[quote]imhungry wrote:
thaiclinch wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
thaiclinch wrote:
rock27 wrote:
MrSnuggles wrote:
…wait on 2nd thought… DANCE OFF!
Are you insane!!
A Dance-off is a sure way to get yourself killed. The streets are not what they used to be!
Dude that dog in your avitar is fukin JACKED!!!
He’s probably juicing.
Yeah ROIDZ 4 sho
He probably is always checking out himself in the mirror, and laughs at the skinny-fat dogs.[/quote]
Lol
[quote]Drizzt wrote:
rock27 wrote:
MrSnuggles wrote:
…wait on 2nd thought… DANCE OFF!
Are you insane!!
A Dance-off is a sure way to get yourself killed. The streets are not what they used to be!
Depends where your from… Here where I live court disputes are settled by dance offs.[/quote]
Samesies - except for the more serious crimes.
Those are solved through the medium of Nintendo Wii.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Drizzt wrote:
thaiclinch wrote:
Drizzt wrote:
thaiclinch wrote:
I had a guy at my girlfriends bar walk up and poke me in the side and ask if I wanted to fight outside and the looser buys the tab…I laughed my fucking ass off then realized he was serious…Dude was fukin hammered and just got back from a Nascar race…It took me about 15min to talk him out of fighting me ( Mind you this is in my girls bar) Luckly he was with some friends that know me and they talked him down and de-escilated the confrontaion…5-10 min later he appologized so I bought him a shot…he set it down and pushed me afterwards and his friends drug him outside…i finished my beer and followed him outside only to realize that he broke into someones car and passed out in the back seat with the door wide open, so my revenge was calling the cops and having him arrested for B&E…that was the best fight I ever got in…I didnt have to pull his face off and I still got satisfaction…PS he wasnt little he was about 210lbs…I was about 270lb at the time.
hahaha thats incredible. Sweet satisfaction of watching him roll away in cop car… priceless.
Funniest part is when the cops got there I explained how out of no where he was attempting to provoke a fight with me (mind u were talking next to the car and the guy is still passed out in it) and the cop started laughing pulled out his taser and asked if I wanted revenge like he was going to hand it to me…then he laughed put it away and cuffed the kid.
HAHA. police these days have a sense of humor.
Really? Where? I’m movin there.[/quote]
Charlotte NC…the more the merrier…Come on down and we can sit on park benches and stare down the pussies walking past us! We will be so tuff!
[quote]rock27 wrote:
Drizzt wrote:
rock27 wrote:
MrSnuggles wrote:
…wait on 2nd thought… DANCE OFF!
Are you insane!!
A Dance-off is a sure way to get yourself killed. The streets are not what they used to be!
Depends where your from… Here where I live court disputes are settled by dance offs.
Samesies - except for the more serious crimes.
Those are solved through the medium of Nintendo Wii.[/quote]
LOL,
Truth: A settlement betwean parties was actually once wagered on a game of horse shoes where I grew up.
[quote]thaiclinch wrote:
Charlotte NC…the more the merrier…Come on down and we can sit on park benches and stare down the pussies walking past us! We will be so tuff![/quote]
Sweet. I’m down. It doesn’t snow down there right?
I dont think staring is a reason to start a bar brawl.
Verbal - mabey, depends on the situation.
Physical - its on.
On of the worst fights I have been in was on accident.
Some guy thought I was someone else, he started yelling at me, stepping towards me, clenching.
I told him I had no idea who he was or who was talking about.
He thought I was lying, he swung, I threw him on the ground and started trying to break his face, etc, etc, and then you run from the cops with the bikes.
Let me tell you its hard to out run a guy on a bike when your wearing jeans, had to jump fences, that wasnt fun.
This whole thread is stupid… Do you not think that for someone to be “staring you down” that you also have to be “staring back at them”?
Maybe they think that YOU are staring THEM down…
FFS who has the time to worry about shit like this?
[quote]LiftSmart wrote:
I was at a lecture yesterday with a bunch of people and I was eating a huge sandwich.
I glanced up from my sandwich and this tough looking guy was staring directly at me.
I got startled and looked away. I feel as if I failed some test. [/quote]
sorry, I just wanted a bite is all.
[quote]Alex-L wrote:
This whole thread is stupid… Do you not think that for someone to be “staring you down” that you also have to be “staring back at them”?
