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[AJUMP23]

No. I did break up a fight between teens one time, but I didn’t need to fight they saw me and walked away. Besides their victim was already on the ground in the fetal position.

 

[MastAndo]

Surprisingly, no, given that I've been frequenting bars since my early 20's and still do so regularly. I'm no troublemaker, but over the years, I've gotten in the face of a few people who were starting shit with my friends, and had some choice words/put my hands on a couple of them. Nothing ever went beyond that, fortunately. I'm hardly a tough guy, but I'm not small, so I guess that works in my favor.

I find that most people are trying to avoid fighting, drunk or not, and the ones that are interested are pretty easy to spot so they can be avoided or dealt with in a less aggressive manner.

 

[Northeastmonk]

In high school I wanted to know what being punched felt like because I didn’t want to come off all surprised if it ever did happen to me. I had a kid in gym class punch me. Sounds stupid to be honest. The kid who hit me was a baseball player and he had a strong pitching arm. It sliced open the length of my eyebrow. I still have a scar. I had to leave school and the doctor had to put a bunch of stitches in. I looked like I had been in a fight for a couple weeks with my black eye.

Outside of that no. That type of fighting attitude seemed to end as an adult. I took an anger management class back in high school and all the guys in that had issues with fighting. We were sorta taught that that type of lifestyle will lead you to prison. We even got to tour a prison and talked to some guy who killed someone.

 

[Ikutachi]

I've wanted to and felt it was the only solution to set some people straight. I'm not going to jail over pride.

 

[bitbydeath]

Nope, I’ve only been in one fight before when I was younger and I didn’t need to throw a punch, just grabbed their arm and twisted it behind their back until they begged me to stop. Fight ended and they never challenged me again.

 

[Putonahappyface]

I've had a few non instigated alterations through the years which were awful. I can take the verbal diarrhea just not my personal space being invaded or unwanted physical contact. I've broken up many fights, the worst one was getting a knife out of someone's hand and wrestling them to the ground, I was lucky not to get cut with all the thrashing about.

Lifes a treat.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I’m a lover, not a fighter.

 

[ClanOfNone]

44 years on this planet, never thrown a punch or been punched. A trend I'm happy with and hope to continue for however many revolutions I've got left.

 

[Ash Sparrow]

sadly age 38 against my brother

 

[haxan7]

I've wanted to and felt it was the only solution to set some people straight. I'm not going to jail over pride.

Spoiler

I have too much time on my hands

 

[Nobody_Important]

Spoiler

I have too much time on my hands

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Last fight I got into I was 16. In fact, all six fights I've ever been in have been between the ages of 15 and 17. They were all lame.

 

[Mossybrew]

Nope, at almost 48 years of age never. I was however cold-cocked once, driving home from a friends at like midnight or so, I was maybe 19, this car was stopped in the middle of the street near my place. I naturally passed them but they followed me back to my apartment. I got out and thought "hey we can talk this out:" right and approached the driver who also got out of his car and honestly I never even saw it coming, I was just dazed and thought my glasses had come off but they hadn't, by the time I got my senses back these chicks he was with had coaxed him back into the car and he took off. So random.

 

[Cleared_Hot]

Come to think of it, It's been a while... I should probably get in a fist fight. Win or lose that shit will set you straight. Also jiujutsu is good lol

 

[j0hnnix]

The ops story is horrible. Is humanity really worth saving when we hear and/or personally see these things. This is just sad.

As an adult no. There has been close moments. While drinking at a club,girl involved and guy shoved me,figured it out, bar during a UFC fight we were watching one guys gf reacts(screaming at me to not touch my gf) the simps came over with their attitude but then realized it was a bad idea when myself and my gf brother walked to meet them to talk, total misunderstanding, last was with my son and his mom in the car at McDonald's, we were taking little longer at the drive through and he kept screaming at her so I got out and went to his window asking him to get out and to see what was the problem, all ended with with everyone walking away eventually.

High school few fights, learned later my anger gets the best of me and to control it, sometimes, unless I'm working on my truck then it deserves it.

I believe trouble just is bored and loves bugging me. My gf now just reminds me everyone has a cell phone with a camera and it's not worth the trouble.

 

[macfoshizzle]

Getting into fist fights in your adulthood will tell a lot about a persons character, or lack of. If you lack the foresight of what will come out of a fist fight, then you’re not an adult, but just a child.

 

[Lord Panda]

Yes. And I still feel pretty ashamed of myself for being so idiotic.

 

[Kraz]

Northern Alberta resource work in the 90s wasn't exactly like Laughlin City(X-Men), but in my experience it kinda was. Maybe a bit more like Letterkenney.

 

[swaffles23]

Na. I haven't been in a fight since I was like 20. Im 36 now so I've learned it's best to just avoid confrontations.

 

[Shadowstar39]

Punched some dude cold for trying to mac on my girl back in the day (2001). I was 23ish at the time though and hopped up on a number of things. Later to find out that she instigated it. She wasn't worth it , looking back. She was nuts, as an example she would put her hand on my crotch while i was driving and ask me what I thought of her female friends and say "you'd love to stick yours into Sarah's tight wet ....." , and if i had movement (of course there was she had her hand there moving) she would get all heated and mad.. .on purpose so we would fight and make up with sex. She was a crazy , why i stayed at the time I will just blame it on my lifestyle from back then (we only lasted till 2002 but for the next two years she would show up at random times just for a night or two and leave. I was an idiot, should of kicked her to the curve from the first sign of trouble.

Conversely got jumped in front of a 7-11 in Philly, under the "el" train, after a break up led me back down to an old friend. That was 11 years ago now.
Dude hit me with a lead pipe or some form of bludgeon/sap. I then had 3 peurto rican guys punching and kicking me calling me all sorts of racial names for being a white guy, existing on the street. Apparently it was a crime to them. Assholes. They didn't take anything from me just busted my head open. I had to get 12 stitches. Was messed up. The cops blamed me for being there. Apparently walking in front of a 7-11 at 10pm on a Friday night is a crime now..

At least it prevented me from finding my old friend. As I didn't want to wait for 8 hours in a shitty philly hospital, so I drove my ass, covered in blood back to the burbs to a hospital to be stitched up.

 

[ClosBSAS]

I love getting into fist fights. I box, so i usually win but they can be scary if the other person is off the hooks.

 

[Prison Mike]

Yes.

Do you have a problem with that? Maybe we should take this outside ...