[MERIT]

You ALWAYS have to be ready to defend yourself. You should never PROVOKE an attack, but you have to draw your line in the sand [morally, figuratively or even physically]. VERBALLY let people know what your boundaries are [and be reasonable about it], and if the line gets crossed, then it's time to pop off.

Having martial arts training doesn't make you a bad ass. It just makes you more effective at what you choose to do. Yeah, anyone could stand there and slug it out for 10 minutes and end up with a busted-up face, but having training means that you can take someone down to the ground and put them to sleep in ~ 7 seconds, w/o any bloodshed or broken bones, and then walk away and continue your day.

Frownland

Tsk tsk. You know not of the DRUNK ARGUMENT FU. I guess that the Dunning-Kruger effect wasn't just Nazi Zionist propaganda after all.

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Akai

I'm afraid I can't talk about that.

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S p o t i f y

[MERIT]

No, I wholly picked up on your sarcasm in referring to my martial arts abilities. But instead of pointing it out and having you backtrack and claim sincerity, I just rolled with it. It's not worth it to start shit for no reason. Our time is finite, homie. And I don't need require your approval to have confidence in myself. I know my worth and abilities. Your judgment means nothing to me.

grindy

Quick, painless, efficient death is the only violence I'm down for.

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[MERIT]

Different people have different definitions of "violence," and varying levels of its acceptance. Some people think MMA is human cock-fighting, but will sit through 'Saving Private Ryan,' where people get shot to shit and blown to bits for 3 hours. To each their own, I suppose.

Lucem Ferre

One of those is fake, though. Derka derrr!

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Cuthbert

No.
Self defence and sport is OK though.

grindy

Hunting humans for sport is fine. Got it.

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Frownland

Deep bro.

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