What's it take for you to actually punch someone?

[Dantre]

When I was younger, loved the chance to fight, even when it meant getting my ass beat down so hard I'd regret it for 2+ weeks. I'd generally pick reasonable people and circumstances, if someone would say 'Your hair looks like a faggot's hair' - deck them in the face, tackle them, start wailing. It was stupid immature shit. This was easily 6 years ago though and looking back it was pretty stupid.

Anyway, was out drinking this weekend with my buds, all though everyone went through a period where we realized fighting was stupid, drinks get drunk, and fists get thrown amongst friends. Little things like "I could slap soandso because I know he won't do anything back." Leads to "then slap me bitch" -> leads to two best friends fighting it out.

I even got into the first fight in a long time - some random guy at a bar I didn't know did a half ass joke of a nipple twist on me and said "dude, you need to lay off those weights." It took me a second as I was piss drunk to realize what to do, but sure enough I found myself following him outside, tackled him, and started smacking him in the face. I lost hard, got the shit kicked out of me by him and his friend (my friends were too busy fucking around inside the bar to realize this and help.)

Anyway, it made me realize again how stupid this shit is - the adult in me wants to shrug comments/jokes off like that, just laugh in their face, tell my friends I have nothing to prove by fighting them. That always leads to the "so you're my bitch then, you're acknowleding that then?" Which leads to the ego sting, and the "ok let's go do this."

What does it take for you to get in a fight? After that instance, for me, it's back to either someone is going to hit me or I'm backing up a friend - hell I'll be 30 before I know it which is way too old for this shit; so fuck it.

Pride/ego is a tuff thing to set aside, and as far as I care fighting is immature. The problem, I feel like a fucking pussy if I don't go deck some prick who pulls that shit. For my best friends, they'll feel like a pussy if they don't deck their best friends for doing stuff like this.

My sob story aside - what does it take to provoke you into a fight? When was your last fight?

[Bronyaur]

Never been in a fight and, as far as I know, none of my friends have been in a fight (some I've known since Freshman year in High School, College and after).

It would take a lot to get me to fight---If someone were physcially hurting a family member, friend or my girl, I'd do something, but outside of that........I can't think of anything. Fighting is stupid, it ruins yours and others good time, be it at a party or a bar.

Why do you fight your friends? I mean, is establishing a pack hierarchy that important? You guys should move to Scotland and go to soccer matches.


*Edit: Forgot to say what would provoke me to fight.

[Fammaden]

You and your friends are cretinous apemen.

The only thing that could get me to punch someone would be if they used the spit emote on me in WoW! Nothing is more worthy of rage than virtual saliva.

[Bronyaur]

I like to eat the Allies corpses after I kill them

[Mkopec1]

I used to have a friend like you, and it came down to "Hey wanna go and hang out?"

Id be like "nahh", because I knew that only the smallest stupid shit would make him go off on a person, and I would always be there to either get beat down along his side, or be expected to help if anyone from the other faction decided to step in and help his bud too.

I worked with him when I was in my 20's at an engineering firm in Detroit. and the fucker lost his good paying job because of his stupidity. someone came up to him and insulted him in some unmeaningful way, well he took that shit to heart, followed him outside and pushed the fucker into a wall, threatening him not to do it again.

The next day he got called in to the office and was fired on the spot.

So this type of attitude can really fuck you later on when shit starts to mean more to you. Like work, marrage, oh BTW he is divorced too, from a beautiful wife, because he was an ass hole to her for years.

You just cannot be like that and live a happy life, while you will be known as a "tough guy" People will be laughing at you behind your back because your really stupid.

Take it from me, you need to learn how to shrug off more in life and walk away. sometimes its true what they say, it takes more of a man to walk away than jump in fists flying.

[redav]

Don't get in to trouble while you are drunk. The other drunks won't help and your jack ass friends are going to be real handy when you get stabbed in the eyeball. I'm sure the cops will get right on top of that one too because cops love drunks!

[Fammaden]

Originally Posted by Dantre

Pride/ego is a tuff thing to set aside, and as far as I care fighting is immature. The problem, I feel like a fucking pussy if I don't go deck some prick who pulls that shit. For my best friends, they'll feel like a pussy if they don't deck their best friends for doing stuff like this.

