Defending Me and Powerlifting

Training Powerlifting
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[quote]shizen wrote:
Honestly your such a pussy someone calling you a faggot forced you to fight them? Have some self control that was probably the worst thing you could have done in that situation. This might be fine if you are in junior high but it is not how ADULTS handle problems.

You should have talked to the guy face to face and let him know what you think. Or better yet take him to the gym with you and show him what you do, make him do a hardcore leg day.

You should call this guy up and apologize for being such an asshole, and talk to him. [/quote]

Alright, maybe missed something, or I forgot to type something, but this guy has has been fucking with me for months. Hes the kind of guy that if you talked to, he would make fun of you for something, anything, the way you dress, look, talk etc.

I warned him id say about 3 times over the 6 months to shut the fuck up, but he didnt want to listen. So, as I get out of my car, he greets my with a kind “hello faggot”. Im use to it, and dont really care.

But as the day goes on, he keeps making a reference to me about hom gay I am for powerlifting. So I snapped, I guess after months and months of this shit I couldnt fucking handle it.

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Holy shit… The guy gets pissed off after taking some shit and all he gets as answers is PC bullshit? Even worse, he gets called a pussy for it?

Sure, don’t go around “I powerlift this I powerlift that, you’re all idiots” but the kind of shit this kid got is not acceptable. This is not some Hell’s Angels or Blood or Sicilian mafia or whatever kind of criminal organization there exists, this is a teen talking shit to another teen, and getting schooled for it. I say all in all: not that bad a decision.

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[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
Kulturkampf wrote:
Hanley wrote:

It might seem like the right thing to do in high school, but if you start doing things like that on the street, the REAL street, you’ll either end up getting a gang beatdown, or a knife somewhere.

Just be careful.

That’s why you should get a concealed carry permit and pack some heat.

And OctoberGirl, maybe it’s just because I’m young too, but if someone gets into a fight, that doesn’t mean they “have issues and need to grow up,” it means that thought that was the best solution to said problem, and dealt with it accordingly.

Fuck it, if he fought someone and won, more power to him. That doesn’t make him any less of a person or immature, it just means he used one of the many options possible given the situation. If he just continued to shrug it off, I’m sure there’d be people asking why he didn’t hit the kid.

well I definitely disagree with you.

In fact I am hoping he is young and that is why he handled it so badly.

and yes… if you get violent because someone calls your sport a faggot, then you have issues

learn this phrase “one punch homicide”

and I can’t believe you think it is admirable that he “fought someone and won”. He wasn’t in a ring, he wasn’t defeding his life, he wasn’t sticking up for some poor victim, someone poked fun at his HOBBY

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Im sorry, but just stop typing, I was asking if I was wrong or right, I dont mind how these guys give me ADVICE, theyre expirienced is this stuff. But you just dont know what your talking about, your giving me the worst possible things that could happen, in a normal situation, kids fight, simple.

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[quote]Willus wrote:
I can already tell you are very young. Here is a rule of thumb for resorting to violence: The only sound justification for violence is in defence of your own safety or someone else’s safety. If you can walk away, walk. Never lay a hand on someone out of anger.
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Thanks man

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Somehow I doubt that this action was truly motivated by your desire to uphold the sanctity of powerlifting.

People will believe WHATEVER they want.

This isn’t a big deal but I remember just last week some skinny-fat kid informing me that training like a powerlifter just teaches you to “blow your load” in an instant and that being able to Squat heavy weights doesn’t have any carry-over to anything else.

I could have argued with him. I could have pointed out how other types of endurance sports don’t have very strong carry overs and how Lance Armstrong thought that the NY Marathon was the hardest thing he had ever done.

I could have pointed out how much Michael Jordan sucked at baseball. I could have made a pretty good argument that Squatting probably ranks pretty high in terms of performance carryover for almost any sport.

But most of the time you can tell if you’re dealing with someone who’d rather have a discussion, or who’d rather die with the belief that they were right every fucking moment of their life.

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My POV, take it for what it’s worth:

-As long as he wasn’t stomping on the kids head on the cement, no big deal

-If the kid is going to talk shit and run, he had it coming. NOT TO SAY you did the right thing however

-If you don’t beat on him while he’s on the pavement, you just taught him not to poke the sleeping bear, without any serious damage.

Bud, don’t resort to this again unless you have too. I’m not going to condemn you for it. But this is ONLY to be done when people are on your case for long periods of time, or when defending yourself, or someone else.

As long as you didn’t beat the fucker when he was down, I see no real issue here. Teenagers typically can’t do real damage to each other until they hit the floor. That’s when people have to go to the hospital.

