Recent content by Groucho

Yes. I'm making an effort to U-turn my life regarding other circumstances though.

That, and I don't want to encourage people to kill others. Material goods can be replaced (especially if insured), people's lives cannot. As you say, easiest fight to win is the one you don't have to fight in the first place. The law is unsympathetic, and if you're able to say 'Oh hey, I tried...

The type of work doesn't bother me, it's just the type of people in the work environment. Their criticisms have a reverse effect: I work harder if I'm encouraged. But I can't control who I'm working with, and can't find out until I get the job (which usually takes a lot of effort to attain in...

Early days Dexter. Go easy on yourself. Took me many months and many opportunities before I could handle meeting people in person. I think the key is to having a positive experience when you're with other people (so attend people who are positive towards you). I find if there's so much as one...

A lot of self-employment research.

That people are helping me and it's not as bad as I first feared.

I'm glad you posted this thread because I feel normal as a result. When I was first unemployed, I was really eager to try to get work (but calling people via phone was a nightmare - it's take 5 minutes before I could make the call), but after many applications started to lose the willpower. I...

In the context (and understanding) of UK law, self-defence only goes so far (and often, people legitimately defending themselves have gone to jail). The judge determines what is 'acceptable force' (you're only allowed to defend yourself with a capability similar to that of the intruder: so if he...

Dialogue can be particularly influential. A person breaking in is shitting their pants about getting caught and cornering them just triggers cornered rat psychology. Allowing them the opportunity to flee grants them a way out without getting injured (and a better chance for them to escape) and...

Hug! My phone hasn't rung in the past few months. I can take the battery out of it knowing full well no-one will bother to contact me. Ironically, it has an extremely long battery life.

Bad people I have no issue with. I consider it the highest honour to die for a moral cause. But I'm thinking Sherlock Holmes esque. But I would feel bad charging people for a service when they might be in dire straights.

World's first consulting detective. I'm always concerned I'd mess up or get information wrong. But that is the kind of job I'd love to do.

Those are what I call subconscious cues. Your subconscious gives away your initial impressions before your conscious has time to react to suppress them. The primary cue I use is pupil dilation (shock/fear/panic triggers a flight/fight response and thus dilation: usually your cue to determine...

Yep. And the decision is always like trying to decide if you want to amputate now or die of a serious disease later on.

Only just realised my above post contained the wrong video. So I've changed it to the actual topic I was referring to. Apologies for any confusion.