I hate people

[D3ads]

Haha, nah man, they weren't anything too big.

One time these guys started talking to me while I was waiting for my then girlfriend, they then started talking about needing money and before I knew what was what they grabbed me and asked me for money, I managed to get away from them, but it was pretty scary at the time. Nottingham has a lot of crime, you've probably seen the news about all the gun shit that goes on down here, thankfully I've never been witness to any of that and hope I never do.

[Section_Ei8ht]

I always pussy my way out of a fight. Just not worth it. I'd rather get back at them through years of psychological mind games.

[Defrag]

Most of the time it's just best to try and remain calm and, if it's not yet physical, don't give an inch if you can. I've had a few run-ins with scummers because any time I stay late at friends' houses and travel home, the last train is at 11pm. Before they started a building project near the trainstation, the only route was through the overpass (a haven for homeless people... yay). Fortunately the majority of chavs/neds are just pussies and like to mouth off as opposed to actually doing anything. The worst that has happened to me in the last couple of years was a couple of guys knocking the bag off my shoulder as I walked in front of them.

Assholes are everywhere. When I was 16 (almost 8 years ago now) I was walking home via the high street street (good lighting, CCTV nearby) and some guy walking past suddenly punched me in the face. No warning, no mouthing off, no indication of his intention. Lesson learned: Always be aware of people around you regardless of whether they look like they're about to punch you. Luckily the guy punched like a girl so I was left with a very slight bruise and nothing worse.

If it gets physical and you don't think you are guaranteed to win, then run I think the best defence is always going to be awareness; you don't have to get out of a situation that you avoided in the first place. You can spot the majority of fights before they start (people generally mouth off at you, push you or try to grab you to psyche themselves up before they start flailing). The most common assaults in Scotland (I'm talking statistics here, not just pulled out of my ass) are the haymaker (big hook), grab & headbutt, grab & punch or choke variants (grabbing the throat). If you do a bit of self-defence training then you can learn to deal with these fairly well. Murphy's law is always a good rule of the thumb, though: Whatever can go wrong will go wrong on some days . If you have a chance to avoid a fight, do so.

[ginsengavenger]

punch him in the throat and call him a pussy