Author Topic: So DTF, what are your irrational fears? (Read 7046 times)

lateralus88 · « **on:** August 20, 2011, 01:37:20 AM »

I have this irrational fear that every time, and I mean every fucking time, I go to unclog the toilet with a plunger that a round baseball sized piece of shit is going to fly out and smack me dead in the forehead.

So how about you, people of DTF. What irrational bullshit do you fear most?

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:38:42 AM »

Threads you start. But actually I had a nightmare last week I got stuck in a bathroom with an overflowing toilet and started sobbing. Not dignified macho adult sobbing but the kind of sobbing when you break your favorite toy when you're 9.

Adami · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:39:25 AM »

Stairs and Zombies.

kári · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:40:06 AM »

I'm a pretty rational guy...

lateralus88 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:40:22 AM »

Quote from: black_floyd on August 20, 2011, 01:38:42 AM

Threads you start.

That's not irrational, that's common sense.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:09:48 AM »

Docile insects.

LeeHarveyKennedy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:57:12 AM »

Street sweepers.

Hanging with a cute girl, tell you more later.

Gadough · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:08:45 AM »

I keep a pocket knife on a shelf next to my bed, and every night, I'm afraid that the knife will somehow fall at the perfect angle to stab me in my eye while I'm asleep.

So why don't I just move the knife somewhere else?

I don't know. I don't know.

Also, whenever I shower and my eyes are closed while I shampoo my hair, I'm scared that a spider (or some other bug) will fall from the ceiling onto my head.

robwebster · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:19:02 AM »

Moths! Very phobic of moths. I have no idea why, I just hate the little blighters. Divebombing you from every corner of the house. Nightmarish little beasts. Like tiny kamikaze thestrals - avatars of evil or what have you.

Until recently I thought this was probably only me, but I keep hearing of other people with the phobia lately and now I actually feel pretty well-represented. Which even turned into "a little bit cool" when Karen Gillan mentioned it in an interview. That's my ice-breaker sorted.

Moths. Bastards.

j · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:21:59 AM »

Quote from: robwebster on August 20, 2011, 04:19:02 AM

Spiders. Bastards.

-J

Jirpo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:38:07 AM »

Quote from: kári on August 20, 2011, 01:40:06 AM

I'm a pretty rational guy...

This, I don't have any of these.

MasterShakezula · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:20:47 AM »

-STDs
-Getting raped by some guy
-Breaking my tool
-Getting mauled to death by my 2-month-old puppy.

Of these, the one I fear the most is the last one, because it could probably happen.

Liberation · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:32:04 AM »

Websites I'm unsure of. Seriously. Caused by some of the "screamer" sites (you probably know what I mean), and honestly if I caught one of those fucktards who make those they'd end up lying on the ground in a bad shape. It's not funny.

Also, fire. Almost everything about it.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2011, 07:56:36 AM »

Heights even when I'm in a building with no chance of falling. Looking down turns my stomach. The Dark Knight's I-Max scene's when Batman goes after the banker got to me.

tri.ad · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:16:04 AM »

Quote from: Liberation on August 20, 2011, 07:32:04 AM

Websites I'm unsure of. Seriously. Caused by some of the "screamer" sites (you probably know what I mean), and honestly if I caught one of those fucktards who make those they'd end up lying on the ground in a bad shape. It's not funny.

This, although I wouldn't describe it as an "irrational fear".

lonestar · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:26:48 AM »

Bees. Little fuckers turn me into a 3 year old girl.

Liberation · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:35:42 AM »

Quote from: tri.ad on August 20, 2011, 08:16:04 AM

Quote from: Liberation on August 20, 2011, 07:32:04 AM
Websites I'm unsure of. Seriously. Caused by some of the "screamer" sites (you probably know what I mean), and honestly if I caught one of those fucktards who make those they'd end up lying on the ground in a bad shape. It's not funny.

This, although I wouldn't describe it as an "irrational fear".

Depends on the day but sometimes it really reaches the point of irrational.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2011, 08:36:36 AM »

Quote from: lonestar on August 20, 2011, 08:26:48 AM

Bees. Little fuckers turn me into a 3 year old girl.

My wife got stung by a paper wasp and a yellow jacket in the same week and now she's frightened by anything that flies.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:03:45 AM »

Quote from: lonestar on August 20, 2011, 08:26:48 AM

Bees. Little fuckers turn me into a 3 year old girl.

