Post: #1

Talking about these guys with a short fuse who seem to be constantly looking for someone to fight with. It's always over something minor like bumping into them but their behavior is so antisocial it's as if they'd like you to escalate it further.

Either way I don't think it's game you can win. There's always going to be someone stronger than you.

Is it their ego and testosterone or what?

Post: #2

(07-19-2013 11:29 AM)reino341 Wrote:  Talking about these guys with a short fuse who seem to be constantly looking for someone to fight with. It's always over something minor like bumping into them but their behavior is so antisocial it's as if they'd like you to escalate it further.

Either way I don't think it's game you can win. There's always going to be someone stronger than you.

Is it their ego and testosterone or what?

ego, testosterone, competition. it also depends on stupidity
doing this irrationally is male logic.

Post: #3

As a guy who used to be like the guy you are describing and sometime still is. It's a combination of things like tired of taking peoples crap for years and deciding not to take it anymore and yeah it becomes an ego thing plus girls like bad asses.

Post: #4

What incident made you post this? Why do you say there is always someone stronger? Sure there is but the point is not whether you win or lose but refuse to be dominated. I dunno some guys have insecurities, others get used to being treated a certain way and cant go back to an "inferior state". I guess there is some sort of entitlement to it.

Post: #5

(07-19-2013 01:11 PM)PrimeTime32 Wrote:  As a guy who used to be like the guy you are describing and sometime still is. It's a combination of things like tired of taking peoples crap for years and deciding not to take it anymore and yeah it becomes an ego thing plus girls like bad asses.

Maybe the girls you go for like thugs, but the ones I go for have thug-free records.

People who get offended easily have self-esteem issues. When you’re on top of the world and feel really good about yourself, it’s very difficult to act maliciously toward others, especially over petty and insignificant things.

You also have to be a bit of a loser to stop your whole day just to get confrontational with others, and an insecure loser at that. MMA fighters don’t get into street fights very often. I also can’t imagine the Shaqs or Warren Buffets of the world getting homicidal because someone at a mall or night club looked at them funny.

The same goes for women. Happy women don’t act unnecessarily hurtful toward others. That’s why you shouldn’t pout as if society is ruined just because some miserable person was rude when you tried talking to her.

Men and women with similar levels of self-esteem and maturity tend to attract one another. It’s up to you what kind of man you want to be and what kinds of women you want to attract. There are many more cool, decent people out there than confrontational jerks, so don’t let the negativity of the haters consume you.

Post: #6

As one of my former platoon commanders told me

'Dangerous people don't start fights'


When I see a guy itching for a fight that reveals his character and skill. A weak, craven, insecure soul. Sure he'll fight ya alright outside. Him and his 3 buddies against you.

Post: #7

You're mad at the world when you're broke and hungry.

Post: #8

If another male is not your family, friend, or otherwise ally, he but represents a source of competition for females and other scarcities, and male instincts will reflect this.

Thousands of years of civilization have mitigated this instinct via culture and even genetics (Pinker and Clark have each written about this), but the instinct is still there, and is more palpable in some males than others.

Post: #9

It's about inexperience and not having actually lived in a torn up body for months, sometimes years, after a real fight where the other guy hit back.

Post: #10

I don't even see the point of trying to start fights in places where people are just trying to have a good time, drink some alcohol, maybe swoop a sloot. I've never seen any of the local night life tough guys at the MMA gym. I wonder why?

Post: #11

Being confrontation is the essence of being male.

Watch some nature videos.

The goal of civilization is to make us more cooperative. That's a view I agree with, since civilization is better than barbarism.

But it's absolutely natural for men to challenge other men. It's in our DNA.

Post: #12

(07-19-2013 06:58 PM)MikeCF Wrote:  Being confrontation is the essence of being male.

Watch some nature videos.

The goal of civilization is to make us more cooperative. That's a view I agree with, since civilization is better than barbarism.

But it's absolutely natural for men to challenge other men. It's in our DNA.

^^^^This. Life, in its most primal form, is meant to be rather brutish. It's a balancing act that everyone has to decide for himself. How "alpha" do you want to be? There are some real alpha dudes in gangs, but they are just a drive-by away from it ending quickly. Prisons are full of very masculine dudes, but they're living behind bars the rest of their lives.They are very prone to lash out at even a hint of disrespect. In essence, unless you want your life to resemble life in San Quentin where you're looking over your shoulder every minute, you might have to let the occasional small slight just slide. As Chris Rock said, "if someone steps on your shoe, let it slide. Why spend the rest of your life in prison because someone smudged your Puma".

