Heavy Metal Hero
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A thought came to me today while playing "Ultimate Frisbee" with a group of friends and acquaintances. As we were playing two kids came up to the table where we had our stuff (about 100 or so yards away depending on what part of the field the game was on) and began physically looking through it. Now before anyone tells me it wasn't a good idea to leave our stuff that far away, I live in a very safe area and never had any problems before.
So someone on my team spots them and a couple of the guys run over there shouting, "Hey! Get away from that!" The whole ordeal ended peacefully and we all kept our stuff. My real question is that during the situation I found myself sizing up the two gangbanger-wannabes. By sizing up I mean I thought to myself, "Oh I wonder if I could kick his ass (etc.)" This isn't the first time I have sized people up in my head. Sometimes, just walking around on campus or at the mall I do it to. I find myself looking at someone and thinking about what I would do if they did this or that and trying to find a physical weakness. Now I am not a violent person, but I can't help but feel that this "survival sense" is a hint of chair commando.
Do any of you have this similiar issue? I will refrain from calling it a problem unless you all diagnose it as one.
So someone on my team spots them and a couple of the guys run over there shouting, "Hey! Get away from that!" The whole ordeal ended peacefully and we all kept our stuff. My real question is that during the situation I found myself sizing up the two gangbanger-wannabes. By sizing up I mean I thought to myself, "Oh I wonder if I could kick his ass (etc.)" This isn't the first time I have sized people up in my head. Sometimes, just walking around on campus or at the mall I do it to. I find myself looking at someone and thinking about what I would do if they did this or that and trying to find a physical weakness. Now I am not a violent person, but I can't help but feel that this "survival sense" is a hint of chair commando.
Do any of you have this similiar issue? I will refrain from calling it a problem unless you all diagnose it as one.