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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:54 amby PANGANIA
What if you carry pepper spray? Then you can spray it in all directions and run. Risky though.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:56 amby Lanoraie II
Pangania wrote:What if you carry pepper spray? Then you can spray it in all directions and run. Risky though.
Not overly so. You're not supposed to carry it in your purse for reasons like this, but if it's on the outside of your purse and they don't have guns, spray, pray, and runaway.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:56 amby Jeminia
I'd take a fourth option: run like hell.
I'm decently athletic, and, since the muggers are armed only with knives, I'm safe as long as I can keep them at a distance. Assuming I can evade them long enough to reach safety or get my hands on something I can use to fight back, I get to keep both my life and the contents of my wallet. If they manage to catch up to me, then I'll take the first option, since they're unlikely to be quite as willing to let me live if they've had to chase after me for several minutes.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:56 amby Chernoslavia
Free Arabian Nation wrote:Chernoslavia wrote:Don't count on it.
... OK then, I'll remember to hire trained snipers to watch me 24/7
...Or you could just carry a gun and be better aware of your surroundings. No one is responsible for your safety.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:58 amby Free Arabian Nation
Chernoslavia wrote:Free Arabian Nation wrote:... OK then, I'll remember to hire trained snipers to watch me 24/7
...Or you could just carry a gun and be better aware of your surroundings. No one is responsible for your safety.
I would if I could buddy, I would if I could
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:59 amby Infected Mushroom
Heloin wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:what if they did so out of a sense of honour?
warrior's pride etc?
You'd be a moron.
I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:01 amby The Blaatschapen
Infected Mushroom wrote:Heloin wrote:You'd be a moron.
I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
What exactly is the honour here?
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:01 amby The New California Republic
The Galactic Liberal Democracy wrote:Free Arabian Nation wrote:... OK then, I'll remember to hire trained snipers to watch me 24/7
That’s actually a good idea.
Shame that the person who hugged you as a greeting is now dead because the snipers wrongly interpreted it as an attack on you...
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:02 amby Prusenreich
But I am wearing full plate armor so the knifes probably won't go through the armor
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:02 amby The Free Joy State
Why am I walking around (a presumably shady area) with all my ID and that much money (cards, cash and ID are the only things I care about in this scenario, by the way)? Why didn't I get a taxi?
As for the scenario, hand over my purse, go home, and cancel everything (cards/ID) that I'd lost.
My life is more important than anything I'm carrying, no martial arts training could defend me against three knives.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:02 amby Heloin
Infected Mushroom wrote:Heloin wrote:You'd be a moron.
I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
You'd still be a moron.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:03 amby The Blaatschapen
Heloin wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
You'd still be a moron.
Worse.
A dead one.
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:03 amby The Free Joy State
Heloin wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
You'd still be a moron.
^^
Principles mean jackshit when you die for no good reason.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:04 amby Free Arabian Nation
The New California Republic wrote:The Galactic Liberal Democracy wrote:That’s actually a good idea.
Shame that the person who hugged you as a greeting is now dead because the snipers wrongly interpreted it as an attack on you...
They must be pretty shitty snipers, and if I am casually carrying 3K in my wallet I'm pretty sure I can hire some good ones.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:04 amby The Galactic Liberal Democracy
The New California Republic wrote:Shame that the person who hugged you as a greeting is now dead because the snipers wrongly interpreted it as an attack on you...
I hate hugs anyway. It would be more of a legal issue, but it the snipers are from the government, so I think we’re good.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:04 amby The New California Republic
Infected Mushroom wrote:Heloin wrote:You'd be a moron.
I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
It isn't dishonourable to get mugged. It takes a serious dose of victim-blaming to think that it is...
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:08 amby Ifreann
The New California Republic wrote:The blAAtschApen wrote:No, seriously who carries 3000 USD (GBP, Euro) with them at night, alone?
Oooooh, i'm a drugs dealer, aren't I?
The only kinds of people that carry around that kind of cash as an everyday occurrence must be into some really dirty deals.
The only person I can remember seeing with that kind of money in their wallet was a middle-aged man in a suit. Could have been more €3,000 actually, big thick wad of fifties. I've always thought it a bit suspicious.
Infected Mushroom wrote:this is a very brave forum
over 50% of posters would fight
I'm impressed by the True Courage
It's stupidity, not courage.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:09 amby Caracasus
Infected Mushroom wrote:Heloin wrote:You'd be a moron.
I think there is something unbelievably beautiful about valuing your honour so much you'd be willing to die for it
its not always just about the wallet, sometimes its just the principle of what it stands for; you can't have people walk over you
personally I have struggled to carry that kind of Courage but some people seem to have it
IM, go and sign up for five different martial arts or self defense classes, then ask the instructors what you should do in this scenario on the first day.
They will all tell you that you hand over your wallet.
Fighting in this hypothetical is really stupid.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:09 amby Jebslund
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:10 amby PANGANIA
Ifreann wrote:The New California Republic wrote:The only kinds of people that carry around that kind of cash as an everyday occurrence must be into some really dirty deals.
The only person I can remember seeing with that kind of money in their wallet was a middle-aged man in a suit. Could have been more €3,000 actually, big thick wad of fifties. I've always thought it a bit suspicious.
Infected Mushroom wrote:this is a very brave forum
over 50% of posters would fight
I'm impressed by the True Courage
It's stupidity, not courage.
Nah nah it's courage alright some thugs approach you and you pull some matrix shit where you dodge all their knives and beat them all up then that makes you courageous. Not stupid. Stupid is if you fail it and get stabbed multiple times.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:12 amby The Free Joy State
Ifreann wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:this is a very brave forum
over 50% of posters would fight
I'm impressed by the True Courage
It's stupidity, not courage.
Of course, people tend to be tougher on the internet, too...
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:13 amby The Blaatschapen
The Free Joy State wrote:Ifreann wrote:It's stupidity, not courage.
Of course, people tend to be tougher on the internet, too...
Really? Why is the internet full with special snowflakes?
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:32 amby Len Hyet
You are unarmed
???
???????
What does this sentence mean?
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:34 amby Grinning Dragon
Hmm, I'm torn on this one. On one hand you are supposedly a highly trained operator in hand to hand combat, while the 3 thugs do not possess such training, and the only weapon they possess is a knife. Seems to me it would all depend on how the fight goes down and whether or not, our trained self is able to neutralize one threat for a knife or use what ever is available to use as a melee weapon. Would tossing your wallet just out of the reach of the furthest thug with a knife gain an advantage to neutralize the closest threat?
Or I guess one could go on a revenge mission after giving up your wallet and kill all three at a later time or kill everyone they know and love and leave the three thugs as cripples for the rest of their lives knowing they lost everything dear to them over a 1000 dollars a piece.
Either way, it is a tall order in taking on all 3.
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Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:35 amby Heloin
Len Hyet wrote:You are unarmed
???
???????
What does this sentence mean?
We've cut off your arms.