I don't understand how a guy can do that.docellis wrote:I dunno...I thought my reaction exacted an appropriate response and I broke up with him very shortly afterwards. I hurt him way worse than he hurt me.
Part of me thinks it is awesome that guys are surprised that other guys act like this....but I am sure this same guy (who I haven't seen since I was 18) would say the same thing, you know?
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I can understand it happening--a lot of high school guys are emotional and immature, and let their emotions get the better of them. Not saying that it's right by any means, but what happened to doc in this case doesn't sound that out of the ordinary. And I'd still kick a guy's arse if I saw him do it.stretch wrote:
I don't understand how a guy can do that.
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nothing owrse than runing into the arm of a couch when there are no lights on.....
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I read her sig and I sort of get it...stretch wrote:I don't understand how a guy can do that.docellis wrote:I dunno...I thought my reaction exacted an appropriate response and I broke up with him very shortly afterwards. I hurt him way worse than he hurt me.
Part of me thinks it is awesome that guys are surprised that other guys act like this....but I am sure this same guy (who I haven't seen since I was 18) would say the same thing, you know?
Wow, I felt terrible even joking about that.
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Yeah, what's the deal with the delayed pain? It's like the slowest part of the body to react. I'm a computer guy, and I imagine the signals to go something like this:letsgocards89 wrote:The worst is the "graze." You know, when you barely hit 'em on something and you are thinking, "well, that was close. I thought that would....AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGG!" and you drop to your knees.
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Testicle: Rec'd <DENIED> signal from Brain. Resend.
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Testicle: Rec'd <DENIED> signal from Brain. Send <PAIN><PAIN><PAIN><PAIN> to brain.
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Explanation highlighted.stretch wrote:I don't understand how a guy can do that.
At least in most of the instances I am aware of, drinking was involved.docellis wrote:When I was 18 my boyfriend wanted to show me he was the boss of me after he had drank quite a bit.
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That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever read.jim wrote:Yeah, what's the deal with the delayed pain? It's like the slowest part of the body to react. I'm a computer guy, and I imagine the signals to go something like this:letsgocards89 wrote:The worst is the "graze." You know, when you barely hit 'em on something and you are thinking, "well, that was close. I thought that would....AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGG!" and you drop to your knees.
Testicle: Send <PAIN> signal to Brain.
Brain: Rec'd <PAIN> signal from Testicle, reject.
Testicle: Rec'd <DENIED> signal from Brain. Resend.
Brain: Rec'd <PAIN> signal from Testicle, reject.
Testicle: Rec'd <DENIED> signal from Brain. Send <PAIN><PAIN><PAIN><PAIN> to brain.
Brain: Rec'd flurry of <PAIN> signals, can not keep up. One slips through.
Brain: Send <VOMIT> signal to digestive system.
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Alas, it doesn't surprise me in the least that some men do that, and worse.docellis wrote: Part of me thinks it is awesome that guys are surprised that other guys act like this....but I am sure this same guy (who I haven't seen since I was 18) would say the same thing, you know?
Which depresses me quite a bit.
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It has been explained as such:stretch wrote:When you get racked, you just want to die. Yet, when guys see it happen in funniest home videos we laugh.
Talk about schadenfreude.
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Yep. Me too.At least in most of the instances I am aware of, drinking was involved.
One of the few times I've seen something like this was about a year and a half ago. I was over at a friends' house and her roommate (also a friend) was fighting loudly with her boyfriend. Well, the boyfriend was kind of an insecure redneck type (got blackout drunk constantly, acted like an idiot, no one liked him etc.) and when he found a sex toy in this girl's drawer he lost it.
He took a step back and two-hand shoved all 105 lbs of the poor girl as hard as he could. She went about 7-8 feet and stopped when her head hit the wall. I know stuff like that happens, e.g. my aunt actually seeks these kind of relationships out, but it was really horrible to see live and in-person.
My friend Kevin was also over when it happened, and the dénouement is probably the definition of TMI. I will say that after the fun stopped, while he was a little, uh, out of it, and we were sitting there waiting for the police, the girlfriend got mad again and decided to pull a Morten Anderson on his face. Someone getting the [expletive] kicked out of them, or kicked in the face in general is not a funny thing, but that was a definite lol moment.
I just remembered something. At some point the idiot got a hand free and successfully went for Kevin's manhood -- just to bring this post full circle. I remember Kevin saying "he's grabbing my balls he's grabbing my balls he's grabbing my balls he's grabbing my balls he's grabbing my balls" and it kind of cracked me up.





