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| Topic Started: Jul 23 2010, 12:42 AM (433 Views) | |
| Quaon | Jul 23 2010, 12:42 AM Post #1 |
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I just found what I think was a large centipede in my bathroom, preceded to freak out, kill that bastard dead, then slap my leg like twenty teams in a state of utter panic because I thought I felt something crawling up my leg. I'm trying to make myself not react to that feeling which as I'm typing getting on my back. This is odd because I rarely react viscerally to things. I now feel like a small child. So, what are you deeply afraid of? |
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| Tristan da Cunha | Jul 23 2010, 01:21 AM Post #2 |
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I have germ phobias from time to time. That is to say, sometimes I wash my hands excessively out of fear of touching germs, while at other times I'm completely apathetic and am OK with eating food that fell on the floor. |
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| Toussaint | Jul 23 2010, 01:27 AM Post #3 |
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Insects. All of them. Flies, beetles, bees.... anything that creeps and crawls scares the shit outta me. |
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| Abnar | Jul 23 2010, 06:54 AM Post #4 |
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the lurkiest of them all?
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Bees, mostly. |
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| Union | Jul 23 2010, 08:07 AM Post #5 |
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If it was a house centipede, you should leave them alone. I used to have a huge stinkbug and fly problem in my house until I stopped killing the house centipedes. :lol: But, all phobias are irrational by definition. You're being redundant. I have no phobias. Heights terrify me, but I can move past it, so I don't think it counts. Edited by Union, Jul 23 2010, 08:07 AM.
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| New Harumf | Jul 23 2010, 08:54 AM Post #6 |
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Spiders. Also, a perfectly rational fear of drowning. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jul 23 2010, 01:30 PM Post #7 |
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This. I had to edit the topic title because it was bugging me. And a fear of drowning is not always rational. I have no phobias. Thanks to merciless self conditioning. [Edit] Damn it, I forgot my Ambulothanatophobia/Kinemortophobia and my phobia of mixing Greek and Latin. *Shudder* Think I'll make any headway with Kinethanatophobia? Edited by Nag Ehgoeg, Jul 23 2010, 01:35 PM.
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| Rhadamanthus | Jul 23 2010, 03:52 PM Post #8 |
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I think that, curently, all of my fears are ordinate to the danger posed. |
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| Comrade Queen | Jul 23 2010, 03:58 PM Post #9 |
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Comrade Bitchqueen
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Heights, germs, being touched. |
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| Nag Ehgoeg | Jul 23 2010, 04:33 PM Post #10 |
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I think my fear of Zombies is ordinate to the threat posed. What? What! |
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| Deleted User | Jul 23 2010, 05:15 PM Post #11 |
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I'm not really sure. I used to be deathly afraid of coyotes as a small child, but I'm not sure if that carried over. I also used to be somewhat afraid of the dark, same thing though. Except for that, I'm not sure. I've never been afraid of heights or any of the normal stuff. |
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| Filo | Jul 23 2010, 05:32 PM Post #12 |
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Hornets. I'm very afraid when i see one of them. Now that i'm grown up i have less fear but when i was a kid i overreact to them |
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| New Harumf | Jul 23 2010, 07:49 PM Post #13 |
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There are no zombies. Fear away! |
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| Paradise | Jul 23 2010, 08:36 PM Post #14 |
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I have no problems with ants, spiders, bees or any other flying insects. However, I must admit I hate earwigs very much :angry: |
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| Comrade Queen | Jul 23 2010, 10:54 PM Post #15 |
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The crawling into the ear thing is a myth, y'know. |
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| NRE | Jul 23 2010, 11:39 PM Post #16 |
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I'm not big on bugs either, nor snakes for that matter but those things I can kill so their more an annoyance than a true fear. I'm not sure if its a fear or again, an annoyance, but I really, really can't stand people sitting behind me, especially in auditoriums or classroom settings. I think it stems from the fact that for the longest time, I was the "tall guy" and therefore always was asked to duck my head when seated in front of people. Eventually I just stuck to taking seats in the back of the room and now can't stand being anywhere else. Especially like in the classroom where seats are usually right on top of the other *shivers.* Literally I sit there just thinking about them staring at the back of my head and breathing down my neck...its just weird and I don't like it. |
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| Hastine | Jul 24 2010, 12:01 AM Post #17 |
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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Wasps and hornets scare the living shit out of me. They are truly the greatest hypocrites of the animal world, annoying the fuck out of me while I'm tanning or drinking sweet beverages, and then stinging me because I swat them away in self-defense. They're like a robber who sues you for attacking them when they break into your house with a gun. And for that, they share a special place in the Lunic pandaemonium, opposite the righteous, self-sacrificing and hard-working bee. |
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| Porcu | Jul 24 2010, 12:44 AM Post #18 |
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
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Well said, good sir. I hereby declare the birth of the Porcu Bee Cult to honor our glorious friends. (Suggestions for a better name are welcome) Posted Image |
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| Hastine | Jul 24 2010, 01:12 AM Post #19 |
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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Since the bee's stinging of its enemies in defense of its hive, and its subsesequent death and self-sacrifice, can be equated with Jesus's death on the cross to atone for man's sins, the cult should be called the Order of Our Lady of the Apiaries. Perhaps it will positively stir up Porcuian/Sperian relations, as both cultures, both in their ancient pasts as well as their presents, have revered the bee as a holy creature. I speak the craziest shit when I'm tired. Edited by Hastine, Jul 24 2010, 01:14 AM.
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| Filo | Jul 26 2010, 06:21 AM Post #20 |
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he bees do not die when they bite an entomologist friend told me that their muscles are very strong and one bite is not enough to make him explode pockets of poison. Even the wasps do not necessarily die at the first attempt, |
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| Sedulius | Jul 26 2010, 11:21 AM Post #21 |
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I'm scared of Jews sneaking into my room circumcising me as I sleep. :lol: |
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| Hastine | Jul 26 2010, 02:01 PM Post #22 |
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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Oh, I know. I'm referring to their stings. When a bee stings anything other than another bee or wasp (like a mammal), its stinger gets lodged into the victim's skin due to the barbs on the stinger, and the bees can only dislodge itself if it disembowels itself in the process when it pulls away. Then it dies not that long after. I see this as a symbol of self-sacrifice, like how Jesus died on the cross. As well as Islamist suicide bombers. Wasps, however, are sneaky bastards and don't have barbs on their stingers, so not only do they not die, but they can sting you multiple times. Thus they are fucking cowardly, and to me are a symbol of vengeance, hypocrisy and cowardice, whereas on the flip side the bee is the symbol of justice, self-sacrifice, courage and hard work. As you can see, I really, really fucking hate wasps and hornets. :P |
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| Aelius | Jul 26 2010, 02:48 PM Post #23 |
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I thought that the nation of Porcu wasn't supposed to be bolded, but the player Porcu was. Regardless, I fucking hate anything with a stinger. |
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| Porcu | Jul 26 2010, 03:19 PM Post #24 |
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
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I believe that is correct, but I am more than willing to cut comrade Hesperia some slack. Everyone makes mistakes. Besides, I think he had it correct (to not have my nation bolded) in his original post. |
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| Hastine | Jul 26 2010, 05:11 PM Post #25 |
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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It was more of a precaution than anything. The last time I dared to not spell Porcu's name with bold lettering, bad things happened.
Edited by Hastine, Jul 26 2010, 05:12 PM.
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