23 Pathetic Times Men Tried to Assert Their Dominance

‘No one drinks water faster than me’
23 Pathetic Times Men Tried to Assert Their Dominance

Some men will use any opportunity to assert their so-called dominance. Case in point: One Redditor recalled the time he stood by and observed a wannabe macho lifeguard pull a move that sounds directly inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants’ Larry the Lobster. “We had to do a missing persons search which required all available staff to join hands and walk from the beach to into the water as far as we could while feeling with our feet for the missing swimmer.” 

But instead of following instructions and looking for the missing person, their coworker opted to make themselves the star of the show, forcefully gripping onto their hand like an asshole, staring the Redditor down and insisting that he would “take the upper hand” in this situation. 

Of course, there are plenty of other pathetic ways men have tried to assert their dominance, but the funniest include tales of shirtless fighting, tiptoe intimidation and some very drunk push-ups.

Lead5alad 6y ago I always feel like the guys who refuse to make room for you when walking by in the other direction are trying to assert their dominance and make themselves feel like hot shit. I never understand why people do that. 3.5K ...
 6y ago Не tried to drink water faster than me no one drinks water faster than me 15K ... + 153 more replies
JeepPilot 6y ago Worked as a lifeguard at a summer camp years ago. During safety training we had to do a missing persons search which required all available staff to join hands and walk from the beach to into the water as far as we could while feeling with our feet for the missing swimmer. (During training there was a sandbag we had to find.) The guy next to me kept insisting on holding mine in a certain way because */* will take the upper hand in this situation, said at me while staring me down. Whatever, dude. We're theoretically
jerrygarcegus 6y ago Earlier this year my boss asked me to do something, and then leaned over me and said you are going to do it. Не was like, literally leaning over me because he was 6'8. Dude acted like a cliche high school bully from an 80s movie and was like 40 years old so I assume he was at some point. Anyways he quit 357 ...
 © 6y ago - Edited 6y ago I used to tend bar in Milwaukee, and there is nothing that triggers bros more than seeing someone drinking something they don't like. I can't tell you how many arguments began with some guy - always unsolicited/unprovoked, mind you - feeling compelled to judge and educate other guys about what they're drinking (or not drinking). You drink that?? and it goes downhill from there. No one cares. Drink what you like and shut up. - 19K ...
WaviestMetal 6y ago Literally last weekend some really drunk dude who I had never once met or interacted with tried to fight me (to impress the girls he was with?) It was completely ridiculous, and his way of trying to initiate it was just repeatedly body checking me on the dance floor which I ignored because I thought he was just being drunk and dumb. Turns out one of his friends had to stop him from blindsiding me with a sucker punch to the face (assuming he was able to aim that well) Some people do not mix well with
PhreedomPhighter 6y ago A former coworker. Не would just stand in the way and refuse to move. Even if he wasnt in the way he would purposely get in the way. I work in a narrow kitchen so you can imagine how annoying that could be. At one particular moment I was carrying a bulky 20 lbs box and he decided to do that. I pretended to not see him and barreled into him. Не fell over and got incredibly mad at me. Started talking about how I have no muscle. It was pretty funny. It was a display of
drayd38 6y ago One time at a house party, a few of us were talking to some of the girls there and one of the guys randomly started talking about how he does ММА, then another guy joined in and those 2 started wrestling in front of the girls. I don't think their shirts needed to come off either but what the fuck do I know... - 10K ...
TrustworthyTip 6y ago Edited 6y ago This happened over DnD when my friend (who owns a store) let these guys we didn't know that well to join our campaign. I don't know why, I, out of the table got singled out but a girl walks in and this guy: - complained that I didn't order pizza for him - said 'how about you go fuck yourself' when I asked him if he wanted some - walked over behind me and 'playfully' puts his arms around my neck, I told him I'd punch him in the face if he did it one more time
yeti-van-halen 6y ago I was standing in the breezeway outside a friend's apartment while in college, and a guy coming down the stairs from an upper floor kinda tripped near the bottom of the stairs and stumbled into me. It was clear he super drunk and immediately got aggressive. Не was so worked up about being tougher than me for some reason that he started doing push ups at me while me and my friends just laughed. Fortunately his friends came and apologized and took him back up stairs, but it was definitely the most bizarre assertion of dominance I've
 e 6y ago Generally guys purposely bumping into you when you walk past them, especially if they're with friends. - 17K ... Insecurity-Guard 0 6y ago Then they get real aggressive and act like you intentionally bumped into them. 7.5K ...
EathanS2k 6y ago I work in a grocery store and sometimes help unload the delivery trucks and our delivery comes in on what we call cages, like a 6 foot cage on wheels and obviously one that's full of toilet paper will be really light and one filled with 2 litre bottles of juice are the heavy ones. The lift that lowers them from the truck has that patterned metal floor and you have to pull the heavy cages hard to get them off, now Im 5'8 and don't have a lot of weight on me but | can pull
Apple-Juice-Tsunami 6y ago A friend tried to make himself look good in front of his crush by literally putting me in a random choke hold for a laugh. Turns out it was because I was talking to her (I had a girlfriend at the time, we were just talking). It wasn't a choke hold though, it was basically just a headlock, so I decided to correct him. I was fairly oblivious and didn't realise this was a failed alpha move. Creeped the shit out of his crush that he would do that out of no-where and she stopped talking to
 6y ago . Edited 6y ago Was out having a drink. Started chatting to the guy next to me when I learn he, too, is a musician. Не then tells me you're not a musician. I find it offensive when people tell me they're a musician when they haven't put in the time & dedication that I have. Ok dude come down off your ego trip, christ. Edit: grammar, on mobile - 6K ...
daibz в 6y ago I had someone stand on their tippy toes to seem taller when we where talking 2K ... + 80 more replies
dan_iksse3 6y ago Talked about the MBA program at his Alma mater was superior to where | was getting my MBA. For clarification, he doesn't have and isn't working on an MBA, but wanted to be sure I knew he was better because he went to a school with a perceived better program. 11K ...
 6y ago Edited 6y ago So when I was in the 8th grade thre was this one kid who hated me for no reason, I was really big for my age, so there was no way this 5' 1 guy was going to fight me, so he did something so cringy I have no idea what he was going for. I was sitting at lunch with my friends, and this kid walks up to us, and spits in my glasa of milk and says in a very commanding tone: drink, I just stood up and the kid bolted, got
 6y ago When asked about what his hobbies are, he responded with Hobbies are for children and single women. I work. 20K ...
Barfuzio 6y ago We once had a candidate come into the interview and legit say he wanted to sit behind the desk because he was going to be asking the questions to decide if he wanted to work with us. I think he'd gotten some bad advice about having confidence. I laughed but our HR manager flipped her shit. The only time I have ever seen her call security. 22K ...
broke_scrub . 6y ago Was on a 4 hour flight. In a 2 person row. The guy demanded to have full access to the middle armrest. Would push my arm off it if I ever got near it. - 21K ...
 6y ago I was walking to my car after school and this guy getting in his car just yells at me you ugly af, bro. I flipped him off without even looking at him and he yelled bitch! and drove off. How petty do you have to be to tell someone minding their own business that they're ugly? - 13K ... bert_and_earnie 6y ago People that shout out of cars are cowards. 6.8K ...
goodnt-guy 6y ago Had a dude get mad at me for talking to his girl all the time. I was her Econ tutor. I 27K ...
RAGEKAGEDMD 6y ago In jr high I remember this one bully that would get on his tip toes and bow out his chest like a gorilla and get all in your face whenever he felt threatened. It was such a funny stereotype maneuver. - 15K ...

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