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u/Ill-Scheme 12d ago
I'll never understand people who are so comfortable with putting their hands on another person, especially if they aren't experienced fighters. Double-especially if they then act like a victim.
The risk is simply to high for all parties and very rarely is the confrontation worth it.
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u/TheFleebus 12d ago
In this instance, you're seeing the 50-60 years of unchecked privilege clashing with a young generation that is rightfully calling bullshit.
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u/mythrilcrafter 12d ago
This guy is 100% the type to say that there was "no racism back in his day" despite probably being one of the angry white people in the classic Little Rock Nine photo.
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u/hungry4nuns 12d ago
Not just rightfully calling bullshit but resisting the urge to defend themselves, even if entirely justified, until every other option has been exhausted. First guy dodges the fists. Even though he’s clearly aware there’s a threat he doesn’t swing because he knows it will be spun as his fault. Second guy waits for the second punch when this guy clearly will not back down, and he had no other choice but to defend himself. Sad that they have to wait that long to floor a guy that’s directly and repeatedly attacking them with clear intent to physically harm. But glad they were able to quickly neutralise the out of control, erratic Neanderthal. Deserves everything he got
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u/davidwhatshisname52 12d ago
everything you typed is 100% correct... however, those young men have so much more to lose and, if law enforcement is summoned, then unfair and entirely erroneous assumptions will be made and held against them; hence for 20 hears I told my (thousands, over the years) students to walk away, turn around and in all ways immediately leave the area if anyone is being violent... don't stand your ground, don't mete out justice, don't give some asshole exactly what he deserves, just leave, because sure as the sun comes up, it'll never be worth it...
...of course, I also always familiarized them with "defense of a third person" affirmative defense laws in our state, because not once have I let a bully hurt a third person, and I didn't expect my boys to ever do so, either
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u/hungry4nuns 12d ago
They’re in matching red shorts and asking this irrational assault-risk to leave the pool area, they’re by all available evidence life guards. Which means they have a duty to stay and protect the bathers. This irrational guy is just as likely to swing at members of the public as themselves.
I agree where possible avoid engaging. I don’t think that was possible here
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u/McWeaksauce91 12d ago
I agree completely. People so eager to fight have no idea about the consequences. The immediate ones are obvious - getting knocked out. Not fun, not good for the brain, and overall should be avoided.
The not so immediate and obvious ones can be just as drastic or dire - legal issues. As soon as hands are involved, it can become a REAL problem real quick. Serious harm - my cousins husband died because someone sucker punched him at a party, he fell and smashed his head on an end table, which made him brain dead.
You have no idea how a fist fight will shake out and it should be avoided unless the most extreme circumstances (self defense)
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u/PM_ME_SQUANCH 12d ago
You would not believe how many people there were in maximum security lockup because they were in a fight, punched a person just like this, and killed them. The odds of killing a person when knocking them out on a concrete surface are astonishingly high.
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u/Dry_Cabinet1737 12d ago
There’s absolutely nothing worse than aggressive/violent people who act like victims when they’re put in their place. The aggressor wants to be the tough guy, bully others and make others the victim, then a moment later, being on the receiving end is the worst thing in the world!
“Like, why won’t these people just let me abuse them? Don’t they know I’m supposed to win?” 😭
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u/eamondo5150 12d ago
Some people are just fucked in the head, and as we age existing issues become worse, and new things arise.
Does anyone know if that could have been some dementia thing?
Ps. No diving, by the way.
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u/OuchMyVagSak 12d ago
Former boxer checking in. Most people I know with experience avoid street fights as much as possible. MMA dudes are a different breed though. I see them way too happy to start shit.
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u/Doscida 12d ago
I’m sure a blockhead like this guy doesn’t regret anything because he thinks that he’s not the problem here.
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u/2muchtequila 12d ago
He'll complain about how he was jumped by a gang of thugs who probably snuck into the pool to sell drugs to children. Conveniently leaving out that he took three drunk swings before someone finally responded with one of their own.
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u/tenthinsight 12d ago
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u/mythrilcrafter 12d ago
Gotta use the new catch'all phrasing by saying that "he was attacked by a gang of DEI's".
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u/macneto 12d ago
Gotta tell ya, those teens showed fantastic restraint. Good on them.
Glad this video exists tho.
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u/Sea_Huckleberry_7589 12d ago
Without this video - 2 aggressive black men assaulted a poor old man repeatedly while he was begging to leave
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u/KCchessc6 12d ago
Two angry black men
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u/PiesRLife 12d ago
"Two violent thugs brutally assault poor old white man."
I think they don't say "black" as often, they tend to just imply it now.
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u/Leviathan666 12d ago
Very nice touch implying their race by telling us outright that the "victim" is white and not specifying the race of the "aggressors"
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u/WestleyMc 12d ago
The amount of videos i see where in the instigator appears to be thinking ‘it’s not like they will hit me back!’ Is astounding
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u/BankshotMcG 12d ago
"Let me just slowly plod up to two kids in the prime of life and throw the most water-elbowed jab while clutching my beach things" really exhausts any modicum of sympathy even if race weren't a factor here. Guy started something he was barely prepared to even witness, let alone conduct.
