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Would you say you are wise enough to know how much you don't know? Why?

I don't know that!
I hope I am aware of my limits and don't speak about topics I don't know anything about, it irritates me massively in others and I hope I'm not like that myself. One of my worries is that one day I'll be speaking about a subject I don't understand and a passing expert will massively tell me off. This is what AE Housman (my favourite poet) had to say.
"Frailty of understanding is in itself no proper target for scorn and mockery ... but the unintelligent forfeit their claim to compassion when they begin to indulge in self-complacent airs, and to call themselves sane critics, meaning they are mechanics. And when, relying on their numbers, they pass from self-complacency to insolence, and reprove their betters for using the brains which God has denied them, they dry up the fount of pity."
It is a bad thing and I hope I don't do it, but you'd have to ask the people I speak to :)

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What's something about any social condition that you wish the rest of society understood better?

The illness, I have, hypothyroidism, it often isn't diagnosed because its symptoms are confused with ageing. We've gone a long way from the time when whole villages with a bad water supply would be enfeebled and die of "cretinism" but, partly because of my own stubbornness and pride, it took me a long time to seek help and when I did no one was sure what the problem was. So I don't want anyone to suffer like I did.
I've been walking and thinking about my next long-distance walk :)
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/142510352899/between-moddershall-and-idlerocks-i-only
When I was ill this would have been totally impossible, so when I've done a big walk I donate money to research and treatment for people with hypothyroidism, to help anyone else that is in that situation.
In my view, everyone should have a general blood test every once in a while, it is a matter of public health and the health service should make them available for anyone that is worried about if they are ill or wants to be prevented from getting ill.
(My mum also has hypothyroidism and it was picked up when she was having her blood tested for other issues, and then she got cured, so that's how it can happen if we are determined to do it).

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Is it true that as you get older, all the fears would shrink? How you think about your age may affect your view on something?

That is true in a sense, I walk past groups of teenagers and think when I was 14 I would have been terrified of them, but now they're just "spotty herberts" that wouldn't dare cause me any trouble.
The thing about ageing is even if you keep your body fit and healthy, which I mostly have, the memories build up and somehow that affects most people badly. I wish I could go back and do all kinds of things with what I know now, and of course a lot of things I wouldn't do.
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How comfortable are you visiting hospitals as a patient or as a visitor? I've noticed that several people in my real-life social circles (including me) find these experiences a little scary for various reasons, and I'm wondering if you all have the same discomfort with them.

I don't like it at all, I remember my grandparents often are/were hospitalised and it feels really strange and un-natural that I'm the one taking care of them, not the other way round!
The last time I was treated myself was for my hypothyroidism, it took a long time to get diagnosed and I remember the helplessness of that time, that's probably whi I avoided thinking about it for so long before you reminded me of it ;)
So I suppose I am the same as your other correspondents in that sense, I think?
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Do you believe that the disasters and calamities that engulf this world serve as reminders that the world is sick and humans becoming so vile and hateful? Why?

Yes, I do think we punish ourselves, most notably in climate change and other environmental problems. I'm British and when we got flooded I agree with this author it was caused by selfish and greedy farmers and people in towns who only want to further their own interests.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/29/deluge-farmers-flood-grouse-moor-drain-land
The same author said the same things two years ago and it's so depressing that he was ignored.
I actually got some amazing photo shoots out of it but I'd give it all up to ease the pain of the victims of floods that could have been prevented, of course the rain would have fallen but it could have been absorbed by trees and roots, not simply dredged away until it flooded poor folk in towns.
Also, people across the world are driven out of their homes by a problem that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz etc don't think even exists, let alone do something about it.
I encourage people to plant trees, I joined treesforlife.org.uk and I'm going to go to Scotland and work for hem in September, so I don't just rant and rave, I do stuff :)

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Is there any situation that you will allow your self-confidence to be struck down by mistakes? Do you demand for being omniscient if you fail on doing something or you use the mistakes to correct yourself?

I am the world's biggest perfectionist, I hate making mistakes at work, being told off and knowing it's my fault.
Is it worse to be blamed for something you haven't done, or is it worse when you HAVE done it and you deserve the trouble you get? I don't know.
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Your web is interesting! And all the pictures are wonderful! Thank you for sharing that.

You're welcome, keep tuning in, it's updated quite often :)
I try not to be arrogant but I think I've got some good stuff. (only I've never figured out how to make money out of it!)
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What interest you the most in life? Will you find it offensive if other people deemed your interest as something peculiar or atypical?

Welcome to my humble home on the web, I don't believe we've spoken before :)
My biggest interest is my long-distance walking and the photography.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/photos
I would take it very badly if someone spoke against my interest, it's the main thing I do other than work (I have a girlfriend but she lives in another city and I don't see her often).
But I obviously don't enjoy is THAT much as I'm publishing a photobook (I've done 3, thankfully my friends and family enjoyed it and I'm making another one of when I did www.twosaintsway.org.uk ) and I haven't done it yet! I can't be bothered to do all the editing and sequencing work, but I'm sure I will have it done soon ;)
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What do you think about ego-depletion? Have you ever experienced any decision fatigue?

