognis]

For the purposes of the scenario any threat display just makes the other side angrier, nobody involved sees flight as a valid response. Fight is in gorilla territory, humans can be as clothed as they'd like (I guess the gorillas can too, why not?) but they've come unarmed and any attempt to improvise tools will draw more heat from the gorillas.

So it's 12 adult (presumably male) gorillas vs 100 adult male humans, each and all wishing nothing more than to annihilate their adversaries, no quarter asked or given. No tool-use and no retreat. I'd say that numbers would tell, but only in the end.

(Gorillas have fangs and we evolved to be smarter because we had the extra energy from cooking our meat. Without our tools we're incomplete.)

So I would say....20 humans left standing, all bloodied. Some (probably most, but not if there's no medicine) of those on the ground will live.