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[quote]BigMbot wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
Kulturkampf wrote:
Hanley wrote:

It might seem like the right thing to do in high school, but if you start doing things like that on the street, the REAL street, you’ll either end up getting a gang beatdown, or a knife somewhere.

Just be careful.

That’s why you should get a concealed carry permit and pack some heat.

And OctoberGirl, maybe it’s just because I’m young too, but if someone gets into a fight, that doesn’t mean they “have issues and need to grow up,” it means that thought that was the best solution to said problem, and dealt with it accordingly.

Fuck it, if he fought someone and won, more power to him. That doesn’t make him any less of a person or immature, it just means he used one of the many options possible given the situation. If he just continued to shrug it off, I’m sure there’d be people asking why he didn’t hit the kid.

well I definitely disagree with you.

In fact I am hoping he is young and that is why he handled it so badly.

and yes… if you get violent because someone calls your sport a faggot, then you have issues

learn this phrase “one punch homicide”

and I can’t believe you think it is admirable that he “fought someone and won”. He wasn’t in a ring, he wasn’t defeding his life, he wasn’t sticking up for some poor victim, someone poked fun at his HOBBY

Im sorry, but just stop typing, I was asking if I was wrong or right, I dont mind how these guys give me ADVICE, theyre expirienced is this stuff. But you just dont know what your talking about, your giving me the worst possible things that could happen, in a normal situation, kids fight, simple.[/quote]

you really are an idiot.

worse, you are a temper tantrum throwing kid

you aren’t looking for advice, you want someone to pat you on the back and call you “good boy”

and stupid if you think you can edit who you want to post on your thread

life has some surprises for you boy

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[quote]FightingScott wrote:
Somehow I doubt that this action was truly motivated by your desire to uphold the sanctity of powerlifting.

People will believe WHATEVER they want.

This isn’t a big deal but I remember just last week some skinny-fat kid informing me that training like a powerlifter just teaches you to “blow your load” in an instant and that being able to Squat heavy weights doesn’t have any carry-over to anything else.

I could have argued with him. I could have pointed out how other types of endurance sports don’t have very strong carry overs and how Lance Armstrong thought that the NY Marathon was the hardest thing he had ever done.

I could have pointed out how much Michael Jordan sucked at baseball. I could have made a pretty good argument that Squatting probably ranks pretty high in terms of performance carryover for almost any sport.

But most of the time you can tell if you’re dealing with someone who’d rather have a discussion, or who’d rather die with the belief that they were right every fucking moment of their life. [/quote]

Ok, Ive said it like 1000 times, I did it mostly because of the shit he has done to me, and when he said powerlifting is for faggots and so are you, I got a little offended, I did it for myslelf also.

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Verbal abuse month after month doesn’t result without consequence. The kid deserved it in this case, and let that be a lesson to him for mouthing off after countless warnings.

However, keep in mind for every action you make, there will be a reaction(what will he do back to you now that you have hurt his pride?).

Your a bigger man than that. Next time, don’t let useless comments get to you. And if I were you, I would avoid that kid at all costs so no more confrontations occur!!!

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[quote]shizen wrote:
Honestly your such a pussy someone calling you a faggot forced you to fight them? Have some self control that was probably the worst thing you could have done in that situation. This might be fine if you are in junior high but it is not how ADULTS handle problems.

You should have talked to the guy face to face and let him know what you think. Or better yet take him to the gym with you and show him what you do, make him do a hardcore leg day.

You should call this guy up and apologize for being such an asshole, and talk to him. [/quote]

Are you FUCKING kidding me? Have you ever talked to an asshole face to face and had him do an “hardcore leg day”?

I know the kind of person this guy had to deal with, they go to the local bar to talk shit to everyone’s name they know and when some fed-up drunk guy wants to take it outside they run off like the wimps they are. Thgey’re ALL the same. Talking to them face to face is never gonna happen, much less bringing them to the gym.

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Courts won’t take the “he teased me and hurt my feelings” as a defense

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Sometimes when I’m cut off in traffic or someone’s giving me shit for no other reason than that they know it’s not socially or legally permissible for me to wreck their shit, I fantasize about living in a world more like the wild west.

More like the open frontier. If you got a trouble-maker or a law-breaker, you do the most efficient thing: you just kick their ass or shoot them dead.

But in all honesty I’d much rather live in another fantasy world. A world where people actually watch out for each other and respect one another because they live in a society where everyone acts in a way that deserves respect. A world where you don’t need to kick anyone’s ass in the first place.

Being a violent asshole might make me feel like I’m living in the first fantasy world, but it won’t bring reality any closer to the second fantasy world.

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And if you’re that much more jacked than this kid, there are probably 1,000 other ways to humiliate him without knocking him out. Noogies, Full Nelsons, Squatting his puny body until he feels sick, blocking doorways, etc.