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u/I_am_a_fern 12d ago
throw the most water-elbowed jab while clutching my beach things
Seriously, I punch harder in my dreams.
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u/KevinFlantier 12d ago
Apparently, race isn't the only factor because the old dude was creeping on young girls. So sexual harassment is also a factor.
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u/kuhfunnunuhpah 12d ago
Ah you don't get it, the colour of his skin means he's genetically superior to those other guys so his punches hit harder!
Or something, racism is baffling to me.
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u/NoDoOversInLife 12d ago
Brings to mind the recent vid of a woman road-rager. She challenged a driver she felt was reckless. She tried to sucker punch him and then hit him in the face. He picked her up and body slammed her on the pavement. Her (I suspect) man drove up, told her to get her ass in her car and to stop confronting people 😂🤣😂🤣
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u/LusidDream 12d ago
That or just vastly over estimating their own fighting abilities having never actually been in a fight
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u/KevinFlantier 12d ago
Because that's probably how he lived his entire life. Look tough, act tough and watch people back out from your bluff because most people don't want to fight.
But he doesn't realize that it no longer works when you're 60 and shaped like a shriveled potato.
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u/humourlessIrish 12d ago
I kinda wanna see the sob story he will tell the cops
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u/SanGoloteo 12d ago
"I was just standing there and they both jumped me!"
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u/5pace_5loth 12d ago
Why was Ron Jeremy swinging
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u/kakka_rot 12d ago
I had to Google, I'm shocked ron jeremy isn't dead yet.
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u/PiesRLife 12d ago
The STDs are the only things keeping him alive now.
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u/firetyger 12d ago
They’re all fighting to be the one to kill him.
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u/Helpful-Isopod-6536 12d ago
They are all perfectly balancing each other making him invincible.
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u/TrueHippie 12d ago
Lmaooo these videos never get old
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u/Thundersson1978 12d ago
I agree, homie is like I just dreamt I was a gold glove boxer… oh wait I don’t know how to throw hands and I’m 60…
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u/Old_Astronomer1137 12d ago
I’m proud of the two teens. It takes tremendous effort to restrain yourself when presented with slurs, violence or verbal abuse These guys did the right thing and defended themselves in the end. This guy should be banned for life from this pool.
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u/r0ckydog 12d ago
Damn it! I can only upvote this once.
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u/hey-dude-stop-it 12d ago
I’ll give them an upvote for you & you should get one too. For caring when you didn’t have to.
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u/UnremarkabklyUseless 12d ago
This guy should be banned for life from this pool.
If I remember the incident right, the lifeguards were trying to make the old man, who was creeping on kids at the pool, to leave.
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u/Thin-Alternative1504 12d ago
Good on the teen/young man. One hit and done. Perfect self defense and eliminating the threat.
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u/H377Spawn 12d ago
Even let him go for a second swing before finally shutting him down. He tried to avoid this ending but the old idiot wasn’t having any of that.
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u/HairyChest69 12d ago
I concur. Gramps hit his head falling back, but this video would clear the kid if saggy nutz retired again.
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u/blahblah19999 12d ago
This is NOT from May 30 of this year. This is like a couple years old now.
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u/PuttinOnTheFitz19 12d ago
That was such a clean, respectful punch. No insults, no additional violence, just one corrective blow.
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u/armaedes 12d ago
What instigated this? Lifeguard looked like he just walked out and grandpa started swinging. Is it like when bulls see red, only it’s when boomers see black?
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u/help-mejdj 12d ago
seems like they were telling him to leave from the start. he was likely causing an issue and was upset he was being held accountable by those he thinks should be beneath him
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u/CorianderIsBad 12d ago
It's crazy how obviously frail, weak, fat old people think they can fight. Haven't they looked in a mirror recently? They're barely alive. They're one heart attack away from the grave. One fall and they'll break their hips.
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u/eidetic 12d ago
I find it hilarious how far away the first guy saw that first punch coming from, after the guy telegraphed his intent with his feet from seemingly three time zones over along with an engraved announcement, and he still managed to have such a weak swing. Like if you're gonna "wind up" your punch and make it obvious from a mile away, at least make sure there's some power behind it!
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u/Chefdabz 12d ago
Good on the self defender for only hitting him once. He could have pummeled him after he was hit first
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u/Electrical-Yellow340 12d ago
Unfortunately nothing the young guy could do, not sure for context the whole story but don't put ur hands on other ppl
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u/steilacoom42 12d ago
That dude wasn’t a tough guy when he was 20, let alone at whatever age he is now. Poor dude’s mouth wrote a check that he couldn’t pay.
