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Report: Average Male 4,000% Less Effective In Fights Than They Imagine (theonion.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's true: I was attacked by a road-rager a couple of months ago, and I surprised myself by being unwilling to hit the guy back even after he punched me in the face, for fear of further escalation. Not gonna lie: I was more disappointed than proud of myself, even though I'm pretty sure I made the more responsible decision.

I was also surprised that it didn't hurt nearly as much as I expected. Maybe the other guy was 4000% less effective than he imagined too, LOL.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

if someone approaches your drivers door, turn the wheel all the way to the right, (or left for rhd) put the car in reverse, let them open the door and oopsie your foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly it sounds like you made the right decision. As long as the guy wasn't causing you much harm, sounds like nothing lost other than a bit of pride. Had you escalated it, who knows what would have happened.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Male faces are evolved to handle getting hit. Also your adrenaline would have caused you to barely feel anything in the moment.

Edit: this is what I remembered reading about this, turns out it was ten years ago: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/men-s-faces-evolved-to-be-punched-study-suggests-1.2670756

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That study has an insane jump to conclusion considering that they just studied

1 The skulls of early hominins — human relatives — called australopiths that lived around four million years ago. 2 The injuries of modern humans who show up in the hospital emergency room after a fight.

I do like the idea that the reason we evolved to humans and not a different species is because we made a fight club.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

If it's a legitimate fight, the male body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down. /s