Irrational Fear/Hate

urb1

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Heights, unless I am in an enclosed space like a building or elevator.

Worse, my feet dangling out of something like the State Fair and Adventureland sky-rides. Or roller coasters where the car hangs under the track and your feet dangle out. Just typing this makes my palms start to perspire. A regular roller coaster or enclosed sky-ride is fine.
 

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Irrational hate: The first burst of water out of the shower head. I will flip the lever up and jump back and cower in the corner to try and avoid it.
 

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This really pmo.

If the person is going to insist on using a check, at least have it made out to the store before they tell you the total. Also, do they really need to fill out the memo line. Or they could join the 21st century and use plastic.

Yeah. Its just awful, and living in a small town, I see it damn near every day. Its pretty inconsiderate when the store is busy and people are trying to get on with their life.

They never fill any part of the check out in advance, either. They always fill the whole damn thing out, and write as slowly as possible. The last part probably has more to do with the majority of these folks being octogenarians though.
 

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Irrational hate: The first burst of water out of the shower head. I will flip the lever up and jump back and cower in the corner to try and avoid it.

You could turn the water on and set the temperature before stepping in the shower.
 

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Yeah. Its just awful, and living in a small town, I see it damn near every day. Its pretty inconsiderate when the store is busy and people are trying to get on with their life.

They never fill any part of the check out in advance, either. They always fill the whole damn thing out, and write as slowly as possible. The last part probably has more to do with the majority of these folks being octogenarians though.


I get a kick out of the signs that subtly say that they're going to process it like an EFT even though you write it as a check, so why don't you just use your debit card. At least, that's what I like to think they're saying.
 

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I'm old. The guy we went to as kids used absolutely no painkillers. Smell of the drill always made me nauseous. My dad, a colorful guy with his stories, said that in the Army during WWII, they just had two guys stand next to you in the dental chair to catch the fainters.

My horrible dental story starts when I cracked a tooth in half. I went to the dentist and he said I'd need a root canal. He didn't do root canals in house, so he referred me out. In the meantime, he put in a temporary crown and let me go, saying that I'd probably have some pain. He gave me a prescription for percocet, and sent me on my way. Well, the root canal wasn't able to be scheduled for over 3 weeks, but my dentist thought the temporary crown would be fine.

Fast forward a week, and I'm in a lot of pain. The whole side of my face that the crown is on is just a constant ache. It's excruciating. The only time I get any relief is when I pop a percocet, and that only lasts for a few hours. I call the dentist and tell them, and they're like "well, we told you there'd be pain. We'll increase your percocet dosage."

Fast forward another week, and it's worse. It's keeping me up at night and making it hard to work. I can't take it anymore. So, I call the dentist, explain the situation, and he agrees to see me.

I get in the chair, and the dentist starts to remove the temporary crown. As soon as he gets in there, I noticed an immediate reduction in pain. Like someone turned off a light switch. I also noticed this awful smell. I thought that perhaps I stepped in something, or the dentists had had taco bell for lunch. It never occurred to me that it was coming from my tooth. It was terrible, like rotting death and fecal matter got together and ordered Indian food. The dentist immediately announced the problem. Apparently, they hadn't gotten the tooth cleaned well enough, and then trapped bacteria inside when they put on the crown. I guess when they reproduce, they give off some kind of gas, and with nowhere for it to go, it just built up a ton of pressure resulting in a ton of pain. He rinsed me out really well, and when I spit, I can't even describe the foulness that came out.

Thankfully, he got it all on the second try, put on a new temp crown, and I had no more pain. Root canal went off without a hitch.
 

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There are a lot of things that other drivers do that cause me hate, whether it is rational or not is up to you. Some include:

-Using a turn signal where turning is the only option
-Driving below the speed limit
-Driving slow in the left lane
-Taking forever at a four-way stop. Ex: "Well I just pulled up to this four-way stop and there is a car behind me but I better wait for a little bit because there is someone approaching from the right 200 feet away and maybe they won't stop."
 

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I do not do open water that I can't stand up in. Water has always made me incredibly tense (not counting showers, doing laundry, or rain, etc.), and I can't even float - I just sink like a rock. I had a near-drowning incident when I was 12 and I just cannot deal with going out on a boat in deep water. No cruise ships for me!! Oddly, bridges over water are fine. I have walked the Golden Gate Bridge many times and love it, but I also understand why some people would never want to do it.

When I was six years old or so, I saw an episode of Space:1999 called "Dragon's Domain" that scared the ever-lovin' snot out of me. Obviously my dad didn't know what this ep had in it at the time or he probably wouldn't have let me see it (at least I would hope not). It gave me nightmares forever after watching it. I know of several people my age who were freaked out by it as small children as well. The visual made enough of an impression, but it was the sound of the creature that really stuck in my head. Definitely NOT the type of thing a little kid should watch when they're still trying to figure out that what isn't real can't actually hurt you. This is just a short idea from youtube of what it was:

[video=youtube;7tbXhu09m5s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tbXhu09m5s[/video]
 
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I fear clowns.

Painted face, frizzy haired, big shoed clowns.

They are up to no good, I tell you....
 

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This episode of The Real Ghostbusters gave me fits as a kid. I loved the show, and really liked the other episodes, but this one scarred me.

[video=youtube;K1UcOJWZ9AM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UcOJWZ9AM[/video]

It was something about the way his head was too big and the voice, I think. I would have been about 8 when I first saw it.
 

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I fear clowns.

Painted face, frizzy haired, big shoed clowns.

They are up to no good, I tell you....

This one was certainly up to no good...

pennywise-the-clown.jpg
 

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Dying alone... Which doesn't make sense because I have no problem making friends or when I'm really trying, having a gf. But just a fear.