keccers
@keccers.eth
Tonight as I walked home from a book club I found myself having to run away from a tweaker/schizo wildly screaming threats and slurs He was headed straight towards me but I don’t believe he was locked in on me as a target. I don’t think he tried to chase me as I ran. This isn’t even the first time in the past week I’ve taken off running from someone on the street. Paranoid perhaps, but why chance it. I figure it’s better to be safe and just run. Get myself out of the area. But it was the scariest by far because I know if that guy made eye contact he would have almost certainly hurt me. The way he was screaming to himself was menacing. And Once you lock eyes with one of these men it’s over.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I alternate between deep hopelessness and outraged indignation. Depending on the moment I either want to lay down and die like a dog or get serious about self defense skills—weapons training, de-escalation training, all the whole thing. My blackpill is that this is just how life is like now if you aren’t rich, or isolated. Like this is what it is. It’s not just Austin, although it’s extra bad here
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Just Build
@justbuild
Ugh, you are going through so much keccers. I wish there was an easy way forward and out for you. Whatever happened to the car, was that a reasonable solution either to move or to get usable vehicle?
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Seth
@sethpate
I've work in the middle of downtown for the last three years, and as a result get into altercations on the reg. Deeply sympathetic to the plight.
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Seth
@sethpate
They have a solid LTC class here. They'll cover the legal implications of violent altercation, have you do some target practice, and answer any questions you might have. Plus, you'll get a license to carry within a couple weeks. Central Texas Gun Works (CTGW) (512) 731-3585 https://g.co/kgs/1n6Uyog After that, I'd check out some of the classes provided by The Range.
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Rue🗽
@rue1776
I’m sorry, that’s fkkd. This is one of the many reasons I’d never live in a large city. Life gets a whole lot better outside them
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