sure the gorilla would beat 5-10 men, but eventually they can just dog pile it and take advantage of numbers. if the average man is between 180-200lbs and a gorilla is 400-500lbs its really not a huge difference if you look at it from a numbers perspective. 100 men is alot of men compared to 1 gorilla. do people know how much 100 is? It’s a ridiculous amount of people with the sole task of killing something. The gorilla would definitely mow down a good amount of people, but it will lose stamina quickly and become exhausted. Humans cardio is much better than a gorillas.
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How the hell are you going to pile 100 men on top of 1 gorilla? Are they fighting in an elevator shaft?
It would need to be coordinated and you would need a few people to knowingly sacrifice their life to defeat the gorilla.
Yeah, but would 10-20 men be willing to be killed or maimed just to kill one gorilla?
I’d woop it mano e gorrillo
People don’t realize how many humans 100 is, or the actual size of a gorilla. 100 humans could suffocate a gorilla just by piling on it.
I agree, if the humans aren’t afraid to die themselves, I agree they could crush the gorilla under the weight of all of them together.
No way. Do you have e 100 strong men? Or better yet brave men ? An average gorilla would destroy 100 average men. Half of them would be timid and shitting their pants. 10 of the brave ones who acted first would die in 10 minutes. I do not think you understand the strength and athleticism of a gorilla
There would be 10 dudes fighting and 90 cheering them on let’s be real
The truly important question… would one trillion lions, thrown directly into the sun, be enough to put the sun out?
A lot of dudes are getting smoked by the gorilla though.
This is not even remotely unpopular
It seems like it would really depends on how the gorilla is acting. If the gorilla is just angry and aggressive, who’s going to be the first to jump on it?
Surely I’m not the only one who just thinks the gorilla goes and chills in the corner while the humans talk amongst themselves?
“Would people be willing to die to fight the gorilla?”
Would the gorilla be willing to fight 100 people? Hell no, it’d run immediately. We’d have to assume that both parties are actively trying to kill the other, with no interest in self preservation, otherwise, you know, they’d preserve themselves.
I need you men to understand that male gorillas will rip your penises off to show dominance. Lots of those men would easily lose their dicks and possibly other body parts ripped off.
Idk anybody willing to test this theory 😂
When people posit these scenarios they never discuss whether the humans are a team. Like did they have time to strategize? Are some of them willing to be martyrs? If no to both, I’m going gorilla.
Are we stipulating 100 average humans?
If so, are we talking purely hand to hand?
If both of those things are true, and we’re also talking just direct combat and not the humans using tactics and ambushes and such, purely a physical contest, then my money is still on the gorilla.
I think it simply bashes the first “layer” of people that jump him and keeping a critical mass from ever getting close enough intact. Yes, 100 people is a lot, but that volume works against itself too because only so many can be physically in contact with the gorilla, and I don’t think that number is enough. Maybe if you literally dump all the people on top of the gorilla at once it’d work, but that’s a tough trick to pull off… and you still REALLY don’t want to be the couple of closest people.
Now, if there a handful of Brock Lesnars in there? Okay, the gorilla’s odds go down.
And if a couple have baseball bats or something? Yeah, now maybe it starts to swing the human’s way.
And if the humans have time to Batman the situation then sure, totally doable, don’t even need the full 100.
But a straight up fight with normal, unarmed people? I’m still goin’ gorilla on this one.
100 humans with decent nails, willing to bite and die would definitely could beat a gorilla.
It would only work if all 100 were genuinely out to get that fucking gorilla. If you pick 100 random people off the street? It gets a lot more dicey, only a small handful of us are really gonna try to take that piece of shit down.
100 men could easily get to a gorillas eyes. At which point its at a major disadvantage. People underestimate the strength of man. We are absolutely capable of pushing our entire leg though someone’s rectum given enough force and the right angle.
We would fuck that gorilla up in less than 5 minutes. It would be dying and bleeding out within 3.