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Some people here have absolutely ZERO understanding of what is going on. Retards like that guy are plenty when you’re 16, and getting pissed over them is not being foolish or a kid or whatever, it’s life. That’s stuff that happens in those times.

I wish I would have actually stood up more in this kind of situation. Lame people like that need a spanking or two to get in the right direction in life.

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[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:

Courts won’t take the “he teased me and hurt my feelings” as a defense

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If courts take the case in the first place, I will laugh. I will also go harass someone else for the profit to be made.

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[quote]daraz wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:

Courts won’t take the “he teased me and hurt my feelings” as a defense

If courts take the case in the first place, I will laugh. I will also go harass someone else for the profit to be made.[/quote]

the only thing it takes to bring a case to court is a filing fee

really

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My God…

It’s almost as if young lads across the nation have never engaged in the coming-of-age, schoolyard sport of fisticuffs, before.

Time was, you walked home after getting in a scrape by the flagpole after 4th period and your pops would just tilt down the corner of his newspaper and grunt through the pipe smoke, “Hope you gave as good as you got.”

Your mother might wring her hands in her apron and wonder whatever happened to her precious, innocent schnookums, and your father would just reassure her that “boys will be boys” and maybe even get you some frozen meat to put over your eye.

He’d never tell you he was proud of you - but the way he patted you on the back as you skulked to your room said more than words ever could.

Now, grown men menstruate at the idea of children punching each other.

The fastest way to reassert yourself to a bully is a fist to his face. I doubt he’ll so much as make eye contact when he sees you in school, now.

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[quote]anonym wrote:
My God…

It’s almost as if young lads across the nation have never engaged in the coming-of-age, schoolyard sport of fisticuffs, before.

Time was, you walked home after getting in a scrape by the flagpole after 4th period and your pops would just tilt down the corner of his newspaper and grunt through the pipe smoke, “Hope you gave as good as you got.” Your mother might wring her hands in her apron and wonder whatever happened to her precious, innocent schnookums, and your father would just reassure her that “boys will be boys” and maybe even get you some frozen meat to put over your eye. He’d never tell you he was proud of you - but the way he patted you on the back as you skulked to your room said more than words ever could.

Now, grown men menstruate at the idea of children punching each other.

The fastest way to reassert yourself to a bully is a fist to the face. I doubt he’ll so much as make eye contact when he sees you in school, now.[/quote]

I think your poetic (lol!) way of saying things is nice. That’s pretty much what I’ve been trying to say, only I’ve most likely said it very wrong and not well-written way.

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[quote]anonym wrote:
My God…

It’s almost as if young lads across the nation have never engaged in the coming-of-age, schoolyard sport of fisticuffs, before.

Time was, you walked home after getting in a scrape by the flagpole after 4th period and your pops would just tilt down the corner of his newspaper and grunt through the pipe smoke, “Hope you gave as good as you got.”

Your mother might wring her hands in her apron and wonder whatever happened to her precious, innocent schnookums, and your father would just reassure her that “boys will be boys” and maybe even get you some frozen meat to put over your eye.

He’d never tell you he was proud of you - but the way he patted you on the back as you skulked to your room said more than words ever could.

Now, grown men menstruate at the idea of children punching each other.

The fastest way to reassert yourself to a bully is a fist to his face. I doubt he’ll so much as make eye contact when he sees you in school, now.[/quote]

depends on who was the bully

I grew up on a marine corps base, my dad was a pro-boxer, my brother golden gloves and they never had anything to prove

it’s one thing to defend yourself, you should if you are physically threatened, it’s another to do it because you got teased

no one here is saying to never throw a punch, so that is just a ridiculous insinuation

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[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
depends on who was the bully

I grew up on a marine corps base, my dad was a pro-boxer, my brother golden gloves and they never had anything to prove

it’s one thing to defend yourself, you should if you are physically threatened, it’s another to do it because you got teased

no one here is saying to never throw a punch, so that is just a ridiculous insinuation[/quote]

Who was calling whom a faggot for months on end? The other kid was clearly the instigator in this situation - his major fault being that he didn’t pick his victim particularly wisely.

As for the “never had anything to prove” comment…the kid is 15. It’s a tender age for someone to have to endure taunts regarding his sexuality (because everyone knows how kids can run with that) and his favorite hobby.

When you are at that age, saying you have “nothing to prove” registers in the ears of your peers as “being a pussy”.

It was a fist fight, not a curb-stompathon…children do this every damn day.

And, let’s face it - that kid’s bruises will heal in a few weeks. The taunting will stop forever.

I doubt the OP is like a wild animal that has acquired a taste for human blood…given the way the story unfolded, it sounds to me like he’s got a great deal of restraint as it is. I’m not particularly worried about him making a habit of this.