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Have you ever been in a fist fight?

I've been in plenty, about one every 2-3 weeks. Fortunately, i did boxing for more than 10 years, so i win most of them. :D
Some of them are started by me, some aren't. I actually like to fight, when i'm bored i'm looking to start fights.
Here, if somebody throws the first punch he will be guilty when the police comes (i can even kill him, the police can't do anything to me, i was just defending myself).
It's so fun! You just go behind a guy, make him hit you (curse at him, call him names, spit in his face) and after that, you can basically beat the **** out of him, break his teeth,etc and when you're done call the police. As long as you have a witness (my GF, most of the times, films the whole thing), you're ok. :)
 
Shrink said:
Aah...stupid of me. Of course, everyone should learn to be punched in the head. Clearly an essential skill...coping with concussions is a useful skill, indeed.

Missing out on important childhood experiences can be troublesome all one's life, I'm told. I wish for you the resolution of this issue though many punches to the head.

Empathy...essential to my work...



:eek:
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Great. You gave me advice in a calming, professional manner. I bet the bill is already in the mail. :mad:
 
ElectronGuru said:
Elementary school, a bully kept after me. Until one day we went at it. Don't remember the specific outcome. We both walked away, and that was that.

High school, another bully tried messing with me after gym. I pushed him backwards through a crowd of people and pinned him to the wall. He didn't escalate and that was that.

I don't like bullies.
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I am glad I was never bullied and got along with everyone
 
Quite frequently in Elementary. I got made fun of a lot because of how I walked due to feet problems. Learned how to box. After knocking the snot out of anyone that made fun of my walking the teasing ended. Although I got in a couple of scrapes when someone tried to bully a friend. I hung out with the small nerdy kids.

When starting Junior High a couple older students tried to bully me like every other new student. Given that I instantly slammed them into lockers, with no hesitation or arguing. They quickly lost interest in me as a potential underclassman to target.

By High School I was bigger than most seniors as a freshman. I wasn't bothered by anyone so I haven't been in a fight since Junior High.
 
Shrink said:
And what if you lived in a neighborhood where you were bullied, and there was fighting...but you didn't?

Is that still privileged?
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If you were bullied and didn't stop it, you were weak.

Bullies only understand violence and once you put them in their place, they move on to someone else that they think is weak enough to deal with their tactics or stop bullying.

I've dealt with Bullies much bigger than myself and taught them very valuable lessons about bullying, some went to the hospital, others moved on
 
thehustleman said:
If you were bullied and didn't stop it, you were weak.

Bullies only understand violence and once you put them in their place, they move on to someone else that they think is weak enough to deal with their tactics or stop bullying.

I've dealt with Bullies much bigger than myself and taught them very valuable lessons about bullying, some went to the hospital, others moved on
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Well, at least now I'm not "privileged"...just weak...
 
Pompiliu said:
I've been in plenty, about one every 2-3 weeks. Fortunately, i did boxing for more than 10 years, so i win most of them. :D
Some of them are started by me, some aren't. I actually like to fight, when i'm bored i'm looking to start fights.
Here, if somebody throws the first punch he will be guilty when the police comes (i can even kill him, the police can't do anything to me, i was just defending myself).
It's so fun! You just go behind a guy, make him hit you (curse at him, call him names, spit in his face) and after that, you can basically beat the **** out of him, break his teeth,etc and when you're done call the police. As long as you have a witness (my GF, most of the times, films the whole thing), you're ok. :)
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So basically, you're admitting you're a manipulative bully.

Good to know.
 
My last one was when I was in the Army over 40 years ago.

This idiot tossed a blueberry pie plate on my floor. I asked him nice to pick it up. He said, "F U". As he headed out the door I picked up that pie tin and frisbeed it at him, hitting the back of his tan uniform and leaving a nice blueberry streak on it. That wasn't coming out no matter how many times you wash it. He turned around and said the wrong thing to me. He said, "Now I'm going to kick your a##". I got off 3 quick shots, one to his jaw, one to his ribs, and on the way down one to his forehead. He dropped and for about 10 seconds was knocked out. It was the jaw shot that dropped him.

This had spilled out to the hallway. The Supply Room where I worked was right next to the CO's office. I saw movement looked up and saw the CO looking at me. As soon as I looked up the CO went into his office. That took the fight right out of me, article 15 for sure, bust to private, lose a month or 2 of pay.

The guy got up and said to me, "You wait... I'm gonna get the brothers after you." I gave it right back to him, "You ain't got no brothers." So he goes off to the motor pool.

An hour goes by. The first sergeant pokes his head in and tells me that the Captain wants to see me. I go in to his office, the CO, 1st Lt, and the first Sargent are sitting down at a long table. They start laughing. I tell them what happened. They tell me that the first thing the Captain did was go into his office and call the other guys workplace. That guy gets into work... his jaw look like he has a golf ball in his cheek. His coworkers all go over to him and engage him in conversation. You see this guy was the most hated person in our company, and for very good reason.