Maybe they think that YOU are staring THEM down…
FFS who has the time to worry about shit like this?[/quote]
I don’t think people necessarily worry about this. But it is a facet of human behavior that, for some reason, can lead directly to physical violence. It’s also something that everyone here has encountered. The OP can post about whatever the fuck he wants.
And what the fuck is FFS? And I just saw “SWIM” the other day… what’s with all this gay ass abbreviation shit? Type the crap out.
[quote]NeedforStrength wrote:
yeah the only reason I brought this up is because it does get annoying, and no I don’t act like a douchebag. This tends to happen more often when people are in groups, as opposed to when people are alone. Like the other day, I was at a restaurant with a couple others and these guys, about 6-7 of them kept staring at us. Whatever it probably is an insecurity thing though.[/quote]
There was a guy at the gym who was staring at me. I took it the wrong way and avoided him. That was the same guy who came up to me the next week and said I “inspired” him to work out. Again, you don’t know what people are thinking.
You’ll be happier once you finally adopt a “fuck it” attitude about life and just focus on what you have to do.
[quote]NeedforStrength wrote:
Stare at them right back and risk getting into a verbal confrontation/fight, or just glance and walk away? Where I live there’s always morons who think their hardcore trying to stare you down, what do you guys normally do?? and am I pussy if I just glance at them and then stare right ahead as I walk by when this happens??[/quote]
Who the hell stares people down now a days? Do you live in a spaghetti western?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Ronsauce wrote:
This is actually a legitimate problem people run into…getting stared down?
Only the ones insecure enough to think everyone is thinking bad thoughts about them and that they need to do something about it.[/quote]
Yep.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
you don’t know what people are thinking.
You’ll be happier once you finally adopt a “fuck it” attitude about life and just focus on what you have to do. [/quote]
Best advice so far. I notice people staring at me all the time. I chalk it up to me being obscenely good-looking. I don’t have the time or the inclination to start shit with every one of these people.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
Big guys in a bar (and I mean muscular big as opposed to barrel chested big guys) are the #1 target as soon as guys get drunk. i have no idea why, but as soon as a big guy walks in, tons of shit talking starts going on all around about the big dude, how he’s probably on steroids, most likely has a small cock, and how “Yea, he’s big, but I’d fuck him up yo.”
Rarely, if ever, is any of this said to Big Guy’s face. It’s humorous. Guys are douchebags.
[/quote]
Very true. Seen this too many times.
The fact is that muscular guys get different reactions from strangers than an average guy would, and are treated differently by people in all aspects of life simply because of the build.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
Depends where you are. Most times looking directly at them for a couple seconds, then scanning away establishes that they’re not worth your time.
You guys can say what you want, but if you’re somewhere like less-than-reputable bar or something, eye contact is a big thing in establishing dominance and can lead directly to a fight. If you don’t believe me, go somewhere and give some dude hard looks for a couple minutes. He’ll say something.
Dude, I GREW UP in places like that. You get in fights by playing into it and staring back like there’s a problem.
Me too. I thought you were saying that the guy was worrying about something that doesn’t really happen.
I tend to avoid places where large groups of people will be extremely drunk. That seems to be the only time that caution is thrown to the wind and 170lbs guys start challenging people 100lbs bigger than them.
Big guys in a bar (and I mean muscular big as opposed to barrel chested big guys) are the #1 target as soon as guys get drunk. i have no idea why, but as soon as a big guy walks in, tons of shit talking starts going on all around about the big dude, how he’s probably on steroids, most likely has a small cock, and how “Yea, he’s big, but I’d fuck him up yo.”
Rarely, if ever, is any of this said to Big Guy’s face. It’s humorous. Guys are douchebags.
If someone is staring at me, I usually look back making eye contact and then look away. To do much more than that is ESCALATION, especially when it might be nothing at all (as it is in most cases)
I agree. I do the same.
I had to see it in real life before believed it, but people will fight you for looking at them crooked.
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What the hell kind of bars do you hang out in? I very seldom see a confrontation when I’m out. Aside from that I know how to avoid trouble by paying attention to my surroundings and avoiding trouble.
Maybe we don’t have as many wanna be tough guys here, or I’m big enough( I’m not that big), to old, or to married that people don’t seem to bother me.