Post: #13

(07-19-2013 06:22 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  I don't even see the point of trying to start fights in places where people are just trying to have a good time, drink some alcohol, maybe swoop a sloot. I've never seen any of the local night life tough guys at the MMA gym. I wonder why?

I think plenty of pro MMA guys have gotten in trouble for street brawls.

Warmachine comes to mind:

Quote:In August, 2010, War Machine was sentenced to one year in the county jail for a felony assault conviction stemming from a fight at a Point Loma bar earlier in the year, as well as an additional fight at a Pacific Beach bar.[37][38] He was imprisoned in the San Diego's George Bailey Detention Facility and served time in administrative segregation.[39]

Since going to jail, Machine has maintained his Twitter account as well as a blog documenting his time in jail. In this blog, he has stated that he believes "The oppression of MEN is worse than oppression of Jews in Nazi germany, worse than the slavery of Blacks in early America... I'm not exaggerating either."[40] Machine has also described how he was sent into administrative segregation due to jail policy violations but decided to voluntarily remain there until the end of his sentence.[41] Koppenhaver was released from incarceration on July 15, 2011.[42]

On February 1, 2012, it was announced via War Machine's Twitter that he will be serving another year of jail time, due to preceding events. He was released on October 29, 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Machine..._Sentences

Quote:What’s up guys!? I’m gonna do a weekly blog for this year while I’m locked up. Just want to keep y’all posted and give you some insight on what it’s like here for me. When I first got here I was told I was gonna be kept in segregation to pretect myself since I’m a "celebrity." I told them NO WAY! 23 hours a day lockdown? FUCK THAT! So they stuck me in the "mainline." They classified me a 5 on a scale 1-6 so I’m with the big dogs. Everyone here has been to prison. Few guys in my unit are murderers waiting to be shipped out to prison for life. Funny, kinda odd, but they are the most friendly of the bunch… Most intelligent too. Hardest thing about this place is finding people you can have a decent conversation with.


So when you first get here you learn the rules, jail politics. You got the Whites, the Mexicans, and the Blacks + others. Whites and Mex share tables for recreation but you only eat show at your designated race’s table. You never sit at the Blacks table and vice-versa, but you can talk to them here in County Jail. If a Mex or White fights a Black, all the Mex and Whites are required to jump in. One on one fights are only allowed against your own race and take place in an empty cell. I think it’s dumb. I’m not trying to fight anyone and can care less abotu who fights who. I hope no big rumbles happen… I can’t afford more trouble. Buttt if you don’t help, you get jumped afterwards. Maybe I’ll just throw body shots and leg kicks so I don’t hurt anyone… Anyway so far all is well.

I’m bored a lot, just been reading and working out to stay busy. All the guys here are cool to me, I get a lot of questions about fighting. Seems everyone wants to learn some "moves." I wish we could train here, would make it way more fun… lol. So yeah, anyway I don’t see anyone fucking with ME… Only way BS goes down is if I get drug into someone elses lame drama. Well that is that! Week 1 in a nut shell. Look forward to keeping you guys updated. Can’t wait to get out and fight for all my fans again! Can’t wait to open my gym in Austin! Thanks for standing by me. If you go to sdsheriff.net you can e-mail me. Booking # 10754342 Jon Koppenhaver.

http://www.cagepotato.com/war-machine-su...ame-drama/

Here is Roger Huerta "white knighting" as guys call it on here:

Post: #14

(07-19-2013 05:47 PM)Blackhawk Wrote:  It's about inexperience and not having actually lived in a torn up body for months, sometimes years, after a real fight where the other guy hit back.

Exactly this...

I think many, if not all, dudes have that invincible feeling until some events takes it away from them. People who get into adulthood still with it usually get into the worse trouble. Comes to mind a jiujitsu teacher who lived on my street when I was a kid. Big guy, well trained, well know for starting shit for any trivial reason, eventually he was shot and killed... I dont think he was any older than 25.

Post: #15

(07-19-2013 09:47 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(07-19-2013 06:22 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  I don't even see the point of trying to start fights in places where people are just trying to have a good time, drink some alcohol, maybe swoop a sloot. I've never seen any of the local night life tough guys at the MMA gym. I wonder why?

