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I don't understand why you felt you had to 'break up' the fight. Should have left well enough alone and not got involved. Sounds selfish, but think about yourself first.

And, damn, you should be getting laid. Can't let all that excitable energy and emotion go to waste on sleeping.
 
That's a shitty experience, but I get the feeling the guy throwing the party wasn't going to stab you at all. It was just a game of chicken, common to dudebros.
 
TwiztidElf said:
I don't understand why you felt you had to 'break up' the fight. Should have left well enough alone and not got involved. Sounds selfish, but think about yourself first.

And, damn, you should be getting laid. Can't let all that excitable energy and emotion go to waste on sleeping.
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He didn't waste his energy on sleeping. He punched a toilet, dude.
 
One time in Mexico I was driving on a mountain path and some loose dirt gave way and I almost rolled down the mountain. The step on the side of the van was bent after this, so I knew if it wasn't for that sticking out it probably would have rolled off and I'd be dead.

Almost dying isn't so bad, but I guess you have some existential issues to work out.

Spoiler:
We all die anyway.
 
dejay said:
I've heard of and seen too many people getting attacked for trying to break up a fight. If two adults want to fight each other, I say let 'em, unless it gets to the point where one is on the ground and obviously not putting up a fight any more.
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Pretty much exactly my take on men fighting. I worked security for years. Last place you want to be is between two drunk idiots.
 
Reading through some of these posts, it's like no one here has heard of fundamental attribution error:

In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect) describes the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based explanations for the observed behaviors of others while under-valuing situational explanations for those behaviors.

As a simple example, if Alice saw Bob trip over a rock and fall, Alice might consider Bob to be clumsy or careless (dispositional). If Alice tripped over the same rock herself, she would be more likely to blame the placement of the rock (situational).
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Everyone saying "OP you have anger issues"; "OP your temper is uncontrollable"; etc. seems to be committing this mistake. Put yourself in his shoes. He almost got stabbed. He had to get involved in multiple physical altercations. He had most probably been drinking quite a bit. Replace the word 'He' with 'I' then say to yourself 'If I hit something after that, I would need to go to anger management". When you consider the situation, the OPs actions are understandable. Now one could suggest that the OP could have just avoided getting involved entirely, but that is a different argument really. And I suppose people might suggest that the fact that stuff was destroyed indicates an overreaction, but again consider that the OP is an athlete, a man capable of splitting up 2 guys fighting, he is clearly going to be strong and of course he has been drinking, there is no surprise that in a situation like that he would break things.
 
Change my mind OP. This is what you should've done:

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How was that almost stabbed? i thought maybe the blade grazed you or something. or like, he tried to stab you and you caught his wrists - the thread topic does not match the story at all.

Ive been stabbed twice in my life and it was two of the most horrific experience ive encountered. once through the left hand, one on the right shin which grazed along the bone - those were stabbings but not ALMOST stabbed to death by any means.
 
sohois said:
Reading through some of these posts, it's like no one here has heard of fundamental attribution error:



Everyone saying "OP you have anger issues"; "OP your temper is uncontrollable"; etc. seems to be committing this mistake. Put yourself in his shoes. He almost got stabbed. He had to get involved in multiple physical altercations. He had most probably been drinking quite a bit. Replace the word 'He' with 'I' then say to yourself 'If I hit something after that, I would need to go to anger management". When you consider the situation, the OPs actions are understandable. Now one could suggest that the OP could have just avoided getting involved entirely, but that is a different argument really. And I suppose people might suggest that the fact that stuff was destroyed indicates an overreaction, but again consider that the OP is an athlete, a man capable of splitting up 2 guys fighting, he is clearly going to be strong and of course he has been drinking, there is no surprise that in a situation like that he would break things.
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You've got anger issues
 
Just saw the update - how did that guy fail to stab 2 people in one night? didnt he actually fail to stab everyone there if no one actually got stabbed?
 
sltPoison said:
Ugh I want to leave this and sleep but I will answer this. My roommate was in our room with a girl, so I decided to just lay down on our really nice bathroom rug. Threw part of my tantrum in there. Toilet, tiles etc, I punched them. fuck I am dumb...
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sltPoison
Toilet Puncher
(Today, 11:18 AM)
 
I'm sorry bro. But if you punched a hole in my wall at my party I would've came at you to. Probably not with a knife but I would've came at you.
 
Glad your ok but you're out of order punching through dudes door sounds like you and your two 'friends' pretty much ruined the party.
 
lol you never came close to death. how overdramatic. you did deserve a hellacious beatdown from the host however for throwing a 3 year old's temper tantrum and vandalising his house in response to your "broskis" laughable handbags-at-dawn posturing.
 
sohois said:
Reading through some of these posts, it's like no one here has heard of fundamental attribution error:



Everyone saying "OP you have anger issues"; "OP your temper is uncontrollable"; etc. seems to be committing this mistake. Put yourself in his shoes. He almost got stabbed. He had to get involved in multiple physical altercations. He had most probably been drinking quite a bit. Replace the word 'He' with 'I' then say to yourself 'If I hit something after that, I would need to go to anger management". When you consider the situation, the OPs actions are understandable. Now one could suggest that the OP could have just avoided getting involved entirely, but that is a different argument really. And I suppose people might suggest that the fact that stuff was destroyed indicates an overreaction, but again consider that the OP is an athlete, a man capable of splitting up 2 guys fighting, he is clearly going to be strong and of course he has been drinking, there is no surprise that in a situation like that he would break things.
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Nope.
 