The CO told me that that guy was having a very bad day. He was going to see the Captain at lunch and he was getting an article 15 for something he had done in the past. The Sargent told me that they all wanted to punch him out, but career wise they couldn't. Anyway that was my last fight... I'm really not a violent person... I'm really kind of meek and mild.... just don't drop a blueberry pie plate on my floor and we can be friends.
 
Well, I grew up in a tough neiborood so yes, many times but most people that I know ( and I know a lot of people!) never had. So I would say that you are pretty normal.

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iBlazed said:
Just curious. I'm almost 25 and have never actually been in a fist fight. Not really sure why, it's just never happened. Just wondering how common that is, so please share your stories. Maybe I should add a poll to this.
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Well, I grew up in a tough neibourhood so yes, many times. But most people that I know, and I know a lot of people, never had. So, you are on the common side.
 
Pompiliu said:
I've been in plenty, about one every 2-3 weeks. Fortunately, i did boxing for more than 10 years, so i win most of them. :D
Some of them are started by me, some aren't. I actually like to fight, when i'm bored i'm looking to start fights.
Here, if somebody throws the first punch he will be guilty when the police comes (i can even kill him, the police can't do anything to me, i was just defending myself).
It's so fun! You just go behind a guy, make him hit you (curse at him, call him names, spit in his face) and after that, you can basically beat the **** out of him, break his teeth,etc and when you're done call the police. As long as you have a witness (my GF, most of the times, films the whole thing), you're ok. :)
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You're a horrible human being.
 
yes

in High School because I hung out with a person a certain click were threatened by. They had threatened me with violence for days until the stuff hit the fan in between classes.

One of the boys in the click started and broke my glasses.

:mad: Game over.

I gave him a bloody nose and shins.

I was not suspended. Two days later, the kid who started the fight and his click were suddenly nice to me.

I blew them off.

These days, I just ignore people.
 
mobilehaathi said:
I have to admit that deriving joy from violence is an utterly foreign experience for me.
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So you don't like boxing or MMA

There's a difference in having a mutual one on one fight to settle things vs shooting, stabbing, and jumping someone. I can fight someone and be friends afterwards win or lose.
 

Very interesting thread on an interesting and little discussed topic.

Also interesting is how the thread has gradually evolved from a discussion whereby a number of individuals (usually older posters) recalled a fight, usually one they couldn't avoid, described it, and - irrespective of whether they won -and emphatically decided against this as a way of living their lives (often in heartfelt 'never again' terms).

Some of the more thoughtful posts have described coming to terms with their own emotional triggers and thus learned to control their temper, which is impressive and interesting.

This is in marked contrast to the tone taken by some of the later posters, (perhaps younger people) who seem to take a sort of pleasure in being able to administer physical punishment.

Maybe it is me, and the fact that I am not in the first flush of youth; or maybe it is that I am female. Maybe it is the fact that I have always worn spectacles, and spectacles and violence rarely mix happily. However, even as a child, I detested violence, and never thought it an appropriate way of addressing problems; indeed, and even as a child, I disliked those who gloried in it.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
This is in marked contrast to the tone taken by some of the later posters, (perhaps younger people) who seem to take a sort of pleasure in being able to administer physical punishment.
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We live in a society that entertains itself with MMA, video games with a ton of violence, and non-stop action movies. Not really surprising that this type of stuff starts seeping into the psyche of people.
 
Scepticalscribe said:

Maybe it is me, and the fact that I am not in the first flush of youth; or maybe it is that I am female. Maybe it is the fact that I have always worn spectacles, and spectacles and violence rarely mix happily. However, even as a child, I detested violence, and never thought it an appropriate way of addressing problems; indeed, and even as a child, I disliked those who gloried in it.
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Well, I'm male and (for the time being) young, and I have always felt the same. I am hopelessly spectacled, though. ;)

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ugahairydawgs said:
We live in a society that entertains itself with MMA, video games with a ton of violence, and non-stop action movies. Not really surprising that this type of stuff starts seeping into the psyche of people.
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We are, indeed, steeped in violence.
 
I was a bouncer for about 7 years. So yes. I've been in many a fight. Had guns pulled, knives, hit with bar stools, blasted with pepper spray, nearly got a stun-gun in the face, you name it.

It's not fun, it's not exhilarating, it's exhausting and stressful. Anyone who says a fight is fun beyond a little primal adrenaline release, in my mind, has some growing up to do.

NOTE: I'm not talking about combat sports like boxing/MMA/TKD or whatever. That's different. That's two people coming together for a competition, and that's cool. I'm talking about knuckle-down fights between two angry people who are out to damage one another for personal reasons. I can't stand it.
 
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