I think plenty of pro MMA guys have gotten in trouble for street brawls.

Warmachine comes to mind:

Quote:In August, 2010, War Machine was sentenced to one year in the county jail for a felony assault conviction stemming from a fight at a Point Loma bar earlier in the year, as well as an additional fight at a Pacific Beach bar.[37][38] He was imprisoned in the San Diego's George Bailey Detention Facility and served time in administrative segregation.[39]

Since going to jail, Machine has maintained his Twitter account as well as a blog documenting his time in jail. In this blog, he has stated that he believes "The oppression of MEN is worse than oppression of Jews in Nazi germany, worse than the slavery of Blacks in early America... I'm not exaggerating either."[40] Machine has also described how he was sent into administrative segregation due to jail policy violations but decided to voluntarily remain there until the end of his sentence.[41] Koppenhaver was released from incarceration on July 15, 2011.[42]

On February 1, 2012, it was announced via War Machine's Twitter that he will be serving another year of jail time, due to preceding events. He was released on October 29, 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Machine..._Sentences

Quote:What’s up guys!? I’m gonna do a weekly blog for this year while I’m locked up. Just want to keep y’all posted and give you some insight on what it’s like here for me. When I first got here I was told I was gonna be kept in segregation to pretect myself since I’m a "celebrity." I told them NO WAY! 23 hours a day lockdown? FUCK THAT! So they stuck me in the "mainline." They classified me a 5 on a scale 1-6 so I’m with the big dogs. Everyone here has been to prison. Few guys in my unit are murderers waiting to be shipped out to prison for life. Funny, kinda odd, but they are the most friendly of the bunch… Most intelligent too. Hardest thing about this place is finding people you can have a decent conversation with.


So when you first get here you learn the rules, jail politics. You got the Whites, the Mexicans, and the Blacks + others. Whites and Mex share tables for recreation but you only eat show at your designated race’s table. You never sit at the Blacks table and vice-versa, but you can talk to them here in County Jail. If a Mex or White fights a Black, all the Mex and Whites are required to jump in. One on one fights are only allowed against your own race and take place in an empty cell. I think it’s dumb. I’m not trying to fight anyone and can care less abotu who fights who. I hope no big rumbles happen… I can’t afford more trouble. Buttt if you don’t help, you get jumped afterwards. Maybe I’ll just throw body shots and leg kicks so I don’t hurt anyone… Anyway so far all is well.

I’m bored a lot, just been reading and working out to stay busy. All the guys here are cool to me, I get a lot of questions about fighting. Seems everyone wants to learn some "moves." I wish we could train here, would make it way more fun… lol. So yeah, anyway I don’t see anyone fucking with ME… Only way BS goes down is if I get drug into someone elses lame drama. Well that is that! Week 1 in a nut shell. Look forward to keeping you guys updated. Can’t wait to get out and fight for all my fans again! Can’t wait to open my gym in Austin! Thanks for standing by me. If you go to sdsheriff.net you can e-mail me. Booking # 10754342 Jon Koppenhaver.

http://www.cagepotato.com/war-machine-su...ame-drama/

Here is Roger Huerta "white knighting" as guys call it on here:

The War Machines and Diaz Brothers are the exceptions. You can see the Diaz bros getting into scraps on the street, yet I could never imagine someone like Fedor Emelianenko or Junior Dos Santos starting shit on the street for no reason. Defending yourself is one thing, being the aggressor is another. All the guys i've seen walk into the gym with a bad attitude thinking he's He Man never last more than one session.

Post: #16

A War You Cannot Win--

These are just examples that were caught on tape and guys were arrested for.

You don't think any MMA guys have been in street fights that weren't caught on tape?

Or any street fights that guys weren't arrested for?

Ever seen The Ultimate Fighter show?

You don't think any of those morons ever get in street fights?

What about this guy?

U.S. Cage Fighter Arrested After Ripping Out Beating Heart of Trainer

Quote:Jarrod Wyatt, a U.S. cage fighter, is charged with a horrific crime of removing the beating heart of his training partner Taylor Powell and ripping him apart. He insists that he snapped after drinking tea spiked with hallucinogenic mushrooms — causing him to believe that the partner was possessed by the devil.

The police found the 26-year-old standing naked over his friend’s body with body parts strewn around the room in Klamath, California. The trainer, 21, bled to death after the removal of his heart.

http://jonathanturley.org/2010/06/01/u-s...f-trainer/

Post: #17

The thread should be retitled "Why are young males so confrontational".

