I must look like a target.

brianlux

That's the only thing I can come up with.  First the "knock out game" attack a couple years ago and now today a guy comes at me with a club. 

I went into a local thrift store and as I leave and am heading toward my car this guys yells at me, "Why are you following me, faggot?"  I told him I wasn't following him and then he really starts coming at me.  So I run and hide in some bushes (me against a crazy dude with a big club?  No thanks!)  After a while the guy goes into the store again so I run back to my car and jump in  to make my getaway but the dude sees me and come up to my car and hits the window as hard as he can with his club.  Once again, the amazing Prius window holds and does not break.  I back up and almost hit him so he picks up his skateboard and bashes my vehicle with it.  Zoom- I'm outta there.

I must look like a target.  That's the only thing I can come up with.  In any case, this kind of shit is really fucking with my head. 

SmallestOceans

Wait he had a club? Like a Fred Flintstone club?

brianlux

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hedonist

Oh B, I know how the last incident fucked with you; so sorry more madness came your way.

YOU are not a target - it's on those assholes, not you.

Give yourself (if you can) a break, and some rest.  Good energy and thoughts from here.

brianlux

hedonist said:

Oh B, I know how the last incident fucked with you; so sorry more madness came your way.

YOU are not a target - it's on those assholes, not you.

Give yourself (if you can) a break, and some rest.  Good energy and thoughts from here.

Thank you so much Hedo.  Sleep will not come easy, but your words do help very much. 

hedonist

It breaks my heart that some are so broken, they have to lash out at others.  Not an excuse by any means, but a part of me gets that pain.  Not in its aggression, but in its root.

Fuck the unfairness of life, and how just living peacefully is no shield against...the non-peaceful.

Try the 4-7-8?  Breathe in for four seconds, hold it for seven, let it out for eight.

Rinse, repeat, and repeat until the timing fades and you say hello to the land of Nod.

brianlux

hedonist said:

It breaks my heart that some are so broken, they have to lash out at others.  Not an excuse by any means, but a part of me gets that pain.  Not in its aggression, but in its root.

Fuck the unfairness of life, and how just living peacefully is no shield against...the non-peaceful.

Try the 4-7-8?  Breathe in for four seconds, hold it for seven, let it out for eight.

Rinse, repeat, and repeat until the timing fades and you say hello to the land of Nod.

Well said, Hedo.  As Walt Whitman once said, "give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy".  I too feel badly for messed up people.  It took a few years, but I eventually began to feel some pity for the kid who tried to knock me out a few years ago.  No doubt he grew up under terrible conditions.

Thanks for the 4-7-8 suggestion.  Will do!

camsjam

That sounds scary.  Glad you're okay. When I was getting gas years ago in LA a homeless man hanging by the pumps started yelling I was a stuckup rich bitch who thought I looked so cool in my expensive sunglasses and kept on until I finished and left. Funny thing is at that point in my life I didnt own glasses over 10 bucks or so. Was driving an Oldsmobile I bought from my grandmother.  For awhile I wondered what it was about me that made him so angry but Hedos right..there's some people that are just angry. It's really disturbing when it's a random attack though. It's  an impersonal anger turned on you as a person. But you can't take it personally.  Peaceful dreams....

brianlux

camsjam said:

That sounds scary.  Glad you're okay. When I was getting gas years ago in LA a homeless man hanging by the pumps started yelling I was a stuckup rich bitch who thought I looked so cool in my expensive sunglasses and kept on until I finished and left. Funny thing is at that point in my life I didnt own glasses over 10 bucks or so. Was driving an Oldsmobile I bought from my grandmother.  For awhile I wondered what it was about me that made him so angry but Hedos right..there's some people that are just angry. It's really disturbing when it's a random attack though. It's  an impersonal anger turned on you as a person. But you can't take it personally.  Peaceful dreams....

Thank you cams!  Much appreciated.

I'm glad you incident didn't turn out worse.  Glad you were OK!

Thoughts_Arrive

Brian, I've had people pick on me in public a few times and this same thought has and still does go through my head "I must look like a target". It's most often happened on public transport. The carriage would be full of people but I get targeted.
I'm lining up to buy a drink at a nightclub and out of everyone in the que, this guy comes up to me to try egg me on.
I'm lining up to buy merch at a Tool concert and this guy starts being a smart ass to me and accusing me of pushing in when I was there before he even arrived, the list goes on. At a pub years ago, I was setting up the pool table and out of everyone in the pub some guy off his face starts yelling at me that "you think you're fucking good with that jacket" then comes at me with a pool cue. Lucky my classmates from TAFE (not sure what you call them in the USA, it's where you study for certificates and diplomas) entered the pub just in time. I didn't even once look at the guy, I was at the pool table and he was in the distance sitting at a table drinking beer.
Are you tall? I'm 6'2" and people always tell me "it's because you're tall that they target you". I don't think it's that.

Meltdown99

Your not a target.  Just curious?  You never mentioned whether you called the police?  

Meltdown99

Meltdown99 said:

Your not a target.  Just curious?  You never mentioned whether you called the police?  

If you didn't file a police report, you should, this club welding fellow should be investigated by the police...

rgambs

Ever consider carrying a blackjack?

markymark550

Sorry that happened to you and glad you're ok. Wtf is wrong with people though? I just don't understand people starting altercations for no real reason.

Meltdown99

rgambs said:

Ever consider carrying a blackjack?

Too lazy to look it up...what is a blackjack?

Annafalk

markymark550 said:

Sorry that happened to you and glad you're ok. Wtf is wrong with people though? I just don't understand people starting altercations for no real reason.

lastexitlondon

Brian you are a great human. Remember that .
Stay strong my friend

MayDay10

I have a good friend like that.  I always joke with him that he gives off a pheromone that attracts bullies and mean dogs

Meltdown99

Look at the positive Brian, he came at you with a club ... we know the weapon of choice in the US is not a club.  I think I'd stand a better chance against club carrying maniac, than a gun carrying maniac.  Just take care of your self out in public...keep your head on a swivel.

Annafalk

Have you been moving in neighborhoods where people have more problems?

darwinstheory

•Guy calls you a "faggot"
•Guy has a club (of whatever sort)
•Guy chases you when you were pulling away

I don't think you are the one with issues Brian. Sounds like this clown was either on something or just a really fucked up individual. Hopefully you were able to have a police officer spend some 1 on 1 time with him.