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What are your fears, SE++? (no pictures of what people talk about)

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Yes, newborns are invariably ugly.

    And yes, really can't distinguish baby features.

    Although... when the twins were little, they did look different as far as siblings can look different. One had a massive forehead, dark hair, and grey eyes, and the other had red hair and blue eyes and people would ask all the time: 'Oh! Twins! Are they identical?'

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  • SheriSheri Registered User regular
    Well I mean

    Maybe they were like

    "Are they identical? Cuz they don't look identical!"

  • HenroidHenroid Baba Booey to y'all Tyler, TX (where hope comes to die!)Registered User regular
    So on the topic of dropping children.

    I was having my car looked at / fixed this afternoon, and while the guys were working on it I walked over to McDonald's. The tables and chairs at this place were like 3 and a half feet off the ground, really damn high. A family is sitting at a table nearby, and they have this toddler sitting up on one of those chairs. I didn't bother looking in detail, I assumed he was somehow secured in place. I hear the lady gasp, and there's a clap sound against the ground. The kid was laying against the floor on his head and one shoulder, his foot barely reaching up to where he was previously sitting. He's freaking the hell out, that kind of crying where you can't breathe, and the lady is saying, "Why were you leaning over?!"

    I don't think she'll be in the running for the Mother of the Year award.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Sheri wrote:
    Well I mean

    Maybe they were like

    "Are they identical? Cuz they don't look identical!"
    Well

    I guess I didn't think of it this way! We assumed people would just automatically assume no.
    Henroid wrote:
    So on the topic of dropping children.

    I was having my car looked at / fixed this afternoon, and while the guys were working on it I walked over to McDonald's. The tables and chairs at this place were like 3 and a half feet off the ground, really damn high. A family is sitting at a table nearby, and they have this toddler sitting up on one of those chairs. I didn't bother looking in detail, I assumed he was somehow secured in place. I hear the lady gasp, and there's a clap sound against the ground. The kid was laying against the floor on his head and one shoulder, his foot barely reaching up to where he was previously sitting. He's freaking the hell out, that kind of crying where you can't breathe, and the lady is saying, "Why were you leaning over?!"

    I don't think she'll be in the running for the Mother of the Year award.

    Sheesh.

    Janson on
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  • HenroidHenroid Baba Booey to y'all Tyler, TX (where hope comes to die!)Registered User regular
    I mean for fuck's sake, what kind of moron assumes a two year old will sit still enough on what is essentially a bar stool? Kids wiggle around or lose balance, whether it be on purpose or not. And there were tons of lower seats / tables available.

    Fuck I hate bad parents, so goddamn much. And I see it a lot since I live in the south.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    parents with obese children disgust me

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  • HenroidHenroid Baba Booey to y'all Tyler, TX (where hope comes to die!)Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote:
    parents with obese children disgust me

    To their credit this kid looked pretty healthy.

    Well, except for the fucking brain-damage he incurred.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    He's fine.

    Kids are bouncy for a reason. They'e stupid and do stupid shit.


    Like go to McDonalds.

  • skettiosskettios Registered User regular
    Stale wrote: »
    He's fine.

    Kids are bouncy for a reason. They'e stupid and do stupid shit.


    Like go to McDonalds.

    Ya, kids are fairly tough.
    And some of them know how to take advantage of the waterworks.

  • SticksSticks Registered User regular
    skettios wrote:
    Stale wrote: »
    He's fine.

    Kids are bouncy for a reason. They'e stupid and do stupid shit.


    Like go to McDonalds.

    Ya, kids are fairly tough.
    And some of them know how to take advantage of the waterworks.

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    I can do heights. I don't like edges.

    I dont like spiders if theyre on me.


    I don't have anything that I can think of that would really be considered a straight up fear though. I'm totally a space marine

  • Blake TBlake T Registered User regular
    Janson wrote:
    Yes, newborns are invariably ugly.

    And yes, really can't distinguish baby features.

    Although... when the twins were little, they did look different as far as siblings can look different. One had a massive forehead, dark hair, and grey eyes, and the other had red hair and blue eyes and people would ask all the time: 'Oh! Twins! Are they identical?'
    I like asking twins if they are identical. Even more so if they are boy/girl twins.

    The looks on their faces is the best.

  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    Blake T wrote:
    Janson wrote:
    Yes, newborns are invariably ugly.