A coordinated attack where everyone says they will just attack its legs. 100 people running at you 360 degrees kicking your back legs eventually it will drop.
“Gorilla, man, you gotta get on the treadmill or something. Do you even lift, bro?”
The gorilla would be exhausted after killing a few dozen humans. Anyone who has done combat sports knows how cardiovascularly taxing fighting is. Especially fighting multiple humans at once would be like an all out sprint.
Yeah, obviously. I dunno why this is even a debate lol. If 10-20 men are willing to go down or be seriously injured that gorilla is fucked
One man in good shape would beat the gorilla. Just lure it to the base of a cliff and drop a boulder on its head or use some other display of intellectual superiority.
Source: Captain Kirk vs Gorn on Star Trek
Edit: add this link
https://www.startrek.com/videos/watch-captain-kirk-vs-gorn
Who’s gonna be the first 1-20 cannon fodders?
Man vs bear part 2
Get me 99 Samoan men and a yokozuna
Idk bro. Majority of people would run away from a medium sized pitbull if it charged them lmao
100 humans could beat a gorilla.
Not easily, as that would imply little risk was expended. But yes, eventually it could be possible for 100 humans to overpower a gorilla.
However, consider that a gorilla has far higher overall muscle density than the strongest human. If the gorilla is 500 lbs, it’s probably got around 2000 lbs worth of strength if the muscle density was compared with a human’s.
Consider also that raw numbers can also be a hindrance rather than a help. If you have to pull your punches in order to not harm your comrades, and the enemy is free to use their full strength (especially if that full strength is literally a gorilla) they can use that to their advantage.
People really overestimate how good at fighting gorillas are. Like, yes, they’re strong. But 100 people could surely work together to kill a single animal. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.
Humans are extremely intelligent and social persistence hunters.
We’d surround the gorilla like a wolf pack and harass it until it was exhausted and then beat it to death with rocks and sticks.
And it’d only take 10 humans to kill a gorilla that way. There’s no close to fair way to structure the scenario where a gorilla is going to defeat 100 humans.
How many men are going to be on the gorilla at the same time?
Ten men could beat a gorilla.
As yourself – what advantages does man have over gorilla? Intelligence and endurance.
Ten men with a plan to kite, frighten, disorient and exhaust a gorilla would kill it. It might take ten hours, but the gorilla could be defeated without a single loss. If it came into contact with one man at any point, 9 screaming men will frighten and confuse a gorilla. The gorilla would be so disoriented by the experience. It would be scared. It would be extremely tired. It would have no plan.
Ten men tops. Maybe could do it with five.
If 100 men have a sole task to kill the gorilla, the gorilla has a sole task to kill 100 men.
Only took a few to kill Harambe
Let’s be real. Imagine you were trying to beat a gorilla by yourself and the gorilla wasn’t even fighting back.
What could you possibly do to hurt that gorilla? He’s not going to feel anything you do.
Sure, but would you rather come across a bear or a man in the woods?
100 trained humans, sure. 100 randomly selected humans? No way.
I still don’t understand how this is a question. If this is a wild encounter, then the Gorilla isn’t even going to engage. It’ll probably run unless it absolutely has to fight.
If it’s staged and the gorilla is determined to fight, then we can assume the same for humans, and the gorilla will eventually get dogpiled and crushed. They aren’t some kinda super King Kong type animal, just a normal one, and they have limits.
1 gorilla vs 10 men is a much more reasonable and intense question.
They would beat him , but not easily. Probably 1 third of them will die, but it’s doable.
Not like those theories about 100 men vs a polar bear. This is suicide.
No weapons? Dudes are fucked
But if top strong men are allowed rudimentary spears, dogs, and planning I’m betting even in 10 men
I’d be willing to say even 50 humans would win
Who is on the other side of this? You’re talking about 15,000lbs of mass on the low end vs 500lbs on the high end. Assuming the situation is explained and it’s known to be to the death, a strong number of the group will understand that a coordinated attack will save the most lives in the long run. And it could very easily be a war of attrition where the gorilla is charging and flailing until it tires itself out, at which point whoever is left would be relatively free to dogpile in a coordinated charge from behind. Injuries will occur, and if someone gets grabbed they’re going to get broken. But 100 humans would be smart enough to figure it out. People saying the humans will lose are just stupid and/or giving the gorilla way too much benefit of the doubt.
