There's a percentage of my fellow Americans who have been waiting for the opportunity to be placed in a self defense situation.
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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It's a tragedy. Oh God.
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?"
As if the average American whale could suplex someone
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say some fat people may 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.
They have to catch you first.
Tried running away from my house one time when I was about 12, my stepfather was 400+lbs and closed the distance to my flat-out 90lbs pretty damn quick. Only got as far as ~20 metres. Fast as a hippo
Reminds me of the fat guy from In Bruge
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.
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.
a fat American could probably do it to a skinny person if they're really mad. their leg muscles are insane
I'm a fat American, I can confirm all my strength is in my legs
Wrestling is a popular school sport in America
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!
Maxim 6 If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/two-maps-and-one-graph-comparing-obesity-in-america-and-europe/
Edit: noticed the first map is from 2018. Here is more recent one:
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%".
How the fuck is Florida at 28%?!
old fat retirees
so is the guy going to shoot him after he suplexes him? i don’t get it /s
I've seen enough videos on the internet to know europeans are not afraid to beat the shit out of a pickpocket.
Yeah this meme is more like Americans getting pickpocketed on vacation vs at home, only the at home one has gun violence
Monica Poli screaming in disbelief
Imagine how they’d react if someone stole their government.
Time to be a good boy and look away
you guys are getting pickpocketed?