    And yes, really can't distinguish baby features.

    Although... when the twins were little, they did look different as far as siblings can look different. One had a massive forehead, dark hair, and grey eyes, and the other had red hair and blue eyes and people would ask all the time: 'Oh! Twins! Are they identical?'
    I like asking twins if they are identical. Even more so if they are boy/girl twins.

    The looks on their faces is the best.

    I hate you.

    I'm kidding but my brother and I got that question all the time. It's a little silly.


  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Henroid wrote:
    So on the topic of dropping children.

    I was having my car looked at / fixed this afternoon, and while the guys were working on it I walked over to McDonald's. The tables and chairs at this place were like 3 and a half feet off the ground, really damn high. A family is sitting at a table nearby, and they have this toddler sitting up on one of those chairs. I didn't bother looking in detail, I assumed he was somehow secured in place. I hear the lady gasp, and there's a clap sound against the ground. The kid was laying against the floor on his head and one shoulder, his foot barely reaching up to where he was previously sitting. He's freaking the hell out, that kind of crying where you can't breathe, and the lady is saying, "Why were you leaning over?!"

    I don't think she'll be in the running for the Mother of the Year award.

    Just a flow-on from my fear of holding babies, but I'm also constantly on edge whenever I'm around a young child who is playing near anything that could hurt them seriously.

    Like I'll be talking to someone and some kid is stumbling around in the background near the edge of a raised platform or something. My mind automatically locks onto that and diverts like 90% of my attention to having a silent panic attack every time they go anywhere near the edge. Sometimes I can't stop myself and I'll be involuntarily spasming slightly in anticipation of having to launch myself across the room to catch them.

    And to the person I'm talking to it must look like I have Parkinsons or something.

  • WarbleWarble Registered User regular
    Driving really scares me. When i was 17, I got hit on the highway on the driver's side. If the other driver hadn't swerved, uh, i probably would have died rather than my car getting just getting totaled. That and i can't see shit at night if there is a car coming towards me. aaaand a person tried to merge into my husband's car on the freeway one time, i'm lucky he had good enough reflexes to get the fuck out of the way and there was no one in the other lane. The other car got so close to us, i was surprised our right mirror didn't get taken out. I remember the other driver looking at me like "holy fucking shit" from startling close.

    I still have a driver's license and drive when i have to, but it's terrifying to me. I have the same reaction when i'm a passenger and merging is going on, or it's really snowy/icy.

    Also very mildly afraid of:
    spiders,
    heights,
    the ocean,
    having a random pain and it lasting the rest of my life,
    medical problems that could develop that we won't be able to pay for (thanks, america!)

  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    I hate jellyfish.
    I just hate them.

  • SheriSheri Registered User regular
    Warble wrote:
    Driving really scares me. When i was 17, I got hit on the highway on the driver's side. If the other driver hadn't swerved, uh, i probably would have died rather than my car getting just getting totaled. That and i can't see shit at night if there is a car coming towards me. aaaand a person tried to merge into my husband's car on the freeway one time, i'm lucky he had good enough reflexes to get the fuck out of the way and there was no one in the other lane. The other car got so close to us, i was surprised our right mirror didn't get taken out. I remember the other driver looking at me like "holy fucking shit" from startling close.

    I still have a driver's license and drive when i have to, but it's terrifying to me. I have the same reaction when i'm a passenger and merging is going on, or it's really snowy/icy.

    Also very mildly afraid of:
    spiders,
    heights,
    the ocean,
    having a random pain and it lasting the rest of my life,
    medical problems that could develop that we won't be able to pay for (thanks, america!)

    I didn't drive/get my license until I was 23 because I was scared shitless of driving.

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 And when she knooooows, what she wants, from her ty-y-ype Registered User regular
    I had a fear of driving until this year, it feels good to be able to put that behind me.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon RAWR RAWR RAWRRegistered User regular
    I am deeply disturbed by ants. I don't know why.

    Bugs in general bother me, but it's the tiny things that travel en masse that really get me, and the sight of them in the right situation just freaks me the fuck out.

    Like a while back when ants had apparently found a path into the trash can in my bedroom, and in the process came across me and I literally had ants in my pants. That was not fun.

    I actually could not bring myself to go back into my room for a while after that. Just the thougth of them crawling around my floor, ugh.

