That's kind of my reasoning for thinking this whole bear thing is out of proportion. I grew up knowing how to deal with bears. If you're talking black bear you make a bunch of scary confusing noise and look big or... If you are already noisy they just steer clear and leave you the fuck alone. You gotta be pretty deep woods to encounter Grizzlies and most of the time they are chill. If they aren't, play dead or go up a tree.
I don't care if all a rando person, male, female non-binary whatever - does is try and strike up a conversation, I don't go to the woods to socialize. Act like a proper bear and gimme my gorram space!