1VaBlue1

February 24th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^

Chances are fairly good that nobody is drinking a Guiness or <insert your preferred high end beer here> out of solo cup.  Normally, one swills Bud/Bud Light/Miller Light and other such beers from a solo cup.  And those are usually good choices in a college bar.

But your point stands - nobody can see what's actually in the cup.  Dude could be sipping an iced latte!

Brhino

February 24th, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^

1. New Belgium is founded and headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Sierra Nevada is from Chico, California.  Both of them have opened a second facility in Asheville but saying they're "the home of..." is a hell of a stretch.

2. I'll play Beer Snob with the best of them.  Since we're just talking visuals... "good" beer comes in a wide variety of appearances from very dark black to very pale golden.  There are plenty of very high quality beers that would be visually indistinguishable from Bud Light.

BlockM

February 24th, 2021 at 11:06 AM ^

I'm 6'6" and I've never been in a fight as an adult so I wasn't aware this is (apparently?) a thing. Then I remembered the time I was standing at a bar waiting for a drink and a much shorter guy tried to start something when he said he recognized me from some place in Louisville (where I have never been) and I laughed. My bad I guess? I apologize on behalf of the tall douches out there.

Rabbit21

February 24th, 2021 at 11:18 AM ^

I've found my height to be more of a useful deterrent to keep me from getting in a fight.  I just look around for the dudes reasonable friends then shake my head and let them pull the guy away.  This was, of course, from the time when I went to bars where fights might get started and I was always there with my other large mammal friends who also hated conflict and counted on being able to bluff/talk our way out of stupid situations.    

For what its worth I've found the 5'8" guys to be the types more likely to start something.  

L'Carpetron Do…

February 24th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^

Well put. I'm a burly 6'1" and approx. 240. I look big and tough but I can't fight for shit. But, I think people assume I can because no one has ever really tried to mess with me. 

Anyone on campus in 2002, when a 160lb. wrestler beat up an NFL-bound tight end outside Rick's? Definitely don't mess with wrestlers or MMA types. 

BernardC

February 24th, 2021 at 2:53 PM ^

I'm 5'10 190lbs, former wrestler. My twenties were filled with bar fights.  We enjoy them, so I agree with the "don't fuck with wrestlers".  The thing is that wrestlers are not phased when hands start flying and the adrenaline starts flowing.  They are used to it as a way of life, whereas most people either haven't been in a fight, or maybe this one time.  When it starts going down a alot of time they freeze because it's an "oh shit' moment that they haven't been in before.

1VaBlue1

February 24th, 2021 at 11:37 AM ^

Being only 5'5", I can confirm that many people (pretty much anyone taller than me) thinks they can intimidate me by size alone.  Please...  I've seen it all my life and am no longer phased by it.  Granted, I keep myself out of sketchy situations pretty well - have never even been close to getting into a fight.  I'd get my ass kicked pretty good (probably - I sure as hell wouldn't fight clean), but I'm not going to be intimidated by some dummass mouthbreather because he wants to jump a line, or whatever.

My point is not that I'm some kind of tough guy (I'm not!), but that taller people generally think they can intimidate/impress shorter people by just size alone.  That's not always true, but we do always come to a quicker conclusion that you are a fucking asshole.

EDIT:  I should add that the only people that impress me as an asshole for said reasons are the ones that actively try to jump lines, or talk a big game, or some other such assholish type behavior.  I mean, they're already assholes.  Most people - the vast majority, actually - are usually kind enough and pleasant when nobody else is being an asshole...

tomer

February 24th, 2021 at 4:58 PM ^

5'8 here. Haven't been in a fight since my late teens early 20s. The only time I ever felt the need to prove my toughness was on the basketball court. Guarding guys in the post, they always seem to try to get rough. I'm pretty stocky, so maybe that is why I've never felt the need to prove my toughness as it were.

I did have a buddy who was 5'6 or so and he would get drunk and constantly talk about how we should take some guys in a fight.

Point is, I think it is more dependent on how confident the person is in themselves, not so much a height thing. Plenty of tall bullies out there.

michfan84

February 24th, 2021 at 3:17 PM ^

"Little man syndrome" is so overhyped.  Of course, I say this as a little man.

But not all guys who are small and get into fights do it because they are small.  Maybe, just maybe, they got provoked or in some other way are justified in fighting someone.  

Are there guys who fight just to prove their toughness, despite their size?  Sure.  But to attribute "little man syndrome" to every small guy makes as much sense as saying that all big guys fight just because they're big.  

murderwolflives

February 24th, 2021 at 3:47 PM ^

As an example, I literally had JUST walked to the secondary bar with no one near me.  

Ordered my drink.

Turned around and put my back against the bar and checked out the scene.

Little man saw me and made a beeline towards me and started shit with me he hopefully now regrets.

He had ZERO reason to fuck with me and (I am sure to his dismay) didn't enjoy the experience.

I am normally a "gentle giant" and don't cause trouble unless trouble finds me.  

This story was not unique.

SalvatoreQuattro

February 24th, 2021 at 3:57 PM ^

The thing is about the construct is that Napoleon wasn’t that short for his time and he conquered all of Europe. Only his hubris in invading Russia is what finally stopped him,

His brain is what made him scary. A person with brains is far scarier than the toughest, most agile fighter. They’ll hit you before you hit them.

 

And by hit I mean in the Mafia sense.

TyWheatley6

February 24th, 2021 at 10:58 AM ^

People think that the drinking and anger make them expert fighters.  There is a specific skill set to fighting and drinking and anger impair one's ability to execute..no different than having some beers and thinking you can be Ray Lewis on a football field.

ImRightYouKnow

February 24th, 2021 at 10:58 AM ^

Used to box and run in a circle of boxers, and that guy's look right before he started throwing punches was the "I gave you every opportunity to back off... now I get to have some fun" look that I used to see when my friends were in the same situation. 

rposly

February 24th, 2021 at 10:59 AM ^

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