Nik - I know you say popularity is unimportant to you but with Christmas approaching, I am wondering if there is a chance you might like to become a more pleasant and less disliked person? That would be nice, wouldn't it. Standing alone as the Yellow Boards resident psychopath can be a heavy cross to bear. How could you achieve this? I have a few suggestions. Maybe you could be more polite, listen to other people more and show them a little more respect and tolerance. Arrogant, self-aborbed, self-opinionated characters who are always right and who dismiss, correct and offend people do not generally go down well in whatever walk of life they engage. You could win a few more friends that way - maybe start with the Christmas period. Try it. I am not expecting a Mr Scooge transformation - misanthropist to altruist - but it might be worth a go.