Depends on what stakes you're fighting for. If you're fighting for status and don't intend to kill each other doing things that can cause permanent injury like biting, eye gouging, etc. are socially unacceptable escalations of violence. The purpose of the fight is to establish your legitimacy and masculinity through an act of ritualized violence. It's explicitly not supposed to result in permanent disability or death.
Same thing with fencing, where you're not allowed to tank a hit so you can kick someone's knee in to pieces then suplex them. That would be a socially unacceptable escalation of violence.
If you're actually trying to kill someone then all bets are off, but in many contexts fights are about asserting dominance or proving yourself or waving your dick around, not killing your opponent.
Of course all those rules and norms go out the window pretty easily. As far as I know any social conception of a "clean" fight; fists only, no kicking, no blows below the belt, no headbutting, and you stop as soon as the other guy goes down, that just doesn't exist anymore. If you throw a punch you should expect the other guy to shoot you. America is a savage and lawless place with little culture to speak of, and certainly no community or social organization left that can establish and enforce social norms of behavior.
IDK why kicking is frowned upon, like if you're kicking high and not just aiming for the dick. I guess it's because legs have enough muscle to kill a dude where arms don't really?
Oh yeah no shoot them or hit them with a brick. I mean, if you can bite something fleshy you can absolutely do serious damage but you should do everything in your power to avoid getting in to a situation where biting is your best option.
Depends on what stakes you're fighting for. If you're fighting for status and don't intend to kill each other doing things that can cause permanent injury like biting, eye gouging, etc. are socially unacceptable escalations of violence. The purpose of the fight is to establish your legitimacy and masculinity through an act of ritualized violence. It's explicitly not supposed to result in permanent disability or death.
Same thing with fencing, where you're not allowed to tank a hit so you can kick someone's knee in to pieces then suplex them. That would be a socially unacceptable escalation of violence.
If you're actually trying to kill someone then all bets are off, but in many contexts fights are about asserting dominance or proving yourself or waving your dick around, not killing your opponent.
Of course all those rules and norms go out the window pretty easily. As far as I know any social conception of a "clean" fight; fists only, no kicking, no blows below the belt, no headbutting, and you stop as soon as the other guy goes down, that just doesn't exist anymore. If you throw a punch you should expect the other guy to shoot you. America is a savage and lawless place with little culture to speak of, and certainly no community or social organization left that can establish and enforce social norms of behavior.
This, fighting is a social function
IDK why kicking is frowned upon, like if you're kicking high and not just aiming for the dick. I guess it's because legs have enough muscle to kill a dude where arms don't really?
u can still easily kill someone with arms but ya a proper kick is absolutely devastating
If your trying to kill someone scratching and biting seem very ineffective.
Oh yeah no shoot them or hit them with a brick. I mean, if you can bite something fleshy you can absolutely do serious damage but you should do everything in your power to avoid getting in to a situation where biting is your best option.
Nah ripping out a jugular or other large blood vessel with ur teeth is totally possible and very often fatal.
I need to learn how to do that.
Ur inner monke knows how