What is the terrain? Because if it’s in the jungle I think the guerrilla wins. He will disorient them, pick them off, hunt them, his instincts and senses are far beyond anything any human will have.
This is not unpopular. This has literally been said countless times over the past few days this trend has existed.
WE ALL KNOW
Id want maybe 5 Gorilla experts as part of the 100.
I want the people who know how to hurt it to advise the group.
Attack it from all angles with the coordinated intention of pinning it down while people kick its head or try to choke it out. Others surrounding the gorilla could bite it, although, it may not do a lot of damage but a fingerless Gorilla is slightly better than a findered one.
Id choose a mix of the largest rugby players, strongest kickers and punchers.
A slightly out the box approach: the 100 kill one human and then utilise the bones as some sort of club or shiv.
I ain’t gonna be a part of that, and neither are the 97 people next to me.
If you had 100 dedicated psychopaths who had no fear of death? Yeah, the 100 men would win.
I bet you could solo a gorilla, op
Youre telling me if you watched a gorilla grab your friend by the ankle and swing him like a pool noodle into 2 other people you’d still somehow be psyched enough to continue that fight?
You’d have to instruct the first wave of men to gouge its eyes out at all costs. They’re not gonna make it out alive of course, but at least their sacrifice won’t be in vain. Next target is the balls!😂
Already somebody said it more scientifically in Twitter, posted on r/NonPoliticalTwitter
i see what you’re saying but have you considered this
It would greatly depend on the demographics of the humans. You are assuming they are all healthy and strong and willing to kill.
How many humans to beat a gorilla then?
O/U 12.5 ?
You also have to factor in injuries like broken limbs that would happen for sure. Bite wounds would also be a big one. Anything like that would be incredibly painful and probably render you useless for the rest of the fight.
100 seems possible is a coordinated attack, but if it’s a free for all you have no chance
>If you look at it from a numbers perspective
That’s where your argument falls apart because this isn’t about numbers. Not a single person would be willing to go in and die first, let alone like 10, and that’s assuming that all 100 of you even have time to huddle up for a discussion before the gorilla comes at you.
Average man is 25-40%fat.
Average gorilla, specifically a silverback, is 99% muscle and he uses his arms to get around everywhere.
Our leg muscles are our biggest muscle group because it’s supporting all of our weight all day.
A gorilla’s shoulders and traps are supporting a large percentage of their weight throughout the day. It’s like if a dude worked out half the day.
Silverback gorilla would rip 10 dudes in half in the first few minutes. Unless you get his eyes or privates early, that gorilla will be covered in the blood of half the dudes in 10-15 minutes.
The dudes will experience their adrenaline rush and will crash. The gorilla will sustain the rush and finish the assignment.
Imagine punching a 99%muscle rage induced 500lb murder machine. A man’s punch will do nothing.
Bullshit, I seen 20% of Americans think they could beat a bear one on one. There is literally nothing you could do with your hands to damage a silver back.
This is not really an “unpopular opinion”. Rather it is speculation. And its reasonable. I am sure that 100 men could bring down a gorilla is they worked at it. A few would die at first but if they piled on, injured the animal, they would likely prevail.
A lot of comments saying the first 10-20 ppl will die. But if the goal is to kill the gorilla who cares how many ppl die the point still stands. 100 humans could easily beat 1 gorilla
I wonder what a gorilla’s stamina is like. Anyone know? Might get tired from ripping limbs off after the first 30-40 people.
My post about this yesterday got removed lmao
Maybe, but any human getting within Arms Reach of a gorilla is going to get savaged. The average person is going to shrink back from this. Unless these are incredibly Brave and selfless humans, the gorilla is going to kill them one or two at a time.
