The only time I've been punched in the last 10 years or so was by a girl I was in the process of breaking up with.
She begged me to stay with her, I said no, she punched me in the face and I stormed off. Well, attempted to, she'd knocked my glasses off so I didn't actually get very far seeing as I couldn't see anything. I just sort of hung around outside until she'd calmed down.
And on the subject of hitting women, I was brought up to believe you never, ever hit a woman. There are no mitigating circumstances.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
And on the subject of hitting women, I was brought up to believe you never, ever hit a woman. There are no mitigating circumstances.
SO ALL WOMEN ARE WEAK AND HELPLESS IS THE EYES OF MAN HUH WAY TO SUPPORT THE FASCIST MAN-CENTRIC ARISTBROCACY
I even... hold doors open for women.
Shoot me now.
I held a door open for a girl once (Mum always taught me to hold a door open for lady) and said girl yelled at me. She was all "WHAT YOU THINK I CAN'T OPEN A FUCKING DOOR BECAUSE I'M A GIRL?!!".
I never understood that attitude. If someone holds a door open for me I assume they're being nice, not that they think I'm incapable fo doing it myself.
My girlfriend has this attitude to accepting help (not holding doors open, but like..financial help when she's struggling with bills) and it completely baffles me.
I have never been in a fight before. I mean, I've hit people, I've gotten hit, I've been prepared to fight and I've even offered to fight for people but I've never actually been involved in any kind of brawl, scuffle, tussle, mixup, fisticuffs or spree.
I never understood that attitude. If someone holds a door open for me I assume they're being nice, not that they think I'm incapable fo doing it myself.
I don't understand it either. I hold doors open for anyone, and assume if a door is held open for me, that person is just being nice (especially if my arms are full). It's just sort of a polite thing to do? As long as I'm not BABIED and it's not made obvious the other person somehow things I'm actually incapable of doing things myself, opening doors and pulling out chairs and other gentlemanly things don't bother me. It's actually pretty cute?
I don't think I've been in an actual fight since primary school.
The fact I'm 6'4" and reasonably well built tends to hide the fact that I'm a complete pussy to a fair degree. And I don't tend to get in a lot of confrontational situations due to me being a complete pussy, I'll always do everything I can to avoid physical confrontation.
I never understood that attitude. If someone holds a door open for me I assume they're being nice, not that they think I'm incapable fo doing it myself.
My girlfriend has this attitude to accepting help (not holding doors open, but like..financial help when she's struggling with bills) and it completely baffles me.
I was running late for my first ever lecture as well. Stupid Bint. I was only trying to be nice.
Women, am I right?
You know what I mean.
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
I simply do not attract any sort of violent attention
I had one guy try to jump infront of me and shout while I was running after a friend out on the town and I elbowed him and kept after my friend
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
I haven't been in a fight since sixth grade
I give a good stare that stops things from escalating
The last time I was almost in a fight was when this dude kept pushing me while yelling and I just looked at him like "Are you for serious?" and he just turned around and walked away
however, if he had punched me I would've fought back
My brother operates on a "everyone is a cunt until they prove otherwise" assumption.
I tell him that he should have more faith in people.
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
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not 2 weeks ago i was walking to work and a group of chavs were sat on their scooters outside a tesco metro
one of them lounged toward me making 'you starting' signals (i was wearing a heavy jacket, scarf + hat with headphones on)
i just pivot and walk straight round the opposite direction, which i know is well lit and has enough people where they can't try anything
they follow me jeering and taunting until they see that i'm walking to the police station, where they peel off cackling
i know that if i'd continued walking past them this stupid kid would have tried something, his body language instantly made me nervous and i avoid conflict more than anything
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
nobody started with me in high school because I was quiet and have a mean face and they thought I'd blow up the school (I'd never!!)
Sometimes I think it'd be fun to fight people because I'm too young to realize I'm not Batman
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
I think it was Tossrock who said that until 25 years old, men believe they could be a badass should the need arise
I was about to say "a few weeks ago" but I think it's over a year at this point, yeesh. Anyway over a year ago some arse was shouting threats at me from across the street; and it was a very narrow street at that, any cars trying to use it did so at their own peril
And some random skinhead in a leather jacket passed by, but not before taking the time to kick this guy in the back of the leg with excessive force. Jacket-man sneered and carried on walking, while his victim hit the curb really hard and knackered his shoulder
He got up, nursing the shoulder, and wandered off to a side alley while groaning under his breath, not making eye contact with anyone, a changed man from his violent vehemence less than a minute beforehand
I have no idea, to this day, what the hell was going on there
The only time I think I've come close to hitting a complete stranger was just before we moved into our current house. Me, my mum and sister were walking the dog around the neighborhood and getting to know the area before the big move. This big dog, can quite pin the breed but it had curly white fur, lumbered off its porch and was headbutting me quite hard while also nipping after our comparatively diminutive corgi.
My mum politely asked the owner, who had come out to lean on the porch railing, if he could just bring the dog inside or keep it on a leash. It was a busy backstreet and people constantly drove through it with all the garages being accessed through there so it was a very reasonable request. He told her to mind her own business, shut ip and keep walking. Alcohol was on his breath and this escalated into an argument.
