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A recent chat with Nazz on being brave and being right made me remember this.

So, how brave are you?

Not Brave
After a drunken night on the town, you come home and beg forgiveness for your wrongdoings, and sheepishly sign the divorce papers, giving everything you own to your significant other.

Brave:
You come home ,drunk as a skunk in the middle of the night and you see your significant other lying in bed but not sleeping.
You put a chair in front of the bed and put yourself down in it.
When your he/she asks you what the HELL you are doing you reply.

"I just wanted a front row seat to the circus."

Braver:
You come home drunk as a skunk in the middle of the night and you see your significant other waiting at the door with a broom and you say

"Are you cleaning or are you going for a ride?"

Bravest:

You come home, drunk as a skunk in the middle of the night, smelling of perfume/cologne, smelling of hot, sweaty sex, and you see your significant other looking at you with murder in his/her eyes.

You approach him/her, slap him/her on the ass and say

"Giddy up! Now it's your turn!"

I think you mean stupid.

You're an odd little man.

You're an odd little man.

And it seems you have absolutely no sense of humor. :fluffle:

I think you mean stupid.
Seconded.

That isn't brave, that's suicidal.

You're an odd little man.

Heheh I would really like to say I'd go with the last one, but my wife would murdrder me and...... shit here she comes. I'll BRB...!

I think you mean stupid."Bravery and stupidity are bedfellows!" :D

I think you mean stupid.

And dickish.

While I don't drink, I have military service under my belt. I'm not gonna' be intimidated by some chick.

And it seems you have absolutely no sense of humor. :fluffle:

Indeed I do, though it leans more towards a preference for Ironic humor. Though I must admit the final two options are somewhat amusing, if only in the manner of contemplating the beating that would result.

I think you mean stupid.

Exactly what I was thinking...

Seconded.

That isn't brave, that's suicidal.

There's a narrow line between the two.

There's a narrow line between the two.
no there isn't.

bravery is something that someone with honor would have, no man with any type of honor would treat another person like that (nor would they come home "drunk as a skunk")

no there isn't.

bravery is something that someone with honor would have, no man with any type of honor would treat another person like that (nor would they come home "drunk as a skunk")

Honor is more rare than decency and intelligence combined.

Honor is more rare than decency and intelligence combined.

believe me I am figuring that out at a young age. :(

no there isn't.

bravery is something that someone with honor would have, no man with any type of honor would treat another person like that (nor would they come home "drunk as a skunk")Not really. Bravery is just a disregard for personal safety. It can be positive or negative.

Not really. Bravery is just a disregard for personal safety. It can be positive or negative.

so someone who plays russian roulette is brave?

I always just thought they were idiots.

so someone who plays russian roulette is brave?

I always just thought they were idiots.
They are brave and they are idiots. Bravery and stupidity are not mutually exclusive.

After a drunken night on the town, you come home and beg forgiveness for your wrongdoings, and sheepishly sign the divorce papers, giving everything you own to your significant other.


Divorce papers? I thought giving everything you own to your SO came when you signed the MARRIAGE papers! ;)

They are brave and they are idiots. Bravery and stupidity are not mutually exclusive.

I really think they are.

I really think they are.

I think that what Laerod might be intimating is that what is brave to one set of observers is frank stupidity to others.

I think that what Laerod might be intimating is that what is brave to one set of observers is frank stupidity to others.

the things you describe in the OP are not brave, they are stupid, I have found a few people that agree with me, but since you don't....I guess that makes me wrong?

okay, whatever.

often, a good defense is a good offense. If you've ever actually been in a position like he described, some of the choices arent so outrageous anymore. They work.

Its also aggravating to see people that have never had to exhibit courage speculate about it too.

I think that what Laerod might be intimating is that what is brave to one set of observers is frank stupidity to others.
Basically, yes. I've reconciled my definition of bravery to simply cover a disregard (blatant or calculated) for personal safety.

the things you describe in the OP are not brave, they are stupid, I have found a few people that agree with me, but since you don't....I guess that makes me wrong?

okay, whatever.

