{"id":3598,"date":"2013-03-30T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T18:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2013-04-01T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:38:27","slug":"stop-laughing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/stop-laughing\/","title":{"rendered":"I couldn’t stop laughing as I read…"},"content":{"rendered":"

But there is really good content therein.\u00a0 I don’t usually end up in situations where I might be beat up or anything else …now that I think about it – ‘or anything else’ has<\/em> happened to me.\u00a0 I thought I was just lucky.\u00a0 Ok, so the technique of giving calm but nonsensical responses that Derren Brown describes in\u00a0 Derren Brown\u2019s Guide to overcoming Awkward Situations – Entertainment – ShortList Magazine<\/a> wouldn’t necessarily also have come in handy when I was being followed around the record store I worked in by a guy who repeatedly told me he liked my shape, and who continued on with other lewd comments and offers to take me home after my shift.\u00a0 That was a long time ago.\u00a0 But, Derren Brown’s advice on other situations is good to have in your head just in case.\u00a0 To sum up:\u00a0 awesome article, and hilarious in its description of the technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But there is really good content therein.\u00a0 I don’t usually end up in situations where I might be beat up or anything else …now that I think about it – ‘or anything else’ has happened to me.\u00a0 I thought I was just lucky.\u00a0 Ok, so the technique of giving calm but nonsensical responses that Derren… Continue reading I couldn’t stop laughing as I read…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[177,62,185],"class_list":["post-3598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-cool-people","tag-fabulous-ideas","tag-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5393,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/witch-and-the-goat-lord\/","url_meta":{"origin":3598,"position":0},"title":"Witch and the goat lord","author":"leems","date":"October 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a list of stereotypical witch situations to draw.\u00a0 You know, witch with goblet, with black cat, with the devil.\u00a0 NSFW for nudity after the jump.","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"witches201410-20","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-20-455x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8539,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/11\/23\/know-thyself\/","url_meta":{"origin":3598,"position":1},"title":"Know thyself","author":"leems","date":"November 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I was long overdue in looking at the junk mail folder to which my email client automatically moved emails that fit a certain profile so I didn't see this email until recently. 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