How often do you get challenged to fight?

aegeaorgnqergerh · 2020-05-03T00:54:13+00:00

Just a fact of life.

I have a friend who is a big guy - not body-builder big, but very strong with some fat on top. Not a looker either, and looks a bit rough. Always always had people starting on him on a night out, for no reason other than his size and some drunk insecure incel looking for someone to get angry with.

The worst fighter in the world too. Not literally - the guy did MMA and could beat any opponent in a training environment, but would always shy away from trouble. The one guy you'd want if some random group started on you and your friends on a night out, but he'd just shy away.

Fortunately not had it happen since putting some size on, but there's a lot of Irish Travellers around where I live ("gypsies" if you're not familiar, will just thieve, bare knuckle fight, trash pubs and bars, etc). One approached me and a friend late one night after we'd left some local bars and asked "do yous fight lads?" and we just said no so he dropped it and ended up chatting to us because we clearly weren't a threat. He was clearly just looking for trouble but coming up short. But if we'd both been bigger, and more up for fighting, we might have got angry, and beat the shit out of him. And then had 100 travellers destroying us and our family's lives for the next year until someone was dead.

So yeah, just fucking ignore it. Unless someone literally swings for you and you need to defend yourself, see it as a defence thing with some downsides.

Leonardslemons · 2020-05-03T01:14:26+00:00

People who want to fight, fight because they got something to prove, or because they can’t handle their emotions. Either way, it’s not about you.

So, don’t let it bother you, if someone attacks you, that’s the time to fight back, but you should try and deescalate as much as you can. You can get seriously injured in a fight, and it ain’t worth it. Only if you have to.

comcain · 2020-05-03T04:09:55+00:00

Kicking a dog is a real bad idea. Ask John Wick. "I have no use for a man who kicks a dog".

Cheers

MisterRoid · 2020-05-03T06:56:17+00:00

Most of the time fights between dogs are relatively harmless and just about dominance. Was your dog actually physically threatened? If not that was uncalled for and you deserve to have your ass kicked. I would react the same way as that man if I had a dog and some retard used excessive force against it.

Title	How often do you get challenged to fight?
Author	h0ud
Upvotes	1
Comments	5
Date	May 3, 2020 12:38 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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