No, it doesn't make you wrong, and it doesn't make them right.

Which means that some will think a brave act is stupid, and others will not.

I am very brave.

I am NOT very stupid, so none of those options appeal to me in the slightest. I would never consider treating a partner so shabbily.

This response should not be considered a lack of sense of humor on MY part... :rolleyes:

There's a difference between bravery and blind stupidity.

While I don't drink, I have military service under my belt. I'm not gonna' be intimidated by some chick.

Easy for you to say.

My wife is armed. :p

Er, I'm going to 'ironically threadjack' this and attempt to turn it into a proper thread.

I would say I am a reasonably brave person. Most of the time I'm quite an ordinary, reasonable guy, but I have a give-anything-a-go attitude that often surprises even the people who know me. Having said that, I don't think I would ever be able to do a truly brave thing, like fight in a war.

Er, I'm going to 'ironically threadjack' this and attempt to turn it into a proper thread.

I would say I am a reasonably brave person. Most of the time I'm quite an ordinary, reasonable guy, but I have a give-anything-a-go attitude that often surprises even the people who know me. Having said that, I don't think I would ever be able to do a truly brave thing, like fight in a war.

Fighting in a war doesn't necessarily mean you're brave. It could mean that you were conscripted, driven to the front in a truck, and dropped off with an empty rifle, and told that if you were found in the rear areas, you would be hung from a tree. In that case, trying to get home might be brave (or stupid, depending on your point of view).

On the rare occassion that I come home rip roaring drunk and filled to the gills with artificial courage in the middle of the night I'd hope my signifother would be staggering in right next to me. After the rare silly night drinking we'd need eachother to lean on just so that one might be steady enough to get the key into the lock so we can enter the house.

the things you describe in the OP are not brave, they are stupid, I have found a few people that agree with me, but since you don't....I guess that makes me wrong?

okay, whatever.

When two people disagree with each other, they consider each other wrong. Surely, it can't be any other way?

Totally bravest! That is up there with rodeo sex!

When two people disagree with each other, they consider each other wrong. Surely, it can't be any other way?

yeah, I don't know.

yeah, I don't know.
Are you ok, Smunkee? You don't seem yourself tonight.

Brave enough to say your concept of bravery is bizzarely skewed!

How is upsetting or worrying your significant other brave in any form?

I do my drinking at home.

I are teh awesomest.

Theres nothing braver than slapping a naked person on the ass

When two people disagree with each other, they consider each other wrong. Surely, it can't be any other way?

Hahah or could it?

If you realise that 'Truth' is subjective anyway then, being wrong or right is purley upto how you view things. If you realise this then chances are that you can also realise that, that just because I think you are wrong does not nesicarily mean that you are. Hehe there is/are always another way.

Hahah or could it?

If you realise that 'Truth' is subjective anyway then, being wrong or right is purley upto how you view things. If you realise this then chances are that you can also realise that, that just because I think you are wrong does not nesicarily mean that you are. Hehe there is/are always another way.

Thinking that the other person is wrong was exactly what I was talking about. Obviously you can't know for sure - we work on what we can deduce, not what is actually true.

Are you ok, Smunkee? You don't seem yourself tonight.

I am going through a lot of stuff lately, today I am not on my game, too much on my mind. :(

I am going through a lot of stuff lately, today I am not on my game, too much on my mind. :(
:(

I hope you feel better soon.

:(

I hope you feel better soon.

oh, I am just about to send a very long whiney ranty TG to someone.....that should help...some.

oh, I am just about to send a very long whiney ranty TG to someone.....that should help...some.
:p

Getting it out is sometimes the best therapy.

As long as it isn't me. *Hides*

:p

Getting it out is sometimes the best therapy.

As long as it isn't me. *Hides*

no, I have a few people on here that are all like "if it gets to be too much TG me" so I think I might take advantage of the offer.

no, I have a few people on here that are all like "if it gets to be too much TG me" so I think I might take advantage of the offer.
Ok then. Like I say, I hope you feel better. :)