I think you should all maybe stop taking so many steroids just to play Baseball~?
 
I love how you've taken an event that's basically "Yeah my friends had a bit too much to drink and started acting dumb" and turned it into this over dramatic tale of EMOTIONAL BETRAYAL, ANGER and NEAR MURDER.

Also, the girl didnt contribute in this story at all. Stealth brag thread?
 
Still don't get what the op is so emotionally distraught over. We're friends and they tried to fight!!!! I'm so hurt!!! Wut. You're dumb college jocks getting blasted and doing dumb shit. That's normal. Why didn't you let the two trade a few blows and have a laugh about it later? You had to have a one on one with them? Lol, were you the designated driver/mom? Were you even drunk. You're from Cali right? So chill the fuck out op, you did not almost die.
 
Ein Bear said:
I love how you've taken an event that's basically "Yeah my friends had a bit too much to drink and started acting dumb" and turned it into this over dramatic tale of EMOTIONAL BETRAYAL, ANGER and NEAR MURDER.
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Maybe he's a reality show producer.
 
sohois said:
Reading through some of these posts, it's like no one here has heard of fundamental attribution error:

Everyone saying "OP you have anger issues"; "OP your temper is uncontrollable"; etc. seems to be committing this mistake. Put yourself in his shoes. He almost got stabbed. He had to get involved in multiple physical altercations. He had most probably been drinking quite a bit. Replace the word 'He' with 'I' then say to yourself 'If I hit something after that, I would need to go to anger management". When you consider the situation, the OPs actions are understandable. Now one could suggest that the OP could have just avoided getting involved entirely, but that is a different argument really. And I suppose people might suggest that the fact that stuff was destroyed indicates an overreaction, but again consider that the OP is an athlete, a man capable of splitting up 2 guys fighting, he is clearly going to be strong and of course he has been drinking, there is no surprise that in a situation like that he would break things.
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The knife appeared AFTER the poster punched the door.

He was not "almost stabbed" by that point.

To witnesses who did not know the OP's state of mind, it means they saw a stranger randomly break a door.

Your argument has the events out of order.
 
sltPoison said:
So I am going to school in North Dakota, which sucks by the way and I am leaving at semester. So I get invited to a house party tonight with some of the guys from my baseball team. Many of the girls from the softball and volleyball team are going there as well. There is one girl in particular on the volleyball team that I've been talking to a lot and I am starting to develop a really great relationship with, so I really want to go and see her.

We end up heading out, her and I are pong partners, but way down the wait list, so that sucks. We end up just having another great conversation together like we always do. Before I know it, two of my teammates on the baseball team are trying to fight each other. I have to pull them apart and pull one of them into a room where we can have a 1 on 1. I am so upset that my buddies, who are great friends, would want to fight each other. I cool him down a bit, and leave him to talk to go and talk to my other bud. He tries to convince me that it is all good. I don't believe this for a sec. So I talk to him. He gets so irritated with me that he tries to choke me out. At this point I am so emotionally overwealmed that I break away from him and walk away. I am incredibly pissed off and upset that my teammates, who are great friends with me and eachother would act like this.

Before I know it, one of them is trying to leave, but he has to cross paths with the other. So the moment they get near eachother, the fighting starts. I have to use all my goddamn strength to pull these fucking clowns apart. One of them finally walks out the door while I am holding the other back, so we are good for now. I am so fucking riled up at this point, I just want to leave. All attention is on me as I am screaming at my teammate questioning him on his actions. And I mean everyone is looking at me.

So the girl I am into says she will get us out of there. I am unbelievably pissed off and rattled at this point, my teammate tries to fight me now. I have to push him off of me to leave. While I walk away towards the door, I just have to let it out. I punch the bathroom door at this guys house, my hand goes straight through, about 3 inches past my wrist and I have to rip it back out, cutting my wrist and arm as I do so. I am just making a b line for my ride. In the mean time, the guy whose house it is, whose been a belligerent asshole all night by the way, grabs a blade which is at least 8 inches long, rushes at me. I was not even paying attention. I was so unaware that this was happening until I was told so. I was told If it were not for other people at the party, I would have been stabbed in my back. I didn't even realize it was coming until I heard everyone start yelling and screaming. So I turn to see this fucking guy with knife in hand, yelling and screaming that he is going to kill me. I rush away.

In the car ride home, I am shaking. To this moment, the thought of me dying tonight has shaken me up beyond belief. No one will understand this, but I truly contemplated what it means to really die. I have been having emotion outbursts sense then. I have pretty much broken my hand from punching the walls. I destroyed my Kramer poster and frame, which I love so much out of sheer anger. While I am typing this, I am so emotionally distraught still. I could have died. My young 20 year old life could have ended.