Depends on the 100 humans. If it was 100 professional fighters, or 100 strongmen, they would have a very good chance. If it was 100 elementary school students or 50 desk job working men and women each? I would still bet on the gorilla. The term “going ape shit” exists for a reason. The gorilla would rage out and be breaking people’s bones on each swing, likely putting them out of commission.
A lot of people don’t know how to fight in groups. Half of them would be stumbling all over themselves trying to fight the gorilla. Meanwhile the gorilla is putting people down left and right. A gorilla can take a ton of punishment
They are built to take punishment from other gorillas. A lot of our blows would barely make a gorilla blink.
I think you underestimate a gorilla’s cardio.
Hilariously as I type this reply the group next to me at the pub is discussing the abs of kangaroos and strength or a moose.
They just have to be dedicated to that shit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/s/M5jpUKkuVo
The gorilla is going to see 100 humans bearing down on it, say “fuck this,” and take off running. Eventually the humans would just run it down.
You must assume that the men have a plan of attack and are willing to work together.
Even if they dog pile on the Gorilla, how they going to kill it?
Not unpopular, it just isn’t the point of the meme.
But it windbreaker be 70 men all jumping on him at once. Again, there isn’t enough space for them to do that.
20v1 is a better question lol. 20 grown men piling on top of a gorilla might take it down
100 humans could kill a gorilla but most don’t have the courage to do what would have to be done. You aren’t gonna do any damage punching a gorilla. You’d probably hurt yourself before you hurt the gorilla that way. It would take stuff like gouging out eyes and trying to dig past them to the brain or stuff like that. Even a tired gorilla can kill you easily. They are so strong
Ok where did this 100 men vs gorilla thing come from?
Idk, it depends a lot on what strategy the humans use. I feel like the gorilla could easily grab one person in each hand and swing them around and throw them to incapacitate 10-20 people in about 5 seconds. And if there is a group of like 10-15 people charging the gorilla at once it could probably just barrel through them swinging its arms around and knock all of them out very quickly. Also, how will the humans even kill the gorilla without any weapons? I doubt you’d be able to strangle it, even if the gorilla didn’t resist it would be extremely difficult to produce enough force to close up that muscly neck. Punching it in the face would probably just break your hands. You’d have to sufficiently tire it out to the point it can’t possibly fight back or defend itself and then have a few people stomp on its face and neck while a few others hold its arms down so it can’t cover it’s face. Honestly I feel like it could go either way.
Gorilla would get tired long before 100
This song an unpopular opinion there’s like a thousand posts saying this exact thing since the original post came out
Could 100 8 year olds beat a UFC fighter?
Gorilla would tire out quickly. So the team of 100 would eventually win.
Can 100 people who have lost their will to live do it? Of course. 100 people can literally just dog pile it and suffocate it.
Human psychology and the will to live would complicate things though. We’re not bees.
How many humans would have to die for you to say it wouldn’t be easy?
100 people that are not willing to sacrifice themselves for the other 99 might have trouble.
Can we just stop threatening this gorilla? He didn’t do anything wrong. LEAVE THE GORILLA ALONE.
One thing that people rarely mention is how much more energy and stamina typical human has than other animals. We evolved to harass and cause mental distress to other animals to tire them out before the kill.
I imagine it would just be 100 people screaming and running around the ape until it collapses from exhaustion.
I think people are massively under estimating the impact of a random strike to the head. If a 100 people had a 1v1 with a gorilla i think there are good odds atleast 1 person would get a lucky strike to the head and win. Let alone 100 people at once where there is likely multiple people constantly going for the head.
All I know is 100 redditors wouldn’t stand a chance.
