You and me both, bro. I'm 42. Been training on and off for years. I'm 6'4", 205 ish, a pretty nasty purple belt, black belt level karate. Went through a lot the last couple years. My girl died last year and it's been a mind fuck. She was really an amazing person. Fucking incredible, it did a number on my head. THEREFORE I've avoided drinking. I'm a pretty chill guy until I'm not. Anyway, I'm a sixth gen texan, been in Austin 20 years, had family here my entire life. A couple weekends ago, I'm out all day at the river. Wasn't planning on drinking, but these Mexican dudes kept giving me Miller Lights. OK. I'm talking with a girl on Bumble, go to the bar to meet her. Have an IPA. Awwww shit. Things go OK with the girl, but we part ways. See my friend at the bar, he lives around the corner, invites me over. I have another drink with him and a couple bong rips. Cool. His neighbor pops in, we really hit it off. He says, let's go get tacos. Cool. He's on a motorcycle, I'm in my truck. Dumb, but it's a stone's throw away. Taco place is packed. We're having a good time. Get our tacos eventually, I think. It's fuzzy. Now, the worst part about Austin is all the douches coming into town. Leaving the shit holes they created and descending like fucking locusts. Fuck the economic benefits, my city has become a bum riddled shit hole right before my eyes. And people with their fucking attitudes. Anyway, I've got a few in me, I'm talking to some douche nozzles from out of town, start talking about my girl, saying they should look her up. Yeah, I'm being annoying but it's my fucking town, deal with it. But this dude is just giving off the most passive aggressive vibe ever and it gets under my skin. I tell him, dude, why don't you just tell me to fuck off instead of acting cool when you really aren't? I would respect that, but I sense your condescending attitude. What the fuck is wrong with people like you? Anyway, I'm not really thinking anything other than what a douche, but some white knight decides to step in and make it a deal. White knight is probably 23 or 24, has the Patrick Mahomes haircut, and just flexing. He says something, gets in the way or something. I look down and see his out of state license plate. So what do I do? I start ripping it right off his fucking car. Yeah. Now he puts hands on me, but I just stiff arm him, feel his eyeballs under my finger tips but don't do anything. Just say, not gonna work, kid! His little Krav maga bullshit he was doing. He tries to come at me again, I feel I can manhandle him easily. I can knock him out, I can choke him, I can slam him, but I just stiff arm him, tell him again it ain't gonna work. Now his crust punk girlfriend asks, You need some knucks? He says yeah. I start to just walk off, but she gives him some brass knuckles and he starts talking more shit. I don't give a fuck, I turn and start to go back at him, and he backs away. Now, I've got some ongoing legal issues, so I realize, oh shit, better bounce, so I go get in my truck and drive off, him talking shit the whole time. I come back about 30 minutes later, and it's all good. Was I the asshole? Yeah, probably. But fuck it, it's 2021 and this is gonna be a 3rd world country in five more years anyway. Make friends with a war lord or become one.
