Have you ever bluffed to avoid a confrontation?
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huh?
I do have a story in mind but mine didn't involve a firearm so I didn't post it.
Long story short, I took this monster aside away from his friends and told him I'd tear him apart and embarrass him in front of everyone. It worked!
I think my exact words were something like, "Look, man, I am way out of your league...."
Long story short, I took this monster aside away from his friends and told him I'd tear him apart and embarrass him in front of everyone. It worked!
I think my exact words were something like, "Look, man, I am way out of your league...."
herohog
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Yup. Stuck my hand inside my denim jacket like there was more in there than there was. They turned tail and ran. I found a place to sit as my legs were about to give out as I was blufing my [rear end] off...
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bdickens
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No.
What happens if the bluff gets called?
What happens if the bluff gets called?
RobMoore
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Weren't you in trouble before the bluff?
herohog
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Yes, a bluff was all I had and I used it. I got lucky. I do NOT reccomend it to ANY one. I knew they were unarmed. They weren't so sure about me.
csmkersh
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Bluffing is okay sometimes if you're playing poker, but not if a face off. You may be forced to show your cards.
degoodman
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I have.
Once, in a pool hall in college, there was a kid that was looking to start up a fight. He was at the table next to ours, and he accused us of bumping him, putting him off, or whatever, and didn't feel like "sorry man" was adequate compensation for his grievance. So he's running his mouth louder and louder, starts coming around the table with fists clenched, etc.
I looked over to a friend of mine and told him very clearly to call the station for backup (I really did want him to call the cops), which froze Captain Loudmouth dead in his tracks. "You're a COP?!?!" (I'm not) to which I responded "Wanna find out?" as I squared off to him and started walking forward slowly. He didn't advance any further, so I suggested that he pay up and leave. That was enough for him, and he gathered up his stuff and left, rather meekly I might add.
I was prepared to fight him if I had to, but as it turned out, that wasn't necessary.
Once, in a pool hall in college, there was a kid that was looking to start up a fight. He was at the table next to ours, and he accused us of bumping him, putting him off, or whatever, and didn't feel like "sorry man" was adequate compensation for his grievance. So he's running his mouth louder and louder, starts coming around the table with fists clenched, etc.
I looked over to a friend of mine and told him very clearly to call the station for backup (I really did want him to call the cops), which froze Captain Loudmouth dead in his tracks. "You're a COP?!?!" (I'm not) to which I responded "Wanna find out?" as I squared off to him and started walking forward slowly. He didn't advance any further, so I suggested that he pay up and leave. That was enough for him, and he gathered up his stuff and left, rather meekly I might add.
I was prepared to fight him if I had to, but as it turned out, that wasn't necessary.
Bobarino
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the only place i bluff is the at the poker table. doing so in a life and death situation is just too risky. i'm willing to bet my money on a bluff, but not my life.
Bobby
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I once stepped up for a small guy getting picked on during a casual sports game. I called him out for being a bully and told the aggressor, who was many times my superior in size and force, to pick on someone his own size.
He punched me in the mouth and hit me twice more on the way down
Now, I've adopted more of a non-intervention policy.
He punched me in the mouth and hit me twice more on the way down
Now, I've adopted more of a non-intervention policy.
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Never in a life and death situation, but I've stared down quite a few people who would have pounded me into the ground had they pressed the matter. I write parking tickets on a college campus so the matter comes up more for me, than it would for most people.
herohog
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Not really a bluff but a good disarming tale: My brother and I raced dirt track modified cars (open wheel) together for years. One night, he and another driver tangled up and when they came in the pits the other guy was Steamed and jumped out of his car, threw his helmet down and headed for our pit. Tommy jumped out of his car and went to meet him and, of course, the members of the respective pit crews tagged along. Well, Tommy and the other driver met and Tommy looked him square in the chest (Tommy ain't real big) and the guy says "I'm gonna kick yer [butt]!" Tommy says "You think you can kick my [butt]?" The guy says "I KNOW I can kick your [butt]!" Tommy says "Then I guess there ain't much sense in us fightin' then is there?" and walks off! The other guy stood there for a second, smiled, laughed and that was it.
Our 1st race car (thanks dad!)
Our 1st race car (thanks dad!)
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Jeff F
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Only time I ever bluff is when I'm playing poker.
I'm not going to share any particulars, but from my experience acting "cooler" or more in control of the situation than you really are is a good way to "bluff" your way out of a confrontation. If you speak softly and don't ratchet things up and move and act in such a way as to make the guy wonder if you're some kind of bad-arse, sometimes (not always) a situation can be at least temporarily defused... when it doesn't work, it helps to actually be something of a bad-mother...
Jeff F
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That's where you made the mistake.
Myself I would of punched him in the mouth first then told him to pick on someone his own size.
I'm not a violent person by nature, but sometimes that is what it takes to get through to some people.
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when it doesn't work, it helps to actually be something of a bad-mother...
SHUTCHO MOUTH!
...but he's talkin' 'bout Shaft
We can dig it!
I've had to do it a few times, and it seems like the biggest talkers have the least spine.
Still, it's not something I look forward to. I've walked away from a couple situations where even I'm not sure why the guy didn't clean my clock, given my response to him. Of course, he was probably bluffing to start with.
gp911
when it doesn't work, it helps to actually be something of a bad-mother...
SHUTCHO MOUTH!
...but he's talkin' 'bout Shaft
We can dig it! I've had to do it a few times, and it seems like the biggest talkers have the least spine.
Still, it's not something I look forward to. I've walked away from a couple situations where even I'm not sure why the guy didn't clean my clock, given my response to him. Of course, he was probably bluffing to start with.
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