Of course,a round here in Pa. I don’t see to many jacked guys. They don’t worry me at all. It’s the guys with guns that worry me. A 380 backup beats 275 lbs and a 500 lb bench if you’re not careful.
The best course I ever took was a lethal self defense course involving firearms. The instructors spent a lot of time teaching you how to be observant of your surroundings. I’ve dealt with the staring thing one time while out with a buddy a few years ago. I just ignored him but paid attention. He was very drunk and looking to be belligerent. the walked up behind my friend and I and called us a couple of faggots. I did not know this drunk ass.
I knew right where he was and already he had no weapon. After a minute or two of being ignored he sat back down and seemed to forget what he did. I was ready if he did anything, but it was a lot smoother night with no hassle which probably would not have been the case with a confrontation.
Ignoring them while you pay attention is the best idea. In the gym it could be as X said, you’re doing something right. Maybe the guy wants a spot or needs a hand.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
There was a guy at the gym who was staring at me. I took it the wrong way and avoided him. That was the same guy who came up to me the next week and said I “inspired” him to work out. Again, you don’t know what people are thinking.
[/quote]
This is the truth.
One time I was banging She Say and her girlfriend during my lunch hour in a hammock in my backyard. This guy wanders by (I think he was passing out political literature or something as it was back in late October) and stares at me over my fence for a good 5 minutes. I finally yell, “you gotta problem with me banging my wife and her girlfriend in a hammock in my back yard in broad daylight during my lunch hour jerk face?” He says, “No sir,just wandering where you bought that lovely hammock.” I hollared, “Hank’s Hammocks. You can find them online.” He thanked me and went on his way.
It is alllllllllll about communication people.
I’ve always found it’s best to make quick eye contact and say “hey” or just do the head nod thing. Acknowledge the person. Then they can’t get it in their head that your ignoring them somehow.
Funny story…
I was walking to lunch the other day. Empty sidewalk, one guy walking towards me. He’s young and dressed “street.” I do my usual, when he’s about 5 feet away I make eye contact and nod. Apparently he was deep in thought or I caught him off guard or something. The dude got a big, goofy smile on his face and freaking WAVED to me. From 5 feet away. I would have thought he was mentally challenged or something, but then he looked really embarrassed and hurried off.
It was awesome.
[quote]tom63 wrote:
Ignoring them while you pay attention is the best idea. In the gym it could be as X said, you’re doing something right. Maybe the guy wants a spot or needs a hand.
[/quote]
Yep, this has happened to me a few times. I’ve always been a little sensitive to people staring at me (no reason for it, really, just how I am), but on more than one occasion, a guy that I thought was staring at me with the intention to intimidate was actually just curious about a lift I was doing, or was waiting for me to finish so he could ask for a spot.
That said, if I’m out and about, at a bar or whatever, and I see somebody staring at me, I’ll usually look back, nod in acknowledgment, and go about my business… but I’ll keep aware of them. Usually, though, people in that situation aren’t staring AT you so much as THROUGH you, I.E. off into space. Don’t sweat it unless they fuck with you. And, even if they fuck with you, the smarter man will walk away. Why get stabbed, shot, or sucker punched over some other dude’s small dick syndrome?
If a big tuffy is staring me down, I’ve found singing ‘I’m Bad,’ whilst dancing like MJ in his video is all that needs to be done to quell any ill intentions a bully may have towards me.
Because Im bad, Im bad-come on
(bad bad-really, really bad)
You know Im bad, Im bad-you know it
(bad bad-really, really bad)
You know Im bad, Im bad-come on, you know
(bad bad-really, really bad)
And the whole world has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again,
Whos bad . . .
D
[quote]gonugs wrote:
I’ve always found it’s best to make quick eye contact and say “hey” or just do the head nod thing. Acknowledge the person. Then they can’t get it in their head that your ignoring them somehow.
Funny story…
I was walking to lunch the other day. Empty sidewalk, one guy walking towards me. He’s young and dressed “street.” I do my usual, when he’s about 5 feet away I make eye contact and nod. Apparently he was deep in thought or I caught him off guard or something. The dude got a big, goofy smile on his face and freaking WAVED to me. From 5 feet away. I would have thought he was mentally challenged or something, but then he looked really embarrassed and hurried off.
It was awesome.[/quote]
That is awesome. Great story. And I agree, that’s the right way to handle things (the eye contact and nod, not the goofy smile and wave) (though I would probably go with the latter myself).