How many street fights have you been in?

Reggie Beefcake wrote:

DeBron Lames wrote:

There's a whole big dangerous world out there to check out, Reggie. Time to step away from the Orange Julius at your local suburban mall and explore the world.

1.) It's not like you have to be a shut-in to avoid street fights. For example, say you have the option of going to a laid back bar with a docile, hipster clientele or a club that blasts terrible dance music and attracts people who wear too much cologne and think wearing tight t-shirts makes them look tough and intimidating. You are far, far more likely to get into a fight if you prefer the latter scene, and you'll probably have less fun to boot.

2.) The Orange Julius at the local suburban mall is most definitely "low class."

It takes only one person to start a fight, Beefcake.

Reggie Beefcake wrote:

DeBron Lames wrote:

There's a whole big dangerous world out there to check out, Reggie. Time to step away from the Orange Julius at your local suburban mall and explore the world.

1.) It's not like you have to be a shut-in to avoid street fights. For example, say you have the option of going to a laid back bar with a docile, hipster clientele or a club that blasts terrible dance music and attracts people who wear too much cologne and think wearing tight t-shirts makes them look tough and intimidating. You are far, far more likely to get into a fight if you prefer the latter scene, and you'll probably have less fun to boot.

2.) The Orange Julius at the local suburban mall is most definitely "low class."

What the hell does "high class" or "low class" have to do with this? There are millionaires, celebrities and broke bums who start fights. Not a year goes by that we don't see video of a celebrity or millionaire athlete in a fight.

I go for the eyes, nose, throat and kidneys, there are no rules. Been arrested twice for aggravated assault, both time cleared as self defense. Very expensive $$ legal fees. When you punch someone straight on the throat the fight last only a few seconds, bad thing is the consequences when you are being handcuffed, have the other person fighting for their life with a tracheotomy at a hospital and relying on every possible witness you can gather to make your case as self-defense so it gets very $$$, not to mention lawsuits, I learned that the hard way. If you can't handle that, stay away from it, after all you can be the one in the hospital, or morgue.

There is a simple philosophy for street fighting: You prefer jail or a hospital?

Well the 1st rule is I'm not supposed to talk about it but ...

When I was a teen, we had 2 minute bare fist fights in the neighborhood - Indianapolis - Broad Ripple. Gritty part of town then; artsy, hip and gentrified now. We all knew each other and matches were mutually agreed upon. Yes - we were all dumb$hits with nothing but time and little or no parental supervision. No head or nut shots. Pretty much everything else was fair game. When you're getting the $hit kicked out of you and can't breathe because someone just caved in your gut, 120 seconds is an eternity. Just throwing punches and sustaining your energy for that long is a huge ask. Man I look back on those days with a huge smile. I don't think they exist for kids anymore. I'm old and soft now and have never really been a brawler, but I sure as hell would not want to fight me.

I've been in over twenty, less than thirty. Idk the number. I broke so many peoples teeth and thats only at 135 5'9. I got knocked down by older dude once and got back up and knocked him out.

MoranMonitar wrote:

Reggie Beefcake wrote:

1.) It's not like you have to be a shut-in to avoid street fights. For example, say you have the option of going to a laid back bar with a docile, hipster clientele or a club that blasts terrible dance music and attracts people who wear too much cologne and think wearing tight t-shirts makes them look tough and intimidating. You are far, far more likely to get into a fight if you prefer the latter scene, and you'll probably have less fun to boot.

2.) The Orange Julius at the local suburban mall is most definitely "low class."

What the hell does "high class" or "low class" have to do with this? There are millionaires, celebrities and broke bums who start fights. Not a year goes by that we don't see video of a celebrity or millionaire athlete in a fight.

To provide an abstract perspective; I don't always consider wealthy people to be 'high class'. Having class is how you carry yourself. Tons of white trash millionaires out there.

And this is why OJ Simpson is not guilty. Pretty hard to kill two people in a street fight , at 60 years old, and only come out with a scratched knuckle.

'Cause in sleepy London town there's just no place for a street fighting man!

critic 100 wrote:

And this is why OJ Simpson is not guilty. Pretty hard to kill two people in a street fight , at 60 years old, and only come out with a scratched knuckle.

OJ had isotoners. Don't act like I never told you.

Your mama wears combat boots.

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You have no idea about who you're fighting, what they're capable of, and whether they brought something deadly.

Some people are out looking for a fight, and carry knives or other weapons. It's never worth taking the risk.

I have never been in a fight in my life.

Most street fighters are absolutely exhausted within the first minute, but they have to keep going to save face. Meanwhile, they are inwardly begging someone to stop them because they can barely lift their arms and no longer care about the issue that started the fight in the first place and just want to lie down and catch their breath.

Even with gloves, you can't kill two people in a fight without getting scared yourself... unless you are a ninja.

Between 6-10.

I lost a street fight with my shadow once, but, then, I'm scared of my own shadow. I tried to run away, but, amazingly, in the light of a late afternoon, that damn shadow stayed RIGHT WITH ME! Kicked my butt! There's a valuable lesson in there somewhere...

Fraidy cat wrote:

I lost a street fight with my shadow once, but, then, I'm scared of my own shadow. I tried to run away, but, amazingly, in the light of a late afternoon, that damn shadow stayed RIGHT WITH ME! Kicked my butt! There's a valuable lesson in there somewhere...

Next time call Chuck Norris , he will scare the shadow

Brandon^ wrote:

Counting from grade 8 till now i've lost only one fight due to a cheap shot. Never knocked out.

I'm not going to count school year fights because of hormones, emotions, and immaturity. Most of them never lasted long enough to do any real damage and none resulted in medical attention (ok, maybe neosporin and a bandaid).

However, I was in a couple of fights after turning 18. The first was when I was 19 and a buddy and I were jumped by 6 skinheads. Fought them off and ran our asses out of there. Racists are only brave when they have the numbers.

At 22, leaving the bar after last call, I stumbled into someone on the way out, bumping into them ever so gently. I quickly apologised but the other person was having none of it. Guy threatened to kick my arse outside. I was drunk and having none of it so I apologised again and walked away. Dude followed me outside, ranting and raving, started shoving me. His pals and mine kept telling him to drop it. Dude was about 6'2" and looked like he weighed about 230; I am 5'5" and at the time weighed about 120. He was apparently too drunk to let this shite slide so he shoved me into the outside wall of the bar, talking shite and name-calling.

[Have you ever seen that Eminem video where he & Dr Dre act as the conscious of various protagonists? Or that Dave Chapelle bit where Keeping It Real Goes Horribly Wrong? Yeah, it was something like that...]

Looking back on it, I think made the wrong decision but hey, I was 22 and drunk and it was 2am and eff this guy for shoving me into a brick wall. I straightened myself to be as tall as possible and bam-bam-bam got three quick hard hits into the guy, dropping that mofo like the fat sack of crap he was. No one knew what to do. I walked off with my friends, leaving dude's friends to take care of him. I'm just glad it didn't go sideways.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

I have never been in a fight in my life.

Nor have most non-morons. Granted, an occasion could arise that would result in a non-moron having to fight. It’s never happened to me or any other non-moron that I know though (excluding elementary/middle school nonsense).