Luftgekuehlt67
Well-Known Member
I hope he's OK, my heart skips a beat when I see "serious head injury" but my read on this is it's a "serious head injury" of the bad cut/bruise type rather than of the brain damage variety.
Sorry to have to talk trash about my own gender like this but, man, guys can be so damned stupid. Call it toxic masculinity or macho or whatever but the whole scene is just not for me. I'm not talking self defense, I'm talking about guys talking shit and throwing punches all for what amounts to nothing.
I was walking home from school in Jr high with a buddy of mine who had somehow or another made enemies with these couple guys from our class. They tailed us home one day, calling us names, taunting, etc. I didn't even fuckin' know these guys, btw. They eventually caught up to us and I had to decide if I wanted to be shoved in the back or the chest. I turned to face these guys and, indeed, got shoved in the chest and slapped across the face. First and last time I've ever been touched in anger. I literally ran. Dudes loved it, I could hear them yelling and taunting the whole time, calling me every variation of "pussy" you can think of. I have zero shame about it, none. I'd behave the same way today, but I'd call the cops once I was a safe distant away from these anti-social walking skid marks. My safety is infinitely more important than whatever the hell I would supposedly be proving in one of those situations.
My tune would change a bit if it were something like chronic bullying or anything resembling self defense (ie a binary choice between fighting or getting beat up). But if I can run to safety? Bye, I'm out. I like how my face looks if nothing else lol.
Sorry to have to talk trash about my own gender like this but, man, guys can be so damned stupid. Call it toxic masculinity or macho or whatever but the whole scene is just not for me. I'm not talking self defense, I'm talking about guys talking shit and throwing punches all for what amounts to nothing.
I was walking home from school in Jr high with a buddy of mine who had somehow or another made enemies with these couple guys from our class. They tailed us home one day, calling us names, taunting, etc. I didn't even fuckin' know these guys, btw. They eventually caught up to us and I had to decide if I wanted to be shoved in the back or the chest. I turned to face these guys and, indeed, got shoved in the chest and slapped across the face. First and last time I've ever been touched in anger. I literally ran. Dudes loved it, I could hear them yelling and taunting the whole time, calling me every variation of "pussy" you can think of. I have zero shame about it, none. I'd behave the same way today, but I'd call the cops once I was a safe distant away from these anti-social walking skid marks. My safety is infinitely more important than whatever the hell I would supposedly be proving in one of those situations.
My tune would change a bit if it were something like chronic bullying or anything resembling self defense (ie a binary choice between fighting or getting beat up). But if I can run to safety? Bye, I'm out. I like how my face looks if nothing else lol.
