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Originally Posted by flameswin
Dude, seriously, WTF?  |
It is not baiting at all. Just observations I have made.
This summer I was at the gym. There was a daddy long legs on the floor. I picked it up to carry it to the door so it would get stepped on. One of the girls that works there (girl 1) asks what I am doing, I open my hands and show her the spider, and she is like.. "oh, ok." Girl 2 comes over sees it and freaks out, and starts panicking. Girl 1 then all of a sudden after seeing girl 2 is afraid of spider does the same thing, and starts covering her mouth and panicking too, like it is the appropriate reaction. "It is cute to be afraid of a spider." when 10 seconds ago, it was just a stupid harmless bug.
Had a friend that always claimed to be terrified of heights. One day we are walking across that cable bridge in over a canyon Vancouver (Capliano cable bridge? i think