I just wanted to let you know that if the best reason you can come up with for doing anything is because you are afraid that if you don't do it then you will look like you are a pussy...then you are in fact a pussy. Grats.

[Kevincheese]

I've rarely been in fights. Used to sort of fight with a guy who then became a friend of mine... wasn't terribly serious. That was in like 5 and 6th grade, heh.

I think the only serious fight I've ever been in was at the end of gym class in 6th or 7th. This one kid had been giving me shit all week, for no reason whatsoever. I never had met him before the class started.

So he started a fight with me that friday in the lockerroom, and we exchanged maybe 5-10 blows to the head each... then he walked away. And everyone declared he "won".

[Ronne]

I've never been in a fight. Then again, I am huge, so people are less prone to cockery.

[Eomer]

Never been in a fight outside of hockey and lacrosse. It would take quite a lot for me to take a swing at a guy, and I would have to feel threatened for my own safety or someone else's before I initiated one. I'm not a pussy, I'll stand up for myself and yak with the best of them. But for the most part, people are all talk. I've been in dozens of arguments and that sort of thing at bars or in school, and none of them ever end up developing into anything.

And these days, it's jsut not worth fighting, because you have no idea if the asshole's just going to pull a knife or a gun on you. Even if they don't pull a weapon, all it takes it one punch to kill or seriously hurt someone. Take one crack, get knocked out, then smack your head on the way down and you can be left with some serious disabilities for the rest of your life.

I've been in numerous hockey and lacrosse fights, and the barrier for entry there is much less. Cheap hit, insult, depending on the game, day, and situation. They frown upon it quite a bit now that I'm just playing adult beer league, but it still happens. Some examples are: a) guy spears me in the nuts with his stick right as a play is whistled down. I shove him and tell him to watch his fucking stick. He proceeds to tap my cup 3 times with his stick. I punch him in the face, refs quickly jump in b) Puck comes out to center ice, I'm on D and go back and pick it up. I just dump it into the zone, an opposing player skates by well after I had dumped the puck and does a drive-by facial massage with his glove. I catch up, spin him around and punch him in the face before he knows what's even happening. We quickly fell, he never even dropped his stick, let alone gloves c) lacrosse practice when I was 12, a teammate I never got along with intentionally hits me in the balls with a shot, knowing full well I didn't wear a cup (chafed my legs when I ran). Now, I don't think you understand how much that hurts, unless you've personally picked up and felt a lacrosse ball. They are rock hard, and weigh a pound or so. Ten minutes later I got up, pulled his helmet off, and proceeded to lay a licking on him until my coach split us up.

So I guess it's a double standard, in a way. Street fights I think are stupid and pointless, but in the context of a hockey game they happen and I don't have much of a problem with them. Sometimes they're necessary if there's some asshole out there trying to hurt guys.

[Matt the Gimp]

I got in my first fist fight ever this summer. Broke his hand and his cheek bone.

Prior to that I have a lot of fighting experience playing hockey and boxing.

[Frawdo]

I've never been in a fight before. The only reason I can see myself ever getting in a fight in the future is for defense.

And most likely the defense of anther person - ie. my girlfriend, my best friends, my sister, etc. People close to me who are not in a position to defend themselves. If it's just me being picked on, I would just leave the situation, and if they follow I guarantee I can run faster than them. I have no problem running away from some idiot who's only intention is to fight.

[Worfless]

i'm pretty big, so i'll only hit a kid if he's smaller than me.

yeah, i'm that kind of guy. i've never had the shit kicked out of me because i'm usually smart enough not to fight, but not look like a bitch when i do it. the most fun is having one of my smaller friends get drunk and get in a fight, the pride you feel when you pick someone up and throw them at their friends is just splendid

[crrimson death]

when i was in like 3rd grade i totally did the karate kid swan thing kick to some kid and knocked his tooth out.

I'm 22 now, and have always been pretty against fighting in general. I'm always that guy at parties who tries to chill people out when they fight about dick waving contests. Sometimes it works

I can't imagine hitting someone. It would take alot to make me want to.

[Ronne]

These days the biggest fight deterent is the pretty much 100% guaranteed legal repercussion. It's nearly impossible to jack someone in the face without winding up in court a month later and paying an annoyingly large fine. I swear to go, every guy I work worth goes to court atleast twice a month, or has to leave early for anger management classes, or works 70 hours a week because the state is garnishing his wages to pay fines.