dedicated to the discussion of the chinese internal martial arts of xingyiquan, baguazhang, taijiquan, related arts, and anything else best discussed over a bottle of rum
"It was already late. Night stood murkily over people, and no one else pronounced words; all that could be heard was a dog barking in some alien village---just as in olden times, as if it existed in a constant eternity." Andrey Platonov
PSA: If you want to break up or prevent a fight, turn the would-be fighter away from whoever they're mad at. If dude had spun his friend and started talking him down while marching out the door, the whole thing could have been avoided.