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Dark Zarak wrote:

PorQPine wrote:Mild Clausterphobia in general. But mostly I hate being touched by unfamiliar people. As far as I'm concerned it's an act of aggression...the last guy that put his hands on me in a bar ended up with a sprained wrist and a night in jail. Thank goodness security saw the whole thing, otherwise I may have been up on assault charges.

How do you feel about handshakes? Some people are literally bothered by even that.


And what about the cute chick you just met who touches your arm when she laughs?

Those things I don't mind, I actually prefer to shake hands when I meet someone new, because it is a mutual act of respect. As far as the cute chick, as long as I know her name I'll be okay with a touch on the arm, etc...otherwise I'm usually turned off by that kind of instant familiarity, even if it is because she likes me or finds me attractive.

Touch is important to me, but touchy, feely strangers always rub me the wrong way.

In the instance I posted, the guy was drunk and we got into an argument, and after I told him to go sleep it off, he grabbed my shirt and started to shove me against the wall. Turns out he was a regular who was known for starting fights, which is why I didn't get into any trouble after subduing him. Security told the cops that I was just defending myself(which is true), and the nature of his injury showed no malice or intent to harm, so they let it go and tossed the guy in the drunk-tank for the night.

I think that it sticks with me due to my family life...most often when my mom or dad went to grab me, it wasn't a good thing...so I developed a defensive nature about being touched in general.

I'm afraid of movies, not the whole thing or the act of cinima in general, but that horrible feeling of dread when I know something is about to happen, it is 'supposed' to be funny or poinent, and I know I'm just going to cringe instead of laugh or otherwise emote.

I hate the 'conflict point' in comedy and I hate ridiculous set ups for the laughs you are supposed to take away from it.

I don't know if it's a genuine fear or not, but I tend to turn shows and movies off if I have to sit through that crap.

Ghost Rider comes to mind....Nic Cage laughing at a monkey...*sigh*

I think another one for me would be the Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters or the giant Gingerbread Man from Shrek 2. *shudderrs* I'm always glad when they kick the bucket.

I have one I'm a little embarrassed to admit.... sigh.... I don't get any of the regular symptoms, but it just makes me uneasy.

It's nyctophobia.

Counterpunch wrote:I'm afraid of movies, not the whole thing or the act of cinima in general, but that horrible feeling of dread when I know something is about to happen, it is 'supposed' to be funny or poinent, and I know I'm just going to cringe instead of laugh or otherwise emote.

I hate the 'conflict point' in comedy and I hate ridiculous set ups for the laughs you are supposed to take away from it.

I don't know if it's a genuine fear or not, but I tend to turn shows and movies off if I have to sit through that crap.

Dude, I sometimes get that creepy feeling from movies too.

Spiders, clowns, china dolls, hell dolls in general, the ocean, and public anything.

Bathrooms, toilets, door knobs you have it.

I'm horribly afraid of zombies or walking dead. I have recurring dreams about them all the time.

Zombie Starscream wrote:I think another one for me would be the Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters or the giant Gingerbread Man from Shrek 2. *shudderrs* I'm always glad when they kick the bucket.

Why Stay Puft?

Zombie Starscream wrote:I think another one for me would be the Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters or the giant Gingerbread Man from Shrek 2. *shudderrs* I'm always glad when they kick the bucket.

You have nothing to fear!

Unicron's_head wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:I think another one for me would be the Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters or the giant Gingerbread Man from Shrek 2. *shudderrs* I'm always glad when they kick the bucket.

Why Stay Puft?

I know when they get both get mad, it scares me. I guess it is that big goofy grin, and when that smile turns upside down in to an angry frown, it is scary. It is just something about them, that makes me hope they live a very short life, die a quick death, and never appear again.

Zombie Starscream wrote:

Unicron's_head wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:I think another one for me would be the Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters or the giant Gingerbread Man from Shrek 2. *shudderrs* I'm always glad when they kick the bucket.

Why Stay Puft?

I know when they get both get mad, it scares me. I guess it is that big goofy grin, and when that smile turns upside down in to an angry frown, it is scary. It is just something about them, that makes me hope they live a very short life, die a quick death, and never appear again.

Hmm...

That's so mean. I liked how in The Real Ghostbusters Ray hugged a Stay-Puft cuddly toy when he slept.

