What scares you?

snabbott · October 11, 2011, 10:21:18 AM

Quote from: Deloria on October 09, 2011, 09:29:26 PM
Quote from: Lambonius on October 09, 2011, 09:27:52 PM
Gingers. *shudder*
Is it because we have more sex appeal?

That must be it!

Deloria · October 15, 2011, 05:38:13 AM

Political correctness is good in small doses.

wilco64256 · October 15, 2011, 10:12:22 AM

I don't want to turn this into a big political discussion but I will admit that Herman Cain scares me a bit. People like him because he's not a career politician, but I'm not so sure the President of the United States should ever be anybody's first job in politics.

Also - piranhas.

crayauchtin · October 16, 2011, 03:40:27 PM

Alright, I'll fess up....

....I'm terrified of Deloria!

Delling · October 16, 2011, 03:46:37 PM

Oh, we all are a little... after all, she can have us drawn and quartered.

... but fear is what makes an effective mon... *someone whispers something in his ear* oh... it isn't?... I thought... *wanders off*

Haids1987 · October 16, 2011, 11:08:15 PM

Ever since I was a little girl I've had this deep-rooted fear of really deep water. I love to swim and I love to go to the ocean, but I've had nightmares about deep water for as long as I can remember. Sea monsters, too--usually I can only partially see the sea monster in my nightmares, but I know it's there. *Shudder*

You planning on evaluating me, Damar?

Deloria · October 17, 2011, 02:46:49 AM

Quote from: Delling on October 16, 2011, 03:46:37 PM
Oh, we all are a little... after all, she can have us drawn and quartered. ... but fear is what makes an effective mon... *someone whispers something in his ear* oh... it isn't?... I thought... *wanders off*

It's the pouncing/glomping/flinging, isn't it?

crayauchtin · October 17, 2011, 05:29:29 AM

Mostly the flinging. A teeny bit of the glomping.

snabbott · October 17, 2011, 07:59:39 AM

Quote from: Haids1987 on October 16, 2011, 11:08:15 PM
Ever since I was a little girl I've had this deep-rooted fear of really deep water. I love to swim and I love to go to the ocean, but I've had nightmares about deep water for as long as I can remember. Sea monsters, too--usually I can only partially see the sea monster in my nightmares, but I know it's there. *Shudder*

Is it Cthulhu? Because if it is, I think you have reason to be afraid!

MikPal · October 17, 2011, 12:09:21 PM

Failure, the fact that it can't end because of too many secrets.

Deloria · October 17, 2011, 01:55:10 PM

Quote from: snabbott on October 17, 2011, 07:59:39 AM
Quote from: Haids1987 on October 16, 2011, 11:08:15 PM
Ever since I was a little girl I've had this deep-rooted fear of really deep water. I love to swim and I love to go to the ocean, but I've had nightmares about deep water for as long as I can remember. Sea monsters, too--usually I can only partially see the sea monster in my nightmares, but I know it's there. *Shudder*
Is it Cthulhu? Because if it is, I think you have reason to be afraid!

No, she really doesn't.

KatieHal · October 17, 2011, 02:34:10 PM

I've played in two one-shot sessions for Call of Cthulhu the RPG. Definitely scary stuff! (They both rank among my favorite one-shots ever, and the better of the two was one where we all died, included my last act being to kill myself to save the world from really really awful stuff!)

Damar · October 17, 2011, 03:13:52 PM

I've actually never read any Lovecraft. I keep meaning to change that, but never do.

Quote from: Haids1987 on October 16, 2011, 11:08:15 PM
You planning on evaluating me, Damar?

Well of course. But to be fair, I can't help it. My inner Freud is something I have trouble turning off. "So...a fear of zee deep vaters, yah? You fear a return to zee womb, to zee helplessness of beink a child." Ok, I'll stop now.

Haids1987 · October 17, 2011, 08:12:10 PM

Quote from: Damar on October 17, 2011, 03:13:52 PM"So...a fear of zee deep vaters, yah? You fear a return to zee womb, to zee helplessness of beink a child."

Is that really what it's supposed to mean? Analyze away! I'll give more detail if you want!

Damar · October 17, 2011, 08:36:39 PM

That's what Freud would probably say. But Freud was wrong about a lot. Honestly, you probably don't like deep water because you can't see what's below it, even though you know there's something under there (which is likely benign). It's a little creepy.

Phobias don't have to make sense. Sometimes they're learned behaviors, other times they're not. I know I got my fear of needles after getting stabbed by one half a dozen times when a doctor was trying to drain my tonsils in the 6th grade (he wasn't able to do so, so they did surgery. I suffered for nothing.) So I have good reason to think of needles as one of the most evil things on the planet. Bugs, on the other hand, no reason to hate them. Except that they're disgusting. All those legs. Always scurrying. Always.

I'm surprised no one's brought up clowns yet. That's usually a big one for some reason. Don't you kids want a balloon? They all float. And when you're down here...you'll...FLOAT...TOO!

wilco64256 · October 17, 2011, 09:24:47 PM

I actually saw a video one time of this guy who was robbing a convenience store and instead of a gun or a bat or whatever he was threatening the clerk with a syringe full of blood. I admit in that situation I'd probably be a lot more scared than I would even of a perp with a gun or knife or anything like that.

snabbott · October 17, 2011, 10:26:07 PM

Quote from: Damar on October 17, 2011, 08:36:39 PM
I'm surprised no one's brought up clowns yet. That's usually a big one for some reason. Don't you kids want a balloon? They all float. And when you're down here...you'll...FLOAT...TOO!

That was the first book I ever read that scared me.

Cez · October 18, 2011, 06:52:09 AM

Hmm let's see..

Getting old, death, loneliness, absolute numbing silence, losing my loved ones, heights, super speeds (when I know they are dangerous, like racing cars, I love rollercoasters), big dogs that I'm not sure if they bite, and anything that bites, really, getting into a fist fight, guns, doing something "illegal" like running someone over, the IRS, drugs and its possible consequences, sexually transmitted diseases, flying and thinking the plane will crash, the end of the world, and the list goes on...

I'm a scaredy cat, as you can see. I just hide it well

I do love scary movies, but recently, I've cut down on the gore. Same with games, I couldn't really stomach Dead Space too well.

Deloria · October 18, 2011, 07:12:57 AM

Quote from: Damar on October 17, 2011, 08:36:39 PM
Phobias don't have to make sense. Sometimes they're learned behaviors, other times they're not. I know I got my fear of needles after getting stabbed by one half a dozen times when a doctor was trying to drain my tonsils in the 6th grade (he wasn't able to do so, so they did surgery. I suffered for nothing.)

Overexposure takes care of that.

I used to hate needles. Fast forward three years, two major surgeries, lots of minor procedures and five different hospital stays, in all of which they needed to jab me at least six times to get blood and you get used to it.

KatieHal · October 18, 2011, 07:39:09 AM

Oh, right, according to Cez, I also fear change!

Quote from: Cez on October 18, 2011, 06:52:09 AM
I do love scary movies, but recently, I've cut down on the gore. Same with games, I couldn't really stomach Dead Space too well.

Also, I find this kind of amusing, hehehe.

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