Comments by "RiC David" (@RiC_David) on "Cool Vs Crazy Guy On The Subway!" video.

@sc0pl355 End of story? You don't get to tell anybody when a conversation's over, if you want to end it then don't respond. We both have very different ideas of strength. Mine is that strength is known, not displayed for ego's sake. You can get into a fight over some waste of sperm loser if you want, but to me that puts you closer to their level. And as I said, not being confrontational is not grovelling. His words were neutral, not fearful. You seem more concerned with public perception.
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@sc0pl355 Has it occured to you that the commuter in the sweater may have preferred not to get into a fist fight? You know, seeing as how most people view that as a downer, not an enjoyable thing? I can defend myself, but I won't fight just to prove a point. Just like the bouncer in this vid. He doesn't throw a punch until the other makes contact. In fact, he endures far more than sweater-man. Oh, and he's a bouncer too. Real man this, real man that. Defend yourself, that's all.
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@sc0pl355 Your analogy suggests that lack of aggressive display will result in conflict. Only it didn't. As for your second point - there you go! You're concerned not about self defense or the neutralising of hostility but about public appearances and perception. Here's where I talk about "real men": in my eyes a real man shouldn't give a fuck what anybody else thinks. He doesn't need a fight, he's not under attack, he doesn't need to adjust his body language to please anybody but himself.
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@sc0pl I don't fault him for being uncomfortable. It's not the physical/chemical reaction that makes a man weak, it's his response to it. He didn't "roll over" and say "sorry, man, I don't want any trouble" or anything of the sort. I'd have found it difficult to concentrate on my book if some twat kept going on like Loco did. He was neutral. He wasn't aggressive, but he wasn't grovelling either. He was an adult dealing with a manchild. Your talk of "real men" and "homos" doesn't wash with me.
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@MrStrody I understand if you think maybe this is staged. I don't think so whatsoever. But why would you be certain, even to the point of saying it's obvious? How is it obviously staged?
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@sc0pl355 Catchy. But it wouldn't stop him anyway. That little bottom feeding parasite will continue in his ways regardless, it's just that he might decide to prey on other people instead after learning that men in cashmere sweaters ain't nothing to fuck with. You're not going to eyeball some sense into him, so just watch your own back and get on with your day. But again, I think we know where we each stand and neither of us will come around to the other's way of being.
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@sc0pl355 Well, personally I wouldn't feel that it was upon me to ensure that some little gobshite doesn't feel emboldened. I'd care only about defending myself from hostility, and enjoying my day. If you'd be intent on making an example of him for the greater good, then fine, that's not a bad thing. But there's no reason to expect others to feel the same way, and even less reason to brand them weak for not.
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@zizou19844 Elaborate.
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@sc0pl355 Quaking in fear? Where was the quaking? So a real man in your world would have challenged the guy to a fight and got into a punch up with him, rather than simply say "...okay." and go about his day? Why? What did he have to prove to Loco? That he could beat him in a fight? Why would he feel he needs to prove that to him? Sure, if the guy tries to hit you then fight him. I see the Loco guy as pathetic, and the sweater guy as dignified. "Manly" to me means mature, not macho.
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This is my idea of a man. Some people on here are berating the guy for being calm and not fighting the other guy (can't seem to remember his name). That's the same mentality the crazy guy had, and when I see that I don't see a man I see an unbalanced manchild.
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@sc0pl355 Essentially ignoring somebody is not totally capitulating to them. So the little dickweed felt in control, good for him. Let him feel in control all he wants, just don't let him try attacking you. I think we've reached a brick wall here.
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@sc0pl355 Yes, you did tell me but it was a waste of fingerstrokes. My point is I don't take cues from you as to when our conversation ends. And none of this crap about making eye contact and readying one's hands for battle was necessary because his neutral approach PLAINLY WORKED. Putting him in his place so he won't be a problem? Unless you mean killing him, that's not going to happen. He'd just pick on someone he was more certain wouldn't fight back. His. Tactics. *Worked*.
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@thunderscratch66 Uhuh. That's cool.
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