Yes, when I was unemployed I had more than my fair share of stress about could I afford this, could I afford that, and I was so flattened I didn't do a lot of things I could have done. I'm hardly wealthy now, and I still get quite a bit ofit.
It is natural, I think. I don't like it when right-wing people say there is no such thing as society, every man for himself, blame the victim. I recommend the excellent book The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell, in one he discusses healthy and unhealthy diets.
"The ordinary human being would sooner starve than live on
brown bread and raw carrots. And the peculiar evil is this, that the less
money you have, the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food. A
millionaire may enjoy breakfasting off orange juice and Ryvita biscuits; an
unemployed man doesn't. Here the tendency of which I spoke at the end of
the last chapter comes into play. When you are unemployed, which is to say
when you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to
eat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit 'tasty'. There is
always some cheaply pleasant thing to tempt you. Let's have three pennorth
of chips! Run out and buy us a twopenny ice-cream! Put the kettle on and
we'll all have a nice cup of tea! That is how your mind works when you are
at the P.A.C. level. White bread-and-marg and sugared tea don't nourish you
to any extent, but they are nicer (at least most people think so) than
brown bread-and-dripping and cold water. Unemployment is an endless misery
that has got to be constantly palliated, and especially with tea, the
English-man's opium. A cup of tea or even an aspirin is much better as a
temporary stimulant than a crust of brown bread. "
Little has changed in the 80 years since that was written!
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/16/george-osbornes-sugar-tax-economic-fears-budget

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Do you ever use eye contact as a means to intimidate someone? Would you do it if you considered it necessary? Why?

No, I'm on the autistic spectrum so I don't really look at folks at all. Probably, I unwittingly intimidate some people but I make a special effort not to, so I end up being more considerate than a lot of "normal" people, probably.
I hope no one thinks I'm a shifty person because I don't look at people, that I have something to hide, but I've strained myself and done everything I can to fit in and there's no more.
Have a song :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4duZjxusGMHadacol’s Video 135734010364 A4duZjxusGMHadacol’s Video 135734010364 A4duZjxusGM
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PAP of your favorite face?

And if you don't listen to Saint Vitus, you're "just a bunch of fucking unaware squares"
PAP of your favorite face
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Would you say that you take excellent care of your health or do you tend to neglect it? Why?

I've changed in this regard, I had hypothyroidism for a very long time and it came on in slow motion, to be honest I was too proud to admit I had a problem and seek help, my pride didn't allow me to admit I was ill, and symptoms like hair loss can be explained away as ageing.
When eventually I had to get treated, I recovered immediately. My strength came back and so did some problems like not sleeping well (just about the only good thing about my illness was I slept like the dead every night, tho it didn't do much good).
But some of my arrogance never came back and now I may eat unhealthy food (I've got some macarons today) but I am more aware of my health and that I'm not as big a deal as I'd always thought before about 2012 :)
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If you won an Oscar, where in your home would you place it?

GUYS I LOVE BIRMINGHAM, my girlfriend lives there and even though the usual naysayers slag it off it's a great city. There's all sorts to do (try Saint Chad's RC cathedral near Snow Hill) and I just read this book about it.
http://www.positivelybirmingham.co.uk/
There are almost too many things listed, I don't know whether I can do them all, but I'll do some :)
If you won an Oscar where in your home would you place it

I feel so joyous about tulip season where I live, and have to go to the fields every year. Is there a particular flower season where you live that you love above the rest?

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I like me some flowers, snowdrops, daffodils, I'd like Himalayan balsam if they weren't an invasive species. But the gold medal must go to the bluebells, I enclose a photograph of them from Knypsersley, a place that's been beloved by probably millions of people from this city down the generations.
And I was visiting my girlfriend yesterday and we looked at a book about her city and heard of a new place to see them! Tolkien lived in this place, which was then a country village, and it inspired him.
http://www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/events/2016/04/23/moseley-bog-bluebells-woodland-flowers-walk
But here's one I made earlier :)
I feel so joyous about tulip season where I live and have to go to the fields

What is your favorite lie?

When conservatives talk about what "patriots" they are and why it's necessarily to illegally invade somewhere or other in order to fight Islamism...
... and at the same time, illegally selling arms to the Gulf states' "coalition" for its war crimes in Yemen and train Saudi prison guards to kill and torture innocent political prisoners.
When conservatives talk about the "sovereignty" of this country...
... and at the same time turn us into a Chinese economic colony.
I'VE GOT YOUR JOINED-UP THINKING RIGHT HERE OZZY, SHAMERON, HAMMOND-ORGAN AND WHATEVER THE REST OF YOU ARE CALLED!
What is your favorite lie

Whats the best April Fools prank you've ever witnessed?

When I was young my mum painted moustaches on all the family photos, then got me and my brother and demanded to know which one of us had done it. We stared at each other, each wondering how the other had dared do such a thing. But it was all a prank. Not very good behaviour, if you think about it!
Laugh? I thought I'd never start.
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What's the most troubling post you've seen on one of your social network accounts recently? (You don't have to repeat it word-for word, just the gist). Why did it bother you so much?

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The welfare "reforms" and the threatened destruction of our steel industry. I'd imagine you'd share my sentiments here. And rage is so much better when it has a Rush song enclosed :)
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/142015493114/i-should-like-to-express-my-support-for-the
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How was your Easter? :)

It was swell, thanks, pictures are still being uploaded on my website :)
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/photos
After finishing my hardcore walk, I finished with evensong in Lichfield Cathedral, it's such a joy to hear people sing in the 1662 prayer book's language.
Then I had 4 amarettos, a Thai meal and a bar of what legends eat...
How was your Easter
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What's the last song you listened to?

Because its Easter and I'm on my long distance walk
www.twosaintsway.org.uk
I'm an agnostic in terms of the deity existing, but I used to love going to midnight mass and it somehow feels right to be going to the catholic and the high Anglican churches (none of that prod shite, please) and anyone who went to any form of Christian school might remember singing this ditty when they were very young. In a totally different version to what we had at primary school but I love it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-b18DzXH-UHadacol’s Video 135502498300 _-b18DzXH-UHadacol’s Video 135502498300 _-b18DzXH-U

Which slang term from the past do you think should come back into style?

I'm really rocking "sblood" and, appropriate for Easter, "swounds". Which auto"correct" just tried to change to sounds, so you can see the struggle we face! ;)
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