When is it okay to punch someone in the face

[iAmBaronVonTito]

For whatever reason, I have not made it clear enough to co-workers that I am not into lame, crude, toilet humor, even in casual discussion.  I have class. 

With this in mind, an associate of mine came in to discuss the weekend, detailing drinking and his costume dressed as a bear that is a pedophile (news to me).  This is something they finds HILARIOUS and I find painfully juvenile.  Not surprisingly, the conversation moves to vaginas, dildos, and men faking orgasms- ew buoy.  As I am explaining that not only is this something I don't want to talk about, it turns into an argument I should have walked away from but I grabbed the bait like a chump and I am accused of a) "I've probably had more sex than you" and b) "this makes me more experienced, where you, having had less sex, would not"

straight from their mouth to this board.  So...when is it okay to punch them in the face? 

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I would make it known to your manager that you feel some of the things your coworkers talk about are inappropriate for the workplace.  He/she would be hard pressed to disagree with you.

It's a symbolic punch in the face.

[Stan]

 
 It's ok. Punch away!
 

[iAmBaronVonTito]

nice one, angstrom.  although, it has less to do with it being discussed at work (a fault in its own right) and more about who does this person think they are telling me ive undoubtedly had less sex than them and since this is true makes them more experienced. 

dumb.  stupid, dumb, dumb.  and i took the bait so now im stewing in it.


stan: ive printed this out, taped it to the wall, and im taking my lunch now.

[Sarah]

Struck a nerve, eh, Baron?  You virgin. 

(Boy, I miss Chinatown.)

[Stan]

[Wes]

and his costume dressed as a bear that is a pedophile

Was it one of those cartoon bears in those toilet paper commercials?

As I am explaining that not only is this something I don't want to talk about, it turns into an argument I should have walked away from but I grabbed the bait like a chump and I am accused of a) "I've probably had more sex than you" and b) "this makes me more experienced, where you, having had less sex, would not"

If you want an honest answer, re: face punching, we need to know if you were accurately quoting the conversation there. Did you, perhaps, say "Well, I never..." and did he then reply "I'll say!"? If so, no, this is not official grounds for a face punching. But you would have legally opened yourself up to a pie in the face.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Struck a nerve, eh, Baron?  You virgin. 

(Boy, I miss Chinatown.)

Be gentle. 

[yesno]

[iAmBaronVonTito]

But you would have legally opened yourself up to a pie in the face.

which i would have taken.

[Andy]

wait, was it Pedobear or CubbyBear?  This is of vital importance.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

(PedoBear)

[John Junk 2.0]

I was going to start a thread like this with basically the same subject heading.  But my question was about some jackass at a bar bothering my girlfriend and my friend's girlfriend and asking if he could sit down with them, being told, well, "No", then sitting down anyway, then interjecting into all our conversations to talk about how he makes music and how we put major labels on a pedestal (!!!) and other retarded musician junky blather and bragging about how he's played with the mars volta  and beck
(transcript:
HIM: Do you listen to the Mars Volta?
ME: No.
HIM: Do you listen to Air?
ME: No.
HIM: Do you listen to (his dumb band's name)
ME: I don't know DO I??!!?

and then finally pointing at my buddy's wife (who is very attractive and constantly getting this indignant and angry treatment from rejected and insecure drunks) and talking about what a bitch she is and I'm sitting next to this guy having to be like "Nothing you say has any value to anybody here" and then listening to him rail on about how he's 4th Generation Highland Park (which, for Jerseyites, is like bragging about being 4th Generation Totowa; an odd thing to be proud of, and seemingly impossible anyway when you actually think about how long four generations is, and the extremely low motivational current running through your family line that you wouldn't leave a fourth rate city after four generations), and how the very notion of not letting him sit wherever he wanted to in this, his own Highland Park, and in this bar where he has lots of friends, et cetry.  Anyway, I didn't punch him in the face, but I was gearing up for it.  We just left.

Anyway, I say just get them fired.  Or report them, and then if they get lectured by your boss they may resent you, but at least they'll shut the fuck up about the sex stuff.

[todd]

Maybe the conversation spun out of control and you're right to be mad at the end part, but being mad about a pedo bear costume? Lighten up, Halloween Scrooge!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

you get it, JJ.  and you should have punched that bar goon in the face. 


todd: relax, nobody is pissed about a costume.