I have reason to believe that the chances that trying to run would increase my risk of harm are above average. In all likelyhood, if I were in a place where there was a significant risk of being attacked or otherwise threatened by another creature, I’d probably be carrying a big stick. If I were still put in a fight-or-flight situation in spite of this, I’m not entirely confident that my extremely limited aikido/judo/Tai Chi training would be sufficient. (Semester courses in college with the latter two, sporadic classes with the former that are no longer an option for logistical reasons).
This past December, I got a wallet filled with fake money, for the specific purpose of using as a decoy in the unlikely event of a robbery, since I have only about $1000 that I could conceivably use for… anything. (This was a simplification of my original idea, which was to fill a fake wallet with flashpaper and matches...). Of course, if such an idea caught on, it’d rapidly lose value, since criminals would adapt, but for now it seems sufficiently paranoid to have a decent chance of success.
Of course, if anyone reading this tries to rob me, I’m screwed, having just divulged my entire arsenal (assuming I’m not lying/won’t add something). But what’s the probability of that?
I have reason to believe that the chances that trying to run would increase my risk of harm are above average. In all likelyhood, if I were in a place where there was a significant risk of being attacked or otherwise threatened by another creature, I’d probably be carrying a big stick. If I were still put in a fight-or-flight situation in spite of this, I’m not entirely confident that my extremely limited aikido/judo/Tai Chi training would be sufficient. (Semester courses in college with the latter two, sporadic classes with the former that are no longer an option for logistical reasons).
This past December, I got a wallet filled with fake money, for the specific purpose of using as a decoy in the unlikely event of a robbery, since I have only about $1000 that I could conceivably use for… anything. (This was a simplification of my original idea, which was to fill a fake wallet with flashpaper and matches...). Of course, if such an idea caught on, it’d rapidly lose value, since criminals would adapt, but for now it seems sufficiently paranoid to have a decent chance of success.
Of course, if anyone reading this tries to rob me, I’m screwed, having just divulged my entire arsenal (assuming I’m not lying/won’t add something). But what’s the probability of that?