Even though I think some of Pumeco's notions are rubbish and he can be a little insulting with the "your a slave and a conformist" thing, I'll still give the guy the benefit of the doubt. I've had a lot of peculiar friends in my time. One of my closest friends from high school onward developed schizophrenia in his 20's and was eventually murdered in his late 30's, another close friend has had two extensive bids in prison. I've lived in the red light district of San Francisco for more than a decade, seedy areas of Philadelphia, and come from a kind of bohemian, starving artist, background. I'm still a drifter, even in my late 40's. I'm a sympathetic sort when it comes to characters of his nature. Besides, this is just chat afterall.

As far as testing his mettle, nope... not seriously interested. Life will take care of all that.

Also this is a poser forum, it's not like I can hand him a 70 pound I beam and say "here, help me me carry this and 20 more up 4 flights of stairs" to see if he can handle it.