After a period of extended unemployment and you know, ‘hitting the gym’ due to not having much else to do, I’ve decided to pursue this hobby of violence that seems to attract far too many chuds. I’m hoping it’ll give me a thin veneer of confidence and security, and an ability to fend off fucking assholes with my bare fists 
In all seriousness, how do I become a better fighter, I truly suck at this. Any of you fight for fun? Practice a martial art, boxing, wrestling? What’s your opinion on the sport?
I've had a lot of experience. I used to like to scrap a little consensually though. I'd end up with a fat lip and a lot of laughs. Any striking art will be good. The better ones are boxing, muay Thai, and wing chun. As far as grappling, you're going to be suggested bjj. That's a mistake. Bjj is really good at fighting one guy on the ground. You mentioned that you want it for self defense. If you're fighting someone on the ground what are the chances chuds friend is jumping in? What you really want is something that will give you good defense against takedowns. Wrestling and judo are good choices. If I had to focus on one, I'd go muay Thai. If I wanted to go for fun, judo or boxing. Finding a few friends that want to throw each other around in a park, is a blast. Likewise, beating each other up in a gym is tons of fun too. If you find a really good school, you'll realize how much a street fight is about luck, but you'll be in better shape, and at some point you'll start to feel like a shark. It's a cool feeling. Good luck
When I was teaching muay thai in a corpo gym I had a guy who actually knew wing chun, and I'm still surprised at how well it worked in our sparring sessions. It's just faster than boxing at short ranges. Certainly less powerful strikes on average, but the speed made him very good at defending.
It's so relentless too! They're so annoying to spar against :)
I want to beat up chuds lol I started Muay thai, I’ve been told BJJ is something that would suit me, and I’m unsure. Seems like it’s good for self defense especially when you’re disadvantaged and for neutralizing opponents but I want to be more aggressive and be able to take people down
Bjj is good for sure. In my opinion you get too comfortable fighting on the ground though. 20 years ago there was a teenager that was pretty good and got in a fight. He took the main guy down and then got kicked to death. I'm sure there's another 100 anecdotes about a bjj guy that did the ass kicking, but that's the story that sticks in my head