    For this reason, I actually am highly tolerant of spiders, and make no effort to remove them from my room when I find them (assuming they're up in corners and out of the way). Why? Because they eat all the other bugs.

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  • BugBoyBugBoy once a boy always a bugRegistered User regular
    this thread makes me sad

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  • DepressperadoDepressperado Registered User regular
    don't be sad BBoi, I think bugs are neat

  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Polar Warbear ˁ ͡° ᴥ ͡°ˀRegistered User regular
    Yeah bugs get a lot of shit that they don't deserve.

    Well I guess dung beetles are okay with it.

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  • BeastehBeasteh RIP BIG CHRIZZLERegistered User regular
    im afraid of my gran dying

    she is the most important person in my life (raised me when my mum died) and she is in her late 80s and my grandad who was married to her for over 60 years died this spring and ughghgh i tear up just thinking about it

    Beasteh on
  • BugBoyBugBoy once a boy always a bugRegistered User regular
    don't be sad BBoi, I think bugs are neat

    yaaay

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  • BeastehBeasteh RIP BIG CHRIZZLERegistered User regular
    but she does have remarkably longlived family (her sister is 98 and going strong) so i have hope, she is a tough old bird what with having had 2 of her children die within a year of each other

  • PonyPony Registered User regular
  • GoatmonGoatmon RAWR RAWR RAWRRegistered User regular
    I'm afraid of David Bowie.

    So there.

    Goatmon on
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  • BeastehBeasteh RIP BIG CHRIZZLERegistered User regular
    im afraid of fear itself

    and self-perpetuating feedback loops

  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot Registered User regular
    I'm afraid of being eaten alive by bears or other ferocious animals.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Sheri wrote:
    Warble wrote:
    Driving really scares me. When i was 17, I got hit on the highway on the driver's side. If the other driver hadn't swerved, uh, i probably would have died rather than my car getting just getting totaled. That and i can't see shit at night if there is a car coming towards me. aaaand a person tried to merge into my husband's car on the freeway one time, i'm lucky he had good enough reflexes to get the fuck out of the way and there was no one in the other lane. The other car got so close to us, i was surprised our right mirror didn't get taken out. I remember the other driver looking at me like "holy fucking shit" from startling close.

    I still have a driver's license and drive when i have to, but it's terrifying to me. I have the same reaction when i'm a passenger and merging is going on, or it's really snowy/icy.

    Also very mildly afraid of:
    spiders,
    heights,
    the ocean,
    having a random pain and it lasting the rest of my life,
    medical problems that could develop that we won't be able to pay for (thanks, america!)

    I didn't drive/get my license until I was 23 because I was scared shitless of driving.

    So Cars is a horror movie to you?

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  • GatsbyGatsby Last night I had a dream about you In this dream I'm dancing right beside youRegistered User regular
    Beasteh wrote: »
    im afraid of fear itself

    and self-perpetuating feedback loops

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  • LarlarLarlar Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Henroid wrote:
    I mean for fuck's sake, what kind of moron assumes a two year old will sit still enough on what is essentially a bar stool? Kids wiggle around or lose balance, whether it be on purpose or not. And there were tons of lower seats / tables available.

    Fuck I hate bad parents, so goddamn much. And I see it a lot since I live in the south.

    I used to be a lifeguard, even though sometimes it was just for those smallish outdoor wading pools open over the summer months in parks. One time this mother put her 1-year-old in the pool and just walked away to go chat with other moms. The kid sat there for a minute or so before tipping over below the surface, unable to right himself. So I bound in and pick him up, he starts crying (obviously, now that he can breathe again), and she comes barreling at me, screaming at me that I didn't save him fast enough, that he might be permanently injured, that's it my job to keep him safe, blah blah blah. It's the first and only time I literally told a patron to shut the fuck up before threatening to call child protective services. I tore into her for being a terrible fucking mother and gave her the names of a few nearby, unguarded rivers, so if she really wanted to drown her own child she shouldn't run into any problems with one of those. I also felt like a villain giving the poor kid back to her.
    TheStig wrote:
    parents with obese children disgust me

    There was another set of parents that same summer who had the saddest, fattest 5-year-old I've ever seen. He was as close to a perfect sphere as a human being can get. They had to bring a step-stool with them to the park to get him on and off the nearby swings. When he sat in the pool, other kids would run around him like an obstacle in a relay race. I felt so bad for him, because it wasn't his fault at all. I imagine he's probably being an equally unhappy 15-year-old around now.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    i'm afraid that the fragile veneer of self esteem i have built over the years and all the things i've been telling myself about how i'm a decent human being capable of empathy and normal relationships is actually a giant lie and that one day it will come all crashing down around me as everyone realizes what a horrible piece of shit i am

  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    BugBoy wrote:
    don't be sad BBoi, I think bugs are neat

    yaaay

    My best friend is scared of bugs and finds them distracting if a bug is flying around in class.