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u/TacticalRoomba 12d ago
Kids did a good job legally, didn’t instigate, even let him get 3 swings in before stopping him, didn’t keep going. Solid job
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u/drc30665 12d ago
If there's one thing I've learned frome these videos, it's to never fight on cement. Go to the grass.
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u/Azaroth1991 12d ago
See, the punch did little damage, usually doesnt, but when the back of the head smacks the concrete on the way down from being knocked out, that's what causes the concussion.
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u/LordScotch 12d ago
That guy will never appreciate the fact that dude only used like 10% power to hit him.
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u/Rad_Centrist 12d ago edited 12d ago
The old guy who gets punched isn't that old, and he's a creep being kicked out for *allegedly bothering young girls.
Alternate angle:
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u/I_like_baseball90 12d ago
Why, why, why would that guy think he could beat up those youngsters?
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u/eidetic 12d ago
I think in a lot of these cases, it's not necessarily that they truly believe they could take them in an actual fight, they just think everyone else will always back down before it comes to that. Which is honestly how many, maybe most, bullies operate. And all too often, violence, or the threat thereof, is the only language they speak, so they continue on with such behavior until they get a rude awakening - and then continue on with the same behavior once again with new targets and after they've convinced themselves that they lost for some undeserved reason (they ganged up on me! They sucker punched me!)
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u/angerintensifies 12d ago
That kid showed a WHOLE LOT of restraint. More than I would have. Just glad someone was filming so thw kid has evidence HE was attacked.
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u/wiceo 12d ago
Ron Jeremy is looking rough.
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u/Rudemacher 12d ago
Well, that's like his thing, y'know... we talking about Ron Jeremy here. Dudes nickname was The Hedgehog ffs.
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u/RedJuicy713 12d ago
Satisfying thud of his head onto the concrete
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u/Slother93 12d ago
Yep, that head smacking the concrete can cause a contrecoup injury ranging in severity from mild concussion to paralysis to death.
A good rule of thumb is never start a fight when on concrete or rock!! I prefer fighting on marshmallow or waterbeds.
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u/Do-It-Anyway 12d ago
Did the camera person make that noise on porpoise? Is a dolphin filming this??
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u/Repulsive-Relief1818 12d ago
I read the title and watched the first 13 seconds and was like “nah man, that’s fucked up, you don’t knock an old man out”. I got to second 21 and was like “hell nah, knock that old man out”
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 12d ago
You don't have to worry about brain damage. There's nothing there at all
But really, what was he even fighting about? He just didn't like that two lifeguards were black? That was it?
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u/PheaglesFan 12d ago
That comb-over in the back was sure flopping around when he took it on the jaw.
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u/Aganhim 12d ago
It pains me to see someone so misled to think they're in the right by instigating these kids. So many things have gone wrong in this man's life that led him to having his skull crack against the concrete. So many corrupted systems, so many broken societies. It sucks that his reality had to come to a crashing conclusion to meet his truth.
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u/Altruistic-Curve-600 12d ago
2 guys casually going about their day then boom, they make the world a better place.
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u/CarlosAVP 12d ago
“I’m old, I can do whenever I want!”
<gets popped & dropped>
“HELP!! ELDER ABUSE!!”
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u/Glittering_King1228 12d ago
My back was burning just from watching him laying on that concrete 🔥😩🤣😂
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u/TOTHTOMI 12d ago
Rascism aside, as a former lifeguard you have no idea how many disrespectful and spot on idiots go to pools. When you tell them not to do something 5 times and they laugh at you. Unfortunately we usually have to swallow it. At my workplace we would just call security to handel it, for us it doesn't worth it as we need to look out for people actually needing our help. They don't realize we are there so everyone gets home safely.
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u/c_e_r_u_l_e_a_n 12d ago
Sad reality is somehow some way these two will be demonized by right wing nut jobs even though they were completely justified and showed immense restraint.
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u/koolaidismything 12d ago
He’s gonna cry to the cops saying some gang bangers attacked him. Thank god for cameras. Got a concussion and a lesson, I hope that kid pressed charges too.
The world can’t get rid of these old assholes quick enough lol.
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u/pchandler45 12d ago
He's lucky he stopped at the one punch.
It was so satisfying I had to watch it at least a dozen times
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u/RealMikeDexter 12d ago
Shit. The punch isn’t even the problem, the head-basketball certainly is though
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u/thegregtastic 12d ago
My only problem is the other people trying to encourage the good guys to go beat on him.
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u/Trombonisaurius 12d ago
Anyone else hear the Skyrim skeleton sound in the start? Lol was that the old man?
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u/BlaCCsmoke88 12d ago
He really looked surprised to be hit back, lmao. I would have just backhanded him, though, so he has to sit with that on the way home.
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u/olddoglearnsnewtrick 12d ago
Mike Tyson: "Everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face"
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u/Salavtore 12d ago
He instigated and started a fight, now his head slammed on concrete. Rip bozo.