Sure I could have handled things differently, but to think that my existence as a human being in this world could have ended, that just hits me harder than anyone can ever realize.
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Get anger management help.
 
My brother-in-law was in critical condition from being stabbed multiple times and had his heart cut open for emergency surgery. You were nowhere near being "stabbed to death" ya drunken drama queen.
 
Alcohol, nectar of the gods, humans just don't know how to savour it, they rather just abuse it and start acting like morons. It has always been like that and it'll always stay like that.
 
LeleSocho said:
What lovely thread backfire
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Is there any other way these things go. "Let me post an event that JUST happened to me because it is life altering and I was slighted in some way." People don't have the ability to step back and look at a situation they are emotionally involved in. GAF provides a service. We are all fucking saints and should be acknowledged for giving people perspective.
 
This is why the drinking age should be 15, so by the time kids go to college they can handle their alcohol without needing adult supervision.

And yes, you could easily have been stabbed, in the same manner you wrecked the guy's stuff. Just not thinking, but reacting. A lot of murders and stabbings are over stupid stuff.

But take this as a lesson learned.
 
sltPoison said:
I am willing to discuss this openly with everyone btw, My friends just get belligerently drunk. And the guy whose house we were at was encouraging this shit to happen. He wanted them to fight so bad, ughhhhhh. So that is partially my reason for being incredibly upset with him. Then of course the deal with my buddies, that drove me to punching the door.
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Asshole move punching a hole in someone's door.

Sounds like you are very melodramatic, why are you getting on like that because two other people where fighting?

Break it up and move on, no need for breaking other people's property ...... you deserve a slap in the mouth for that bullshit.


R.I.P Kramer poster ..... I guess we are fortunate there where no magazine racks close by.
 
Korey said:
Get anger management help.
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Indeed.

"Fundamental Attribution Error" or not, some anger management help would still be good. Anger management is not a shameful thing or something to be considered a last resort. It is an important skillset for life, and something you can train in. Overwhelming situation or not, there are better responses to overwhelming emotions.

Leaving, sitting down and shutting things out for a while, crying, etc. They are things people do, which come naturally to some, which are preferable to violence. He met overwhelming situations and responded with violent outbursts. Is that normal? If by "normal" you mean "natural" then yes, it comes naturally to many people. However, as humans we can realize that our first nature is not always what is best, and learn better ways.

This is coming from someone who had rage issues growing up from a bad childhood. I know all about overwhelming circumstances and losing control. I also know about self improvement and learning to be more familiar with your limits, how to guide yourself away from reaching them, and preventing things from going bad when they are reached. Avoiding such situations is a good step, but learning how to handle such situations when they come up anyway is an additional good step.
 
DiscoJer said:
This is why the drinking age should be 15, so by the time kids go to college they can handle their alcohol without needing adult supervision.

And yes, you could easily have been stabbed, in the same manner you wrecked the guy's stuff. Just not thinking, but reacting. A lot of murders and stabbings are over stupid stuff.

But take this as a lesson learned.
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Except people who start drinking at 15 are 5x more likely to become an alcoholic:

http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
 
teruterubozu said:
Except people who start drinking at 15 are 5x more likely to become an alcoholic:

http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-shee...e-drinking.htm
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Is that because of an inherent quality of being that age when you start drinking, or because drinking at that age is not allowed in our society so it is indicative of a rebellious/unwise/uncontrolled lifestyle in those who do? We could start figuring that out by looking at other countries where people are allowed to drink from a young age, like France, Norway, or Italy.
 
Dice said:
Is that because of an inherent quality of being that age when you start drinking, or because drinking at that age is not allowed in our society so it is indicative of a rebellious/unwise/uncontrolled lifestyle in those who do? We could start figuring that out by looking at other countries where people are allowed to drink from a young age, like France, Norway, or Italy.
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Well, France and Norway is 18 (20 for alcohol over 22%). Italy is 16 but raising it to 18 soon. So the argument still seems to be favoring older drinkers.
 
teruterubozu said:
Well, France and Norway is 18 (20 for alcohol over 22%). Italy is 16 but raising it to 18 soon. So the argument still seems to be favoring older drinkers.
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Laws about sale and public drinking ≠ Private drinking and common attitudes and allowances commonly given to minors

The discussion point is about learning to be responsible with alcohol at younger ages rather than greatly restricted until you cross a magic line which also happens to be when you rule yourself as an individual.
 
Does everyone in North Dakota have anger issues, and where does that leave people from South Dakota? extremely happy people?
 
sltPoison said:
HOLY SHIT UPDATE!!!!

Just got word from one of my hockey friends that after I left, he tried to stab someone else. WTF!?!? This is a fucked up situation, I broke a door, I will pay for it. But this kid is a maniac. I should have known from the moment he was encouraging my friends to fight.
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Why are you telling your iPad WTF and not just what the fuck?

Your hand is not broken is it.
 
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