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DoctorJ
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Balls
#3867074 - 03/04/05 09:15 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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I've been thinking a lot lately about the word "balls", and how people define it differently.
Like say you are a kung fu expert, right? And you're at a bar and some asshole gives you shit, says something or does something that makes you want to beat his ass.
Now some people might say that if you don't kick the dude's ass, you have no balls.
But other people might say that if you know you can kick the dudes ass, and you want to kick the dude's ass, but you DON'T kick his ass because you have willpower and principles, then THAT is what real balls are.
Some people define balls as taking control of one's environment. Other people define balls as having control over one's own self.
what do you think?
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867112 - 03/04/05 09:30 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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DoctorJ said: I've been thinking a lot lately about the word "balls", and how people define it differently.
The word "balls", in both situations are a representation of the persons ego.
That is where the meaning comes from.
kinda depends on how you want to look at it.
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Re: Balls [Re: niteowl]
#3867137 - 03/04/05 09:42 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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testicles..
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867227 - 03/04/05 10:23 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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I lean towards self-control as constituting 'having balls.' But I don't think refraining from kicking someone's ass when you know you can takes balls (though I do think it is an admirable trait). I think standing up for what you believe in or what is right against the crowd is more indicative of balls. I think being willing to step between a victim and an aggressor takes balls.
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867228 - 03/04/05 10:23 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Well what if you were to just knee him in the balls, then walk away? heh...
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Re: Balls [Re: Gomp]
#3867230 - 03/04/05 10:25 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Being able to do what you aren't used to, and/or prone to in a typical environment permitting the circumstances.
For instance one who is a Kung Fu expert, wouldn't be considered to have balls imo, due to the level and degree of experience such that the ability to kick somebody's ass is ultimately a relatively easy task.
Someone on the other hand that has never been in a fight, and is unsure of their ability... yet still gets into the same fight, is who I'd consider to have more balls.
So i guess I'm trying to say I think having balls is having confidence in awkard situations you're unprepared for. If your used to something, the activity is mundane, such that it doesn't require having balls.
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867233 - 03/04/05 10:26 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Balls taken to mean bravery, I would say it takes balls to do something that you are apprehensive about, or that you don't know you can achieve. If you are a kung-fu expert, it is certainly not a display of "balls" if you kick the guy's ass, because there is no challenge or apprehension for you.
Not attacking him isn't a display of "balls", either, I would say, it is a display of good moral judgement and willpower.
If you were unlikely to win the fight, fighting him would be a display of "balls", but probably not good moral judgement or willpower (depending on the circumstances).
People who beat other people up for words, and just words, are absolute assholes and deserve the beating they will one day get (just an aside ).
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867416 - 03/04/05 11:20 AM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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> Now some people might say that if you don't kick the dude's ass, you have no balls.
With my background and training, if I fight somebody then it is a fight to the death. Luckily, this has never been an issue. I wouldn't consider fighting or not fighting to be a "display of balls". As another poster pointed out, it is an issue of ego and self-control.
I would consider a "display of balls" as a display of courage. Saving a woman from a mugger when everybody else is just watching; that sort of thing.
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Re: Balls [Re: Seuss]
#3867591 - 03/04/05 12:03 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Even girls could have balls! :P
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Re: Balls [Re: Gomp]
#3867629 - 03/04/05 12:14 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1981) Big Balls
I'm ever upper class high society God's gift to ballroom notoriety I always fill my ballroom The event is never small The social pages say I've got The biggest balls of all
CHORUS: I've got big balls I've got big balls And they're such big balls Dirty big balls And he's got big balls And she's got big balls But we've got the biggest balls of them all
And my balls are always bouncing My ballroom always full And everybody cums and cums again If your name is on the guest list No one can take you higher Everybody says I've got Great balls of fire
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Some balls are held for charity And some for fancy dress But when they're held for pleasure They're the balls that I like best My balls are always bouncing To the left and to the right It's my belief that my big balls Should be held every night
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867649 - 03/04/05 12:17 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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i think having balls means having confidence. not necessarily courage, because courage can be conjured up on the spot by someone without a naturally high level of confidence. so if someone's disrespecting you, and if you have balls, you would have the confidence to call them on it without hesitation or an afterthought. using your example, a person with balls wouldn't care whether he has to fight or not because he has the confidence to handle any situation, and confidence can avoid a fight just as easily. anyway if a fight does ensue, the person who feels more threatened always throws the first punch.
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Re: Balls [Re: DoctorJ]
#3867733 - 03/04/05 12:38 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Daniel San, Before you can take control of the environment, you must take control of yourself. You are defined by what you do with that control.
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Re: Balls [Re: MAIA]
#3867766 - 03/04/05 12:48 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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MAIA said: Daniel San, Before you can take control of the environment, you must take control of yourself. You are defined by what you do with that control.
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Re: Balls [Re: MAIA]
#3867806 - 03/04/05 12:55 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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MAIA said: Daniel San, Before you can take control of the environment, you must take control of yourself. You are defined by what you do with that control.
MAIA
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Re: Balls [Re: Gomp]
#3867896 - 03/04/05 01:11 PM (19 years, 29 days ago) |
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Gomp said: Even girls could have balls! :P
in theory, but rarely in practice
thats all I've ever wanted. A bonnie to my clyde, a chick that has balls as big as mine.
a lot of people think I have no balls, but I think they don't know what balls are.
a lot of people think they run the world, but I think the forces that really run the world are just letting them think that.
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