So I’m the guy in the photo with the shiner and can confirm that was it consensually given and safely received. And for the record, no matter what she says, it is actually VERY hard to get a hook around Jenn’s guard.
Wow, this is awesome! So I don’t know the answer to the question you pose about all men liking fighting viscerally, but I have met many men like myself who literally had their lives “saved” by having their violent tendencies channeled into a non-destructive outlet, either a violent sport (for most it was tackle football) or boxing or a martial art. I know that I would have been in jail if not for the outlet that football gave to my pent up aggression (I mean, come on…I got to run into people at full speed, lift them in the air and slam them on the ground as hard as I could…and this was a good thing!). I think part of the reason Fight Club resonated with men of my generation was we were losing these outlets as we aged, but the impulses were still there. Anyway, you captured something true here that a lot of society doesn’t like to admit or talk about anymore, if ever.
And by the way I love the word “methinks” and use it every chance I get!
So I’m the guy in the photo with the shiner and can confirm that was it consensually given and safely received. And for the record, no matter what she says, it is actually VERY hard to get a hook around Jenn’s guard.
You’re too kind.
Wow, this is awesome! So I don’t know the answer to the question you pose about all men liking fighting viscerally, but I have met many men like myself who literally had their lives “saved” by having their violent tendencies channeled into a non-destructive outlet, either a violent sport (for most it was tackle football) or boxing or a martial art. I know that I would have been in jail if not for the outlet that football gave to my pent up aggression (I mean, come on…I got to run into people at full speed, lift them in the air and slam them on the ground as hard as I could…and this was a good thing!). I think part of the reason Fight Club resonated with men of my generation was we were losing these outlets as we aged, but the impulses were still there. Anyway, you captured something true here that a lot of society doesn’t like to admit or talk about anymore, if ever.
And by the way I love the word “methinks” and use it every chance I get!
Agreed. It’s a quick equation of violence = bad, but it’s not either that simple or even true at all.
Yes, nicely put. As a friend of mine used to say, “Sometimes violence is a solution!”
Totally!!