I used to be afraid of wasps and bees for the longest time although never being stung. I was finally stung a few weeks ago and it wasn't bad at all.

lonestar · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:04:39 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on August 20, 2011, 08:36:36 AM

Quote from: lonestar on August 20, 2011, 08:26:48 AM
Bees. Little fuckers turn me into a 3 year old girl.

My wife got stung by a paper wasp and a yellow jacket in the same week and now she's frightened by anything that flies.

Ive never been stung. Thats why its irrational.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:08:43 AM »

Pi, e, the golden ratio, square root of 2...

obscure · « **Reply #21 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:11:33 AM »

Quote from: Gadough on August 20, 2011, 03:08:45 AM

I keep a pocket knife on a shelf next to my bed, and every night, I'm afraid that the knife will somehow fall at the perfect angle to stab me in my eye while I'm asleep.

So why don't I just move the knife somewhere else?

I don't know. I don't know.

Also, whenever I shower and my eyes are closed while I shampoo my hair, I'm scared that a spider (or some other bug) will fall from the ceiling onto my head.

lol'd at this....
I wish I had something to give you guys, but couldn't come up with anything..... although I'm not famous for being the most rational person ....

skydivingninja · « **Reply #22 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:28:56 AM »

Alligators, crocodiles, and brain aneurysms.

alirocker08 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:30:03 AM »

Quote from: robwebster on August 20, 2011, 04:19:02 AM

Moths! Very phobic of moths. I have no idea why, I just hate the little blighters. Divebombing you from every corner of the house. Nightmarish little beasts. Like tiny kamikaze thestrals - avatars of evil or what have you.

Until recently I thought this was probably only me, but I keep hearing of other people with the phobia lately and now I actually feel pretty well-represented. Which even turned into "a little bit cool" when Karen Gillan mentioned it in an interview. That's my ice-breaker sorted.

Moths. Bastards.

This, I was at a friend's house having a little gathering with her mates, and three moths just snuck in randomly. Me and my friend were the only girls there and ran into the other room, whilst all the lads were laughing their asses off at us and trying to catch them. When they did, they told us they were gone and then let them go again.

I also hate people play-biting me anywhere, especially around the neck. I think I read Dracula one too many times.

Liberation · « **Reply #24 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:33:30 AM »

Btw, I understand that someone can be afraid but... I really don't like the idea of killing something just because it's scary. If it's something actually more or less dangerous (mosquitos, wasps, whatever; anything that stings), I understand, but if it's just a harmless spider or something... Yes I'm also scared by some of them, but I just prefer to put it out of the window or something (and if it's something that flies, just open it, close the door and leave for a while). It's not done any harm to me, and isn't going to do any, so why kill it... And it's not its fault that it can scare me.

lonestar · « **Reply #25 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:37:58 AM »

Quote from: Jamesman42 on August 20, 2011, 09:08:43 AM

Pi, e, the golden ratio, square root of 2...

Just curious, whats the golden ratio?

kári · « **Reply #26 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:04:02 AM »

(1+sqrt(5))/2 I think.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:12:46 AM »

Well, yes, it's that number, but it is supposed to be the most beautiful proportion you can use in constructing a rectangle (and I think other shapes as well). Like, the most aesthetically pleasing dimensions of a rectangle

LeeHarveyKennedy · « **Reply #28 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:25:03 AM »

So yeah, street sweepers.

When I was little, every time one of those would drive down my street and it's lights would flash in my window, I always used to pretend that it was some sort of death squad rounding up groups that I belonged to, like five-year-old boys or kids with blonde hair, and if they saw me they'd take me away and murder me. It was a fun way to snuggle up under the covers and get comfortable.

Fast forward about twenty years to college, and I'm leaving my friend's apartment one night. Just as I get in my car, a street sweeper rounds the corner, and I panic, nearly rear-ending the car behind me in my desperate attempt to escape it. I still freeze up every time one comes around.

How's that for irrational?

antigoon · « **Reply #29 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:34:06 AM »

Air travel. Gives me SO MUCH anxiety.

Sketchy · « **Reply #30 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:38:41 AM »

That whenever I'm on a boat (especially when it's one one the sea) that it's going to be eaten by a giant squid.
Wasps and hornets

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:44:11 AM »

In all reality:

Electricity/plugging things into outlets
Heights
Cleaning thin glass cups (because they might break and cut my precious fingers to shit)

Bonham · « **Reply #32 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:12:10 AM »

Bugs. Any fucking bugs. Especially the big ones. It's something about the legs...

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #33 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:13:20 AM »

Water.

73109 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:34:25 AM »

Bugs. Spiders especially.
Fire.

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Author Topic: So DTF, what are your irrational fears? (Read 7046 times)