Post: #18

I've noticed it's always the "bros" wearing affliction shirts who never get laid doing this. I mean who would try to start shit if they know they have a broad waiting to suck their dick when they get home?

Post: #19

What exactly happened in that Roger Huerta fight? I can't tell on my phone. Did he knock out the dude who pushed the girl?

Post: #20

(07-20-2013 09:30 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  You don't think any MMA guys have been in street fights that weren't caught on tape?

Or any street fights that guys weren't arrested for?

Those who know, know. Those who don't, don't.

You can always tell the posers in these threads. "A real man walks away," etc.

Like I've often said, go to Huntington Beach or San Diego or Vegas and talk shit. Look for guys with crooked noses or cauliflower ears to see if they are going to walk away because of some martial arts code or whatever.

Knowing how to fight isn't what stops most guys. It's the legal consequences. THe more you have to loser (which when you get older can be a lot), the less likely you'll fight. When you're young and have a negative net worth, oh well, let the guy sue you. (Though of course you gotta worry about getting arrested.)

I don't know why guys just can't say, "Look, I've never been in a real fight and have never trained to fight."

I don't go post in car threads talking about what it's like to drive a Maserati. Never done it so I have no opinion.

Most adult men have never been in an actual fight. That is my view is generally a good thing. The world needs more art museums and beautiful women and less violence.

I'd much rather live in pussified France than Somalia.

But guys gotta stop fronting like they've done something or have gained some inside knowledge from their vast experience on the streets.

Post: #21

(07-20-2013 04:19 PM)wi30 Wrote:  I've noticed it's always the "bros" wearing affliction shirts who never get laid doing this. I mean who would try to start shit if they know they have a broad waiting to suck their dick when they get home?

Some guys sit on their asses with a beer and nachos and wear sports jerseys and get their primal fix watching other men compete.

Other guys take a more direct approach.

When guys stop watching sports and living vicariously through other men, what you say might make sense.

Violence is encoded in our DNA. We've just lived in an extremely peaceful time and have forgotten how quickly civilization can crumble.

Post: #22

(07-20-2013 05:00 PM)MikeCF Wrote:  

(07-20-2013 04:19 PM)wi30 Wrote:  I've noticed it's always the "bros" wearing affliction shirts who never get laid doing this. I mean who would try to start shit if they know they have a broad waiting to suck their dick when they get home?

Some guys sit on their asses with a beer and nachos and wear sports jerseys and get their primal fix watching other men compete.

Other guys take a more direct approach.

When guys stop watching sports and living vicariously through other men, what you say might make sense.

Violence is encoded in our DNA. We've just lived in an extremely peaceful time and have forgotten how quickly civilization can crumble.

I agree with what you are saying, but in my limited experience it seems that most guys who try to pick fights for no reason are sexually frustrated. I've noticed that I am more confrontational as well when I am in a dry spell vs. getting laid regularly. A lot of guys I know who don't get laid very often are the ones who start shit in a bar over something stupid.

You don't have to agree with me, but this is just my theory based on first hand experiences.

Post: #23

(07-19-2013 10:52 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  Defending yourself is one thing, being the aggressor is another. All the guys i've seen walk into the gym with a bad attitude thinking he's He Man never last more than one session.

You really think these MMA guys have never been in a street fight?

Or do you think they are all really well balanced "Zen" individuals that will make them always just "walk away" and be the bigger man?

Post: #24

Some bars I don't like going to because all the redneck shitheads think they're Clint Eastwood. They try to talk tough and front hard to strangers. In reality they're all just skinny fat farm boys who think that doing things like smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco, having hands always dirty with grease, and knowing the difference between a muffler and a carburetor makes them badasses. They have enormous (fragile) egos for guys that make ten bucks an hour as a mechanic's assistant. My guess is that they are confrontational because they're losers who desperately try to prove that they're top dogs, nothing more.

I've never gotten into a fight with any of them because even if it was one-on-one and you beat their asses, they'll get four of their friends together and slash your new truck tires, kill your dog, or steal your tractor and drive it into a lake. The only fights I ever got into were in fourth grade to tenth grade and I lost half of them.

Post: #25

All men have the ability to be confrontation and show aggression but its our logic that tells us when its best to use these traits.

A man without the ability to use logic is still a boy, only boys act out when its not needed.