Pixel--Dude wrote: ↑November 22nd, 2022, 10:36 am
But @Tsar isn't looking to pick a fight. From what I understand, this guy is snorting at Tsar in derision. I am pretty close with Tsar and I know his temperament. Where he does have a temper (much like myself) he doesn't actively look for trouble. For the most part he wants to be left alone like most people do. The pepper spray is for self defence should the guy attack Tsar.
So it isn't trying to be gangster or a badass or anything like that @WanderingProtagonist it's a precaution. And I also don't agree with you @Voyager1 it isn't paranoid delusion. Tsar actually has good intuition and I think he's intelligent enough to realise when someone is looking to pick a fight. I don’t think he is doing anything wrong by being pissed off at someone snorting at him, or by obtaining a means of self defence. I also think you shouldn't take shit from people. If the guy continues being a nob he deserves whatever he gets, especially if he escalates the situation.
I like to think of myself as a bit of a diplomat, so I think @MrMan kind of has the right idea. If it was me I would ask him why he kept snorting at me and taking the piss, or outright demand to know what the f**k his problem is. Maybe grunt back at him, or you could choose to ignore him entirely as though his boarish behaviour is beneath you. You've got the pepper spray, so you're prepared if anything happens. It's always best to behave in a way that your enemies don't expect you to. Then they tend to not know how to respond as they are trying to illicit a certain reaction from you but you act different to what they expect.
Well Tsar can handle it however he wants, like I said I'm staying out of this one. I live in America, not some place like Europe. Up here if you intend to fight someone, we do it with fire arms not pepper spray and batons or BS like MMA.
People in my State die every day over bullshit whether it's defending the honor of some useless woman at a club (when he dies, she'll probably go and f**k the man that killed him). Or it's people fighting or throwing down because someone looked at someone the wrong way. Of course I would defend myself also but still, the possibilities of death in a State like CA for fighting is quite high, it's best to minimize that shit as much as possible and to avoid trying to prove a point unless you just feel you have nothing what so ever to lose from doing so.
This is how my Uncle got killed, and how my sister ended up locked up. I learned a lot from those experiences my Uncle didn't take shit from the guy that murdered him, but he still got beaten to death and died which caused my grandmother so much pain. It's better to just live in places where you have peace from this sort of thing, I doubt people in Japan or even Korea ever have to worry about violence because they aren't surrounded by assholes looking for violence. Some countries are full of so many angry, bitter individuals that they go out every day looking to push and challenge someone. Most people in the state of CA carry, so if you get into verbal warfare? Expect it to lead to bullet warfare because nobody up here is going to fight you with their barehands after provoking you.