    Sorry BB.


  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    Sassori wrote:
    Blake T wrote:
    Janson wrote:
    Yes, newborns are invariably ugly.

    And yes, really can't distinguish baby features.

    Although... when the twins were little, they did look different as far as siblings can look different. One had a massive forehead, dark hair, and grey eyes, and the other had red hair and blue eyes and people would ask all the time: 'Oh! Twins! Are they identical?'
    I like asking twins if they are identical. Even more so if they are boy/girl twins.

    The looks on their faces is the best.

    I hate you.

    I'm kidding but my brother and I got that question all the time. It's a little silly.

    me and my sister get this
    i am eight and a half inches taller than her and 60 pounds heavier
    she is a pixie
    so obviously i tell them yes, we are identical

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  • HenroidHenroid Baba Booey to y'all Tyler, TX (where hope comes to die!)Registered User regular
    Larlar wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    I mean for fuck's sake, what kind of moron assumes a two year old will sit still enough on what is essentially a bar stool? Kids wiggle around or lose balance, whether it be on purpose or not. And there were tons of lower seats / tables available.

    Fuck I hate bad parents, so goddamn much. And I see it a lot since I live in the south.

    I used to be a lifeguard, even though sometimes it was just for those smallish outdoor wading pools open over the summer months in parks. One time this mother put her 1-year-old in the pool and just walked away to go chat with other moms. The kid sat there for a minute or so before tipping over below the surface, unable to right himself. So I bound in and pick him up, he starts crying (obviously, now that he can breathe again), and she comes barreling at me, screaming at me that I didn't save him fast enough, that he might be permanently injured, that's it my job to keep him safe, blah blah blah. It's the first and only time I literally told a patron to shut the fuck up before threatening to call child protective services. I tore into her for being a terrible fucking mother and gave her the names of a few nearby, unguarded rivers, so if she really wanted to drown her own child she shouldn't run into any problems with one of those. I also felt like a villain giving the poor kid back to her.

    I would've had the same reaction. Was she like a bubbleheaded young mother or a yenta or what?
    Larlar wrote:
    TheStig wrote:
    parents with obese children disgust me

    There was another set of parents that same summer who had the saddest, fattest 5-year-old I've ever seen. He was as close to a perfect sphere as a human being can get. They had to bring a step-stool with them to the park to get him on and off the nearby swings. When he sat in the pool, other kids would run around him like an obstacle in a relay race. I felt so bad for him, because it wasn't his fault at all. I imagine he's probably being an equally unhappy 15-year-old around now.

    One of my cousins was like that years ago. Poor kid was being fattened up, but he LOVED to eat. My step-mother was the only one aside from me trying to prompt my dad to talk to the mom about that because wow, that kid couldn't run five feet without huffin' and puffin'.

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  • skettiosskettios Registered User regular
    Beasteh wrote: »
    but she does have remarkably longlived family (her sister is 98 and going strong) so i have hope, she is a tough old bird what with having had 2 of her children die within a year of each other

    dang. she definitely sounds like a tough gramma!
    hoping she sticks around a while longer :) make sure she feels loved and all that!

  • NaphtaliNaphtali Registered User regular
    I'm afraid of the future, specifically the unpredictability of it. Best laid plans, etc.

    I'm afraid I'll never meet anybody I want to spend the rest of my life with.

    I used to have a fear of falling from heights, specifically having a repeating dream as a child where I'd step on a very plain carpet at the bottom of the stairs in my house and it was actually covering up a bottomless pit and I'd fall forever and ever and ever. I mostly got myself over it because of all the flying I've had to do for work and just because it bothered me for so long that it became more annoying then frightening.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    all you folk afraid of being alone should hook up

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith I hate this name. Salt Lake City, UTRegistered User regular
    All of you worried about being forever alone, just remember that once you're married and all that - it's impossible to get forever alone time again. :)

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