It got to the point when he called all three of us chinks, then continued to deny he made such a remark. My incredibly defiant mother sat on his porch step to calm her nerves, refused to budge when he screamed at her then tried shutting the gate on her hand several times. Few people would I murder for, my mum is one of them. I lunged straight at him nose-to-nose and glared. And that's when my father rounded the corner, my sister having phoned him, and he notified the man the police had been called in to deal with the disturbance. Turned out he had a reputation for causing a ruckus when drunk and his girlfriend was out and therefore not around to control him, seeing as it was her house and her dog which he claimed sole ownership of.
On the one hand, if you're constantly getting into fights like Daric claims he is, you got issues. Maybe you should stop hanging out with assholes and try not being one yourself. On the other hand, I do think it's naive to act like everyone should just walk away if at all possible. I rarely get fucked with, and that's not because I'm a badass. I can't remember the last time I was in anything like a fight. I'm not a violent dude at all. But at the same time, taking the attitude that everyone should always just try to get away just seems like saying, hey that's someone else's problem to deal with. I'm out of here and it's not my problem at all if this dude that's clearly looking for trouble catches someone much more vulnerable. Sometimes it's the right decision to stand your ground. Again, if you're getting into fights on the regular, that suggests you got issues and should probably stop hanging around dickheads.
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
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She begged me to stay with her, I said no, she punched me in the face and I stormed off. Well, attempted to, she'd knocked my glasses off so I didn't actually get very far seeing as I couldn't see anything. I just sort of hung around outside until she'd calmed down.
And on the subject of hitting women, I was brought up to believe you never, ever hit a woman. There are no mitigating circumstances.
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
SO ALL WOMEN ARE WEAK AND HELPLESS IS THE EYES OF MAN HUH WAY TO SUPPORT THE FASCIST MAN-CENTRIC ARISTOBROCY
I even... hold doors open for women.
Shoot me now.
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
I held a door open for a girl once (Mum always taught me to hold a door open for lady) and said girl yelled at me. She was all "WHAT YOU THINK I CAN'T OPEN A FUCKING DOOR BECAUSE I'M A GIRL?!!".
And that was my first day of Uni.
My girlfriend has this attitude to accepting help (not holding doors open, but like..financial help when she's struggling with bills) and it completely baffles me.
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
I don't understand it either. I hold doors open for anyone, and assume if a door is held open for me, that person is just being nice (especially if my arms are full). It's just sort of a polite thing to do? As long as I'm not BABIED and it's not made obvious the other person somehow things I'm actually incapable of doing things myself, opening doors and pulling out chairs and other gentlemanly things don't bother me. It's actually pretty cute?
The fact I'm 6'4" and reasonably well built tends to hide the fact that I'm a complete pussy to a fair degree. And I don't tend to get in a lot of confrontational situations due to me being a complete pussy, I'll always do everything I can to avoid physical confrontation.
Tall-Paul MIPsDroid
I was running late for my first ever lecture as well. Stupid Bint. I was only trying to be nice.
Women, am I right?
You know what I mean.
I had one guy try to jump infront of me and shout while I was running after a friend out on the town and I elbowed him and kept after my friend
hyperviolence
I give a good stare that stops things from escalating
The last time I was almost in a fight was when this dude kept pushing me while yelling and I just looked at him like "Are you for serious?" and he just turned around and walked away
however, if he had punched me I would've fought back
And therefore, I hate all people
My brother operates on a "everyone is a cunt until they prove otherwise" assumption.
I tell him that he should have more faith in people.
one of them lounged toward me making 'you starting' signals (i was wearing a heavy jacket, scarf + hat with headphones on)
i just pivot and walk straight round the opposite direction, which i know is well lit and has enough people where they can't try anything
they follow me jeering and taunting until they see that i'm walking to the police station, where they peel off cackling
i know that if i'd continued walking past them this stupid kid would have tried something, his body language instantly made me nervous and i avoid conflict more than anything
Sometimes I think it'd be fun to fight people because I'm too young to realize I'm not Batman
I've still got a year and a half
I got sucker punched in the cheek, hard enough to crack a tooth over an old tshirt
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Just got a text message. Big suprise she did change her mind.
Woo? :?
it was not!
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
And some random skinhead in a leather jacket passed by, but not before taking the time to kick this guy in the back of the leg with excessive force. Jacket-man sneered and carried on walking, while his victim hit the curb really hard and knackered his shoulder
He got up, nursing the shoulder, and wandered off to a side alley while groaning under his breath, not making eye contact with anyone, a changed man from his violent vehemence less than a minute beforehand
I have no idea, to this day, what the hell was going on there
And HoA, sorry to hear that
Well that's just silly then
My mum politely asked the owner, who had come out to lean on the porch railing, if he could just bring the dog inside or keep it on a leash. It was a busy backstreet and people constantly drove through it with all the garages being accessed through there so it was a very reasonable request. He told her to mind her own business, shut ip and keep walking. Alcohol was on his breath and this escalated into an argument.
It got to the point when he called all three of us chinks, then continued to deny he made such a remark. My incredibly defiant mother sat on his porch step to calm her nerves, refused to budge when he screamed at her then tried shutting the gate on her hand several times. Few people would I murder for, my mum is one of them. I lunged straight at him nose-to-nose and glared. And that's when my father rounded the corner, my sister having phoned him, and he notified the man the police had been called in to deal with the disturbance. Turned out he had a reputation for causing a ruckus when drunk and his girlfriend was out and therefore not around to control him, seeing as it was her house and her dog which he claimed sole ownership of.
casual racism would have been the guy asking gatsby's mom if she could press his pants
I actually really admire the technical aspects of it
only if they were slacks.
sometimes a man enjoys a nice crease in his levis, I can't fault him for that