How aggressive are you in life?

[nick1985]

Uhm.. Not aggressive. I get cut off in traffic and shit all the time(horrible drivers up here who haven't learned the art of using a turn signal) and I never get all raged on them even though I probably should.

Same with ppl... By the time I realize I should probably have gotten all crazy aggressive with them, it's too late and they'll be like, "durrr why u dooo thaattt.."

I hope you are not aggressive.

You look like one of the biggest pussies I have ever seen in my life, I would hate for you to end up in a fight.

 

[Kirby]

I'm very passive, but get nasty if someone pushes my buttons.

same here. more apathetic than passive though.

 

[TridenT]

I hope you are not aggressive.

You look like one of the biggest pussies I have ever seen in my life, I would hate for you to end up in a fight.

No one has ever fought me and won. :hmm:

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Not aggressive, but not a push-over either. I mostly just ignore people and do things independently.

 

[xanis]

Not aggressive, but not a push-over either. I mostly just ignore people and do things independently.

This. I'm not overly-agressive, but I don't let people walk all over me either.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I am very neutral and boring.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

No one has ever fought me and won. :hmm:

Because you run away screaming like a girl clutching your fruit loops?

 

[TridenT]

Because you run away screaming like a girl clutching your fruit loops?

No, because I beat them into a pulp. :awe: If I eat froot loops it's like I: get star power!

 

[Bignate603]

Uhm.. Not aggressive. I get cut off in traffic and shit all the time(horrible drivers up here who haven't learned the art of using a turn signal) and I never get all raged on them even though I probably should.

It's pretty easy to get cut off when you're driving 25 mph over the speed limit and following too closely.

 

[TridenT]

It's pretty easy to get cut off when you're driving 25 mph over the speed limit and following too closely.

Hmm, no.

 

[AlienCraft]

No one has ever fought me and won. :hmm:

You are simply ignorant of what you have lost.
Every act in anger chips away at your humanity.

 

[Powermoloch]

I'm pretty passive most of the time, when it really gets on my nerves, oh hell breaks loose.

 

[MJinZ]

You are simply ignorant of what you have lost.
Every act in anger chips away at your humanity.

The same act without anger is one without humanity at all.

 

[mmntech]

Not aggressive, but not a push-over either. I mostly just ignore people and do things independently.

This.

 

[WelshBloke]

I am a tiger when I want love, I am a snake if we disagree.

best. response. ever. Me? I'm chilled. Theres only three people in the world that can wind me up. The wife, my mum, my son. Anyone else I couldn't give a crap about enough to get upset. Edit: Why the eff is enter nor giving me a line break?

 

[spaceman]

leave me alone

 

[AlienCraft]

The same act without anger is one without humanity at all.

Perhaps, but one can avoid those acts and still be a sociopath.

It is the choice to behave in a certain manner that reveals your true "self".
You know the old saying "Character is what you show when no else is going to know."

I will say that after reaching the half-century mark, certain perceived "affronts" have lost a lot of their sting(k) and the advice of "choose your battles" is more appropriate than ever.
That being said, I am aware that it is my inability to modulate my ability to suffer any foolishness, to any degree anymore, that create situations that can be seen as aggressive behavior. Remaining in situations that have a high Potential For Disaster quotient is key here.
Reading "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu helped me see behaviors in others that I react to inappropriately.

 

[MJinZ]

Perhaps, but one can avoid those acts and still be a sociopath.

It is the choice to behave in a certain manner that reveals your true "self".
You know the old saying "Character is what you show when no else is going to know."

I will say that after reaching the half-century mark, certain perceived "affronts" have lost a lot of their sting(k) and the advice of "choose your battles" is more appropriate than ever.
That being said, I am aware that it is my inability to modulate my ability to suffer any foolishness, to any degree anymore, that create situations that can be seen as aggressive behavior. Remaining in situations that have a high Potential For Disaster quotient is key here.
Reading "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu helped me see behaviors in others that I react to inappropriately.

Behavior is hardly the end all.

Many Christians only behave well under the punishing gaze of their God.

The same behavior can be motivated by different emotions, and even a lack thereof (purely rational).

Your hehavior is only but a fleeting and broken reflection of your true self. No one can truly know who you are but you, and only when one bares honestly with one's self.

 

[OverVolt]

You have to be as aggresive as possible without causing conflict, or else you get walked over on a daily basis.

And you have to stick up for yourself and instigate conflict when it matters and you know the other person is wrong, or has no leverage.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I'm fairly passive.... I will get severely irritable though.

 

[nageov3t]

You have to be as aggresive as possible without causing conflict, or else you get walked over on a daily basis.

And you have to stick up for yourself and instigate conflict when it matters and you know the other person is wrong, or has no leverage.

that's like terrible advice

 

[compuwiz1]

I'm a very decided "Type A" personality.

I can't stand to wait in line. I get very impatient with people who talk too much and can't get right to the point. If someone irritates me, they generally won't do it more than once without my saying something to them about it. If someone does something that inconveniences me to any degree, I'm generally in their face about it. Cut me off in line or traffic, I'm generally gonna be up your nose about it, and will follow you within a reasonable distance until you stop, then talk to you about it. If you hurt me or a member of my family, you are getting your ass kicked, plain and simple, and depending on the severity of the offence, you could even die. In a restaurant, if my steak is not done to my likeing, I will not just eat it. I call the waitress and they will prepare a new meal for me. If I get bad service anywhere, I'm either talking directly to the manager or writing an email.

 

[WelshBloke]

I'm a very decided "Type A" personality.

I can't stand to wait in line. I get very impatient with people who talk too much and can't get right to the point. If someone irritates me, they generally won't do it more than once without my saying something to them about it. If someone does something that inconveniences me to any degree, I'm generally in their face about it. Cut me off in line or traffic, I'm generally gonna be up your nose about it, and will follow you within a reasonable distance until you stop, then talk to you about it. If you hurt me or a member of my family, you are getting your ass kicked, plain and simple, and depending on the severity of the offence, you could even die. In a restaurant, if my steak is not done to my likeing, I will not just eat it. I call the waitress and they will prepare a new meal for me. If I get bad service anywhere, I'm either talking directly to the manager or writing an email.

Why?

 

[compuwiz1]

Why?

Isn't everyone with a keyboard and mouse this tough on the internet?

Seriously, I am not a fan of violence, but I do consider myself assertive and am really not very patient.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've noticed personally that my aggression levels tend to vary depending on my mood (obviously), but my baseline aggression has also tended to to shift.

Most notably, if I am in a lull in my workouts (I stopped going to the gym for over 1/2 a year), I was considerably less aggressive.

I started going back to the gym and I feel great. Great but much more aggressive. I get easily pissed off and less likely to back down from anything.

It's funny you say that. When I've been out on a training ride (racing bicycle) and some douchebag cuts me off I'm way more aggressive than I am in my car. I actually had some dickwad take a swing at me from the driver's seat of his pickup truck while I was riding alongside him with him forcing me across 3 lanes of traffic...he missed of course, because he was a fat bloated angry alcoholic...like most pickup drivers.

I'm not really an aggressive person but when provoked I don't back down...even less so when I'm exercising.