There’s also the possibility the women were drunk off their asses and didn’t realize what was really going down and the OP was only moderately drunk.
He may have been “drunk” when composing that post, but besides coming off a bit pissed off and a few poor word choices, that was a fairly well written post. He sure wasn’t drunk drunk when he wrote that.
If you take politics out and ignore his statements, then we might as well start a whole new thread because it’s now a different topic and argument.
Yes, in general it might be possible. But not in the situation under discussion here. And what’s obviously dangerous to one person may be another’s keep-an-eye-on-it PITA moment.
Enjoy 
He actually said “male part,” which… maybe I’m alone in this, but the first thing that comes to my mind…
Dude, just come out of the closet already 
VT’s homoerotic leanings aside, he makes a good point. OP made it clear from the start that he was ready to be the dick for the night.
You don’t even want to know how many posts I’ve written for the dope when I was stinking drunk. It’s not hard, you just have to keep as laserlike a focus as possible on each individual word, use the backspace incessantly and take a number of breaks and/or shots as the situation calls for.
But his reaction to the “obvious threat” is to:
a) Make sure his Marine buddy had his back…
and b) Affix his steely eyed glare at the offending party, assuming that the guy would not be able to ignore the manly challenge.
He didn’t go get the bouncer until: after
Not only did his “gaze of doom” plan fail, his buddy had to bail him out:
Now, I wasn’t there, and I’m not his lawyer, etc., etc., but he does paint himself up to look like he had realized too late that he had bit off more than he could chew…
Nah, we still have “was the douchebag a threat?”
Exactly my point.
Yes, but that was only after the guy said “WTF you looking at” etc.
But yeah, he failed to defuse the situation. And looking at it again, he yammered on about “playing the male part” to “shoo away creeps” as opposed to protecting from violence. Still, the fact that he just turns to the guy and gets the “WTF you looking at” comment makes me think the douche really was being a douche.
What about the astral and the ethereal?
Last time I played the male role I was 18 years old and I came to in a linen closet with my mouth fulla uncooked macaroni and a missing toenail. Bitches.
Mine was a porta potty and uncooked Ramen noodles and a mullet hair cut…
You guys took too long. I would have taken the entire group outside straight to the cars after his first pass. If the weirdo follows and gives trouble outside, hit him at some crucial nerve ending, like the kisser, the eyes, groin, etc.
What crucial nerve ending is located in “the kisser”? . . .
ETA: I have some post baccalaureate work in biochem, but apparently I missed something in neurophysiology.
Some folks go to bars where a variety of house brews are served. Some folks go to bars where good bands play. But then there’s you, Chessic, who goes to bars where women are raped.
I didn’t know that women were routinely raped in bars. I don’t doubt that it has happened on rare occasion, but to my pedestrian way of thinking, most bar owners prefer to offer something other than rape to attract patrons, and most rapists prefer to rape somewhere other than in a public bar. That you managed to sniff out such an environment for your and your wife’s pleasure is a tribute to your manliness. Or perhaps the fact is that no one was going to rape anyone at that bar, and you were using the women as an excuse for your puffery.
Your strategy is inefficient. I would never even have taken anyone in my group inside to begin with. I would just wait in the bar parking lot and stake out the entrance until I was sure everything was safe. Then I would throw smoke bombs through the bar windows and pre-emptively murder everyone in the building with knives! Probably better kill the witnesses, too: better safe than sorry!
Also, I’d probably bring like an entire case of strawberry-kiwi Boone’s Farm.
No one, not one poster, in this thread has painted the douche as anything but a douche, a massive one. This conversation isn’t about that. It’s about how the OP was being irresponsible in that situation in his dealings with said douche. Someone behaving badly in public doesn’t excuse bad behavior in return.
I don’t blame the OP for his actions (he was drunk) but let’s not make his actions into some noble deed. Also, his whole ‘man part’ bs is silly, and his need for glory debases all of it anyway.
What?! Are you kidding me? I’m having a blast! I hope this thread goes on forever! I love these little dust-ups. I could go for a little more ‘comprehending my posts,’ but the wit more than makes up for it.
More ‘making stuff up to have more ammunition.’ You’re assuming facts not in evidence and wildly conjecturing. “Yeah, that’s it. She said it to shut him up. That’s the ticket.”
Absolutely. I’d defend you, too, if you were getting unwelcome attention from a violent douchebag.
This ‘what’ did ‘what’ in various forms? How often? This drama played out every singe night? You mean, a drama like in a theater? With roles and lines and stuff? Every single night, like it’s a common thing?
Wow, could you imagine being in one of those situations? You might be so familiar with it that you even know why you’re in the part you’re in. Heck, you might even be typecast!
I already answered this when people were suggesting I just ask Barfly if she needed help. Hell, one guy suggested I say it so the other guy could hear! Rookie mistake! That’s how you get your ass kicked for real.
“Still” drunk? I should hope so! It was posted a half hour after the fact!
And I love how people are talking so much about my apparent sexism and disrespect of women, when you’ve got this stuff right under your nose…
Y’here that, you stupid hussy? You got raped because you went to the wrong bar! It’s your fault, you whore. Won’t be making that mistake again, now will ya, tramp?
Hehe, I know right? Women having sex. So offensive. What a disgusting harlot, amirite?
So the takeaways from this thread, for me, are clear. If the person is a friend who needs help, I should let someone else handle it, but if it’s a Doper who hates me and definitely doesn’t want my help, I should help anyway. Also, if a woman definitely wants someone to go away, maybe she can be wooed still, but if she actually goes home with a friend of mine, it’s offensive to say so. And finally, women can handle themselves but need my help, while rapists let you know they’re rapists upfront, being the gentlemen that they are. Oh, and rape doesn’t just happen to anyone, anywhere, and definitely not late at night after some alcohol is involved.
That about sum it up?
I don’t get the danger part. Sure would appreciate the help if I’m in a deserted place. Can fend for myself in a packed bar with a bouncer. Macho posturing is annoying at best. OP, it sure reads to me like the desire to protect ‘helpless’ barfly was secondary to your desire to figuratively whip out those rulers and commence to measurin’. I’d have been annoyed too, that your actions turned an annoying situation into a potentially dangerous one.
You forgot the part about you being a douche.
