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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 (5 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.

[–] 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.

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