There’s a percentage of my fellow Americans who have been waiting for the opportunity to be placed in a self defense situation.
The european mind can't comprehend this
Submitted 3 weeks ago by kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a tragedy. Oh God.
hraegsvelmir@ani.social 2 weeks ago
And then there’s people like my once naïve ass, who just blunder their way through attempted muggings. The first time someone tried to mug me, this guy was asking for money at like 2am, and when I told him I couldn’t help him, he said, “You know, I got heat.” I told him that was good, at least, because my landlord was a dick and my apartment was cold as hell, since they still hadn’t turned on the heat for the building. Got back home, and my wife was like, “You idiot, you know he was telling you he had a gun, right?”
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As someone that experienced childhood abuse and now deals with anger management issues, I ‘agree’ with the average American on the point “that violence solves all problems”/violence is the go-to tool and not the last resort… It’s not right though!
Kaput@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maxim 6 If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
JustJack23@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Honestly better stats for the US than I thought they’d be. Surprised that my state’s obesity rates are better than any number of European countries despite the situation here still not seeming great.
Wondering if that is an endorsement of things my state is doing right or an indictment of the countries in Europe that are somehow worse.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Note that this Obesity (BMI over 30). 76% of the US is overweight (BMI over 25)…
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It gets much worse when you look at the outliers. 9.4% of the US had severe obesity (BMI>40) in 2023.
The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany are around 1%, I couldn’t even find a number for France that was more than “<1%”.
Achsonaja@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
How the fuck is Florida at 28%?!
Darth_Lemmy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
old fat retirees
WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
so is the guy going to shooting after he suplexes him? i don’t get it /s
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Imagine how they’d react if someone stole their government.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
Time to be a good boy and look away
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
I’ve seen enough videos on the internet to know europeans are not afraid to beat the shit out of a pickpocket.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah this meme is more like Americans getting pickpocketed on vacation vs at home, only the at home one has gun violence
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Monica Poli screaming in disbelief
Lebensmittel@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
As if the average American whale could suplex someone
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say some fat people my surprise you with their strength. They throw around more weight quite often, it’s stamina that’s lacking. A single, forceful attack is believable to me.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Yeah, that’s just a redistribution of weight in our legs are good for it.
Last time it was in a country with a lot of pickpocketing I just wanted to put a little open baggie of automotive grease in my breast pocket. I was bump checked three times in Paris in one block.
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They have to catch you first.
HenryDorsett@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My BIL is literally twice my weight,if not more; and has several inches of height on me.
Severity can be promoted by need. For example, his drunk ass wanted to get off the couch to threaten his sister (my wife). I introduced him to the floor, rapidly.
Speed and skill can overcome size. That being said, I’ve always been on the smaller side of stature and weight, and a hit from someone twice your size hurts when they connect. Period.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
a fat American could probably do it to a skinny person if they’re really mad. their leg muscles are insane
bigb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m a fat American, I can confirm all my strength is in my legs
bigfondue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wrestling is a popular school sport in America