Leonardo wrote:That's so mean. I liked how in The Real Ghostbusters Ray hugged a Stay-Puft cuddly toy when he slept.

No it's not. I remember that

First time I saw Ghostbusters, I hid behind the sofa when the Marshmellow man caught fire and climbed the building. That frown coming out of the flames is scary for little kids. Almost Terminator-esque.

Insurgent wrote:First time I saw Ghostbusters, I hid behind the sofa when the Marshmellow man caught fire and climbed the building. That frown coming out of the flames is scary for little kids. Almost Terminator-esque.

The first time i saw it was about 5 years after it's release and i never got scared

I'll 50th the vote for bees and wasps. Once I found a little wasp nest under construction in my garage, so I waited until in was good and late at night (I purposely sayed awake for this mission) and beat the piss out of the nest with a hammer.


Then last summer these yellow jackets or something were constructing a hive so I blasted the crap out of it with some kinda bug killer and then smashed it with a 2x4. Excessive force? Yes. But the maniacle grin on my face and the taunts I shouted in the process were priceless.

When I was a young boy a bee fell into my Mr. Turtle pool, so I used a plastic shovel to get him out. I thought I was doing the right thing, you know, my good turn of the day for Cub Scouts, but the little bastard stung me for my efforts. And, I have been known to run away in a frenzy when bees or whatnot get too close in the summer, manly man that I am.

I just remembered something that happened a few years ago. During the summer, I had a can of Lilt by the side of the court as I played tennis, and at the end I started swigging it fully. Something hit my lips so I spat it back into the can. A dead wasp was floating in it. Needless to say, I didn't drink any more of it.

Insurgent wrote:I just remembered something that happened a few years ago. During the summer, I had a can of Lilt by the side of the court as I played tennis, and at the end I started swigging it fully. Something hit my lips so I spat it back into the can. A dead wasp was floating in it. Needless to say, I didn't drink any more of it.

That's gross

I remember one time I was preparing a sandwhich, and a fly was buzzing around. I put the sandwhich into the fridge and when I took it out later I must have suspected something. For I peeled back the top bread slice, and there was the fly crawling around on the meat slice, semi-torpid from cold. Needless to say, I didn't want the sandwhich after finding the fly, and whenever there is a fly in the kitchen I check to see if it has landed on whatever I'm making so I don't inadvertantly eat a fly.

bill nye, bees and wasps.

i hate spider

I am scared shitless of needles, i have punched a doctor before for trying to inject me-it wasnt nice. Oddly i have gone out with nurses and piercers, plus i love tattoos.

Guess we are all attracted to that which scares us

GrimSqueaker wrote:I am scared shitless of needles, i have punched a doctor before for trying to inject me-it wasnt nice. Oddly i have gone out with nurses and piercers, plus i love tattoos.

Guess we are all attracted to that which scares us

i sure as hell am not attracted to bill nye . he has a damn detachable head.

Bill Nye, isn't that the Science Guy?

Dagon wrote:I'll 50th the vote for bees and wasps. Once I found a little wasp nest under construction in my garage, so I waited until in was good and late at night (I purposely sayed awake for this mission) and beat the piss out of the nest with a hammer.


Then last summer these yellow jackets or something were constructing a hive so I blasted the crap out of it with some kinda bug killer and then smashed it with a 2x4. Excessive force? Yes. But the maniacle grin on my face and the taunts I shouted in the process were priceless.

When I was a young boy a bee fell into my Mr. Turtle pool, so I used a plastic shovel to get him out. I thought I was doing the right thing, you know, my good turn of the day for Cub Scouts, but the little bastard stung me for my efforts. And, I have been known to run away in a frenzy when bees or whatnot get too close in the summer, manly man that I am.

Murderer
I never bother the things since the stings don't bother me. Plus when I was staying up in Oklahoma there was a Redwasp nest in my windowsill. As always I left them alone and they never bothered me and even kept the pesky bugs down (their predaters) hell they would even land and crawl on my back and shoulders and such. Now for the part that still amazes even me; I was working in the yard below my window one day when a yellow jackett comes out of nowhere and hits my shoulder. That thing didn't make it three feet before it was taken down by a hail of Reds; all diveing from my window