Ron Magil answered the question that the humans would win easily assuming the goal is win no matter what
The gorilla would kill 10-15 men but be so exhausted it could be smothered to death just by the remaining men laying on it
I feel like these questions always forget humanities true edge in survival
Stamina, Heat regulation, and Projectiles
Give me like 5 dudes, we will hunt a gorilla for several days till it lies down and dies from exhaustion, you don’t even heed to fight it
You know when Thor swings his axe and knocks out like 10 aliens at a time lol that’s what the gorilla would do haha no…100 humans aren’t winning. Especially with using the word humans. Man…woman…children lol all humans.
Physically how do you propose these men approach the gorilla such that it won’t vaporize 10 men just for the next 10 to step up?
At some point, physically, there won’t be enough physical space for the overwhelming number of men to be actively restraining the gorilla.
Even if you’re trying to dogpile it, maybe about 10 men jump on top of the gorilla to get it to buckle a bit, but then while the gorilla is making ground meat trying to shake those 10 men off, the next 10 are charged with the task of climbing a “gorilla and 10 men” mountain.
Copy pasting my comment from similar previous post
Depends, is it like 100 1v1s? Then people don’t have a chance? Can they arm themselves with sharp/blunt weapons?
If they can attack the animal at once, and if they can use blunt weapons like stick or even bricks and stones I think they can kill it. I know cause in my country people would sometimes beat maneater tigers to death.
https://www.thedailystar.net/country/royal-bengal-tiger-killing-beaten-dead-in-bagerhat-bangladesh-1523929
Need to put a time limit on it.
If by the end of the hour, the gorilla is still alive – all remaining humans are executed 👎
Assuming there were no weapons do you think most of the men are just going to stand there while the first 10 easily get rag dolled? Gorillas use tools. They will use your dead comrades as tools against you. Good luck.
This is not unpopular, and I agree with you.
It’s a dumb debate. Humans obviously win. People who say the gorilla would win either imagine it as some kind of superpowered being tearing through 100 people with ease, or they assume everyone would be too terrified to act, letting it win with ease.
Also, when people think about this, they picture the humans acting like real people, hesitant and disorganised, while imagining the gorilla as a murder machine that instantly locks in and tries to kill every single person. Either everything is bloodlusted or everything acts like they would in real life you gotta choose one.
I agree. I think the question starts becoming a legitimate question at 40 human men.
You gotta fight fire with fire and go for its penis
100 hand selected badasses could do it. 100 randomly selected average humans would be close. I’d still bet on the gorilla.
I think the humans could win but not with that strategy. I think they’d be better off chasing the gorilla into a trap
Can they like throw rocks at the gorilla? 🦍 because than it’s over for that gorilla
I love it when social media crosses over the other social media
Be for real, people have a far better understanding of “how much 100 is” than the strength and bite force of a gorilla. 100 humans can’t simultaneously attack. This debate is beyond ridiculous imo
A large silver back gorilla would tear though 2 or 3 people then it would be completely exhausted also people really overestimated how big a strong gorillas actually are most aren’t that much stronger then a human.
You are overestimating the strength of an average male and underestimating the strength of a gorilla. You’re likely closing your eyes and imagining 100 6 ft 2 in dude that goes to the gym.
I picture a few of those, a few neckbeards, a few super short dudes, a few twig bodied dude, and a bunch of out of shape middle aged dudes.
I think it’s would be best to try to wear it out. Form a giant circle and have like three people dart at it. It will lash out but don’t try to hit it. Like trying too spook a horse and runt away. But with multiple so he is less likely to single one out. Do keep sending wave after wave until it’s tires out. Remember we don’t need to injure it until it is tired. If we find stick and rocks throw them at it’s face. Not it’s body or it’s hands. It’s FACE! It doesn’t care about a rock unless it can blind it.
> Humans cardio is much better than a gorillas.
X doubt
How do you imagine the 99 will respond when the gorilla flayes the face of the first attacker and eats his tounge? It’s not a battle of strength and cunning, but one of survival and terror.
Rip
100 men would be an overkill. I’d argue we only need 30 to get the job done.
Yeah but how many really have the balls to do it they are going to wait for someone else to do it there’s no reason for me to fuck with the gorilla