I would really appreciate advice on how to handle people who are shorter/weaker than you, but still get in your face and try to start shit with you. By that, I mean they say really demeaning shit, and get all up in your face and try to piss you off and start something. I never have this problem until I am at least a week into a nofap streak for some reason. Do they think that I honestly won't punch them in the face? Do they get off on making me angry or something?

Both of the people that are starting this shit are the "alphas" of their respective groups (we all come together for events a couple of times a week), both are shorter than me, and both are probably about as strong or slightly weaker than I am. Am I correctly perceiving that they are fighting for dominance?