DDM, Those who know they are good enough to inflict serious damage on someone, know the potential consequences of actually getting physical.
Its best done in self defense, and certainly not over something so mindlessly trivial....its beneath a self described "superior male".
Save your rage for when your best friend is found in bed with your old lady or something elsemore deserved.
(Just for the record, even a guy who is that size could do you some serious damage/knock you spark out, if they know what they are doing.)
2. He's far more annoying. He goes on for 5 minutes about lame-ass stories that no one cares about. The professors groan when ever he starts one of his stories. When I speak up, it's like, "SHA-1, compression function."
No, none of them do...cept maybe Jaden. Their posts clearly indicate that they feel fighting is immature.
I feel the opposite.
I love fighting.
You listened to your elementary teachers too much. They told you that after getting into a fight, the satisfaction of winning fades quickly and it's a hollow victory as longer term damage is done. I thoroughly disagree. Burying your fist into the face of the person you hate the most is one of the most satisfying and long lasting things a person can do. The feeling fades, sure, but it never goes away when you look back on it. You should try it some time. If someone trash talks you, knock them the **** out and tell me it doesn't feel good.
I think it takes a different kind of "maturity" to fight.
The way I'm going to settle this is very immature: remove all legal repercussions, make this something fun, possibly turn this event into a money maker and maybe even create a tradition of an annual fight at my college, and make a video of it. Sounds like a very mature thing to do.
I know this.
My OP quite clearly outlines the potential consequences of getting into a fight and I fully acknowledged it. I've been in loads of fights. I haven't been in an actual fight since I was 17, but I was always aware that something could go wrong and the other person could die and I'd get charged with second degree murder.
It most certainly was self defense. I certainly wasn't just going to stand there and listen to him yell at me at the top of his lungs, dropping insults and f-bombs at me in front of my professors.
With great power comes great responsibility.
I was pissed. But I was fully in control of what I was doing. I just forgot about the fact that I was still on campus. If we weren't, on campus, it would have resulted in a very fun street fight...in this little *****'s favor, he doesn't seem the type to be a pussy and call the cops.
I've lost it before and not planned jack: this was not that situation.
He is active Army. He very well could know what he's doing, even if he's an out of shape, small, flabby man. Like I said, he could knock me out. That's fine. As long as I get at least a good hit in, I'll feel better.
Also, it's easy for you to say basically everything I've already said, and then call me immature for wanting to fight. However, I did back down, knowing full well that it would piss me off for weeks that I did so, knowing that I would be saving myself thousands of dollars in tuition, knowing that I wouldn't get expelled, etc. I've beaten the shit out of loud mouths for less than what Mr. Grumpy pants did.
Back to the "story":
So, last night, I couldn't sleep. All I could think about is how much I wanted to beat the shit out of that guy and how disappointed I am for not fighting.
It was probably being a know-it-all. People don't like it I've found out. I may know all the answers to the professors questions, but I rarely answer them unless absolutely nobody else can (and the professor is getting angry).
The dick shouldn't have gotten that mad though. What a weirdo.
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First off, the guy is active Army, still in college or got a late start, and he's cussing you out in front of school administrators??? Obviously this guy has screws loose. Maybe you are an annoying ass in class, but there's one of those in every class, so he should have not started shit with you and just dealt with it. Yes, I agree, he did start shit with you. I also agree, a guy such as yourself who has been in fights is going to have a hard time letting this go, no matter how lame or immature it is. I feel you there.
Of course you should have simply looked at him like he was retarded and said, "What evs'," then ignored him. He is useless to your future and can only get you in trouble. But, the fact remains you like to fight, you are young, you CAN fight, and you are not going to let anyone walk all over you like that. Okay, I understand that.
With all that said, the biggest mistake you made was saying you were joking. You SHOULD feel like a pussy. What happened is you got scared. You got scared of screwing up your future, which is a sign of intelligence on your part. You have a wife, a kid (maybe kids,) I believe a house as well.... what were you thinking you dumb ass!! I guess it's called evolution. You used to jump at the chance to fight, now you are finding yourself trying to get out of fights, and soon enough you will learn how to avoid situations in general that might lead to fights, so you are doing fine my friend.
What I think you should have done instead of telling him you were joking, is straight up told him he wasn't worth it and walked away. It's the hardest thing to do, and it'll mentally drive you nuts for a good three weeks, but after that, you realize you did the right thing. I think you should let it go at this point, don't offer to fight him MMA style or whatever, that shit is ridiculous, he would probably think of you as an even bigger pussy and just try to fight you right then and there. So from this point on, forget about it. Give it three weeks, you may get over it. However, if he taunts you throughout the rest of the year, if he mad dogs you at school, if he won't let it go, then you wait til' the last day of school, follow him out of the parking lot, pull up next to him and signal him to pull over, then get out of your car, pray there are no police around, and kick the living shit out of him. Once he's laying on the ground, spit in his face and say, "If you ever **** with me again, I"ll kill you." Then drive home, kiss your kids, eat dinner, watch some tv, put the kids to bed, and **** your wife.
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You're probably right. You've given the best advice in this thread, thus far.
I just don't like to sit there in class for 3 full hours straight when all "we" have to do is just answer the professor's questions when he asks....if we don't, then he explains it. After so many questions, it adds up.
My nickname is "Hermione" in class. I can see how that would piss someone off, but not to the point of wanting to hit the person. I guess they don't see the benefit of just answering the questions. It's not a hard class...it's just network security. Most to all students are already working in networking, anyway.
I dunno...
But, I think you're right. I suspected this, but also assumed it was the two nerdy jokes. But I'm going to assume it was the know-it-all things and not the two lame jokes. It seems obvious, now, but I wasn't sure yesterday.
Maybe. Or it's a hobby?
I agree on the first point and disagree on the second. Fighting is fun.
Odd. Since I haven't been in a fight since I was 17..and I saw fight club for the first time when I was 21. I guess not all of KMC is hopelessly lost in fantasy, right?
No, that's not how it works. That's a fallacious characterization.
I don't have a desire to fight, actively. The desire only comes AFTER someone pisses me off. Duh?
Also, the same could be said about your time on the internet...which is said quite often.
And, I go to school full time and work full time. I am definitely not in the need for any additional mental stimuli.
Thanks for that new and original insight.
If you'd like..the same biological mechanisms that make a man sexually active are also the same mechanisms that make him aggressive.
I most certainly have been in loads of fights. I have NEVER lost. I'm quite good. That's why I did MMA for a while because I was a "natural."
You newb. What I said to Genesis was COMPLETE sarcasm. And, no, I certainly have said plenty of times that I like to fight. Nothing new there.
I plan to visit the UK in a couple of years. Specifically, Scotland. I'll look you up and we can have some fun. You kicked two thugs asses at the same time...so you may give me a run for my money. Sounds fun!
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Do you really feel that getting into a fight is necessary? I mean, you have a wife and kids... I'd think that simple fact would stop you from putting yourself or another person in possible danger.
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