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Finally, finally (with 2 days to spare 8)) found somewhere else to live… So, there will be a couple more WAYWT pics from my current location, then it'll be all-new (still terrible) backgrounds.
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Public service announcement
I find this most troubling
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^this is real, scary, and unsettling.
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It's happened here a number of times and I can't seem to make sense out of it. Are kids so fucked up now that this is what they need for fun?
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Wow… We had a bunch of flash mob beatings here, a real rash of them, right in the middle of downtown. Some kids tried to get me once I think when I was on my way to the bus stop. They surrounded me and were insulting me and getting in my face as I was walking. I just looked at them and didn't say anything, wouldn't take the bait. One of them gave me a violent shove but I saw it coming and leaned into it so he looked like the weak little bitch he was; kind of bounced off of me. They then decided to move on to easier meat after that. Cowards, just like these sucker punching bitches.
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I think the big difference is that a lot of people have lied so much to themselves that they believe that we live in a civilized society and they have let their guards down.
Situational awareness and a plan to either escape or defend yourself against multiple attackers should be a constant in your mindset
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Can't disagree with anything you said, but I do feel we are becoming a more savage people.
Even with really solid situational awareness, some little coward can get you. Of course you help your cause, but one of the disturbing things is that sometimes there's nothing you can do.
Here's another example that happened here. Some fucking psychopath threw a goddamn Molotov cocktail at a bicycle commuter on one of the regions many dedicated, paved bike paths from a bridge.
What the fuck can you do? Really, nothing in that situation. Fortunately he missed the rider, but someone tries that, or hurling a cinderblock at your car from an overpass, or taking advantage of a blind corner to wrap your head in with a wrench or a sucker punch, or any number of other possible cowardly sneak attacks…
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On one hand, I disagree with you that we are becoming more savage because I remember people killing each other in Chinatown in NYC with cleavers back in the 80s…or teenage girls getting raped in open Subway stations...or like you said, cinderblocks being tossed off overpasses when I was in grade school...
Not sure how old you are, but that shit has been happening since I was a kid
On the other hand, society as a whole has been trying to apply a band aid to problems without addressing the real issues for about 20 years now. And I can see that coming to a head at this point, so perhaps you are right
Because at the rate we're going, we're going to be trying to ban fists, cleavers, cinderblocks and penises...
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When penises are outlawed, only outlaws will have penises!
You can have my penis when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
Wait, something about that second one sounds wrong…
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I wish someone tried this on me, they would quickly find out what 10 years of martial arts training can do to a few punk ass high school kids throwing blindsiders, Then we'd see who the badass is real quick like. What is wrong with kids!!
I thought the same, boxing and Krav Maga for 8 years and i'm hitting the gym since 1998… I felt pretty safe. but 6 weeks ago I was on my way home trough a small street in my hometown. 10-12 dudes (about 18 to 25 years old) came around the corner and directly confronted me, non-verbal. I tried to defense against the first two guys, then next one came from the side and hits me with his knuckle-dusters. Well, game over... I've got about 20-30 kicks on the whole body.
All-in-all i was very lucky, just a few stitches in the face. I'm surprised, it's not an easy process to handle.
Well, that was very fast wabi-sabi on my A2. -
^Smart Man
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There is a big difference in the strength of a 25 year old and the strength of a 18 year old. Of course almost anyone would get their ass kicked by 10 dudes at once, But if a few punk ass 17 year old high schools tried jumping me, with fists and no weapons, I wouldn't be too worried about it. 10 dudes in their mid 20's and id be preparing for an ass whooping. Two hands against 20 is not a good situation anyway you slice it.
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I said "kids" in recounting my story but there were some big ass bruisers among the group. A fight wouldn't have ended well. They were looking for easier meat though, someone they could intimidate and beat easily, and when it became clear I could defend myself and wasn't scared, they moved on.
The flash beatings never to my knowledge involved theft. It was all about just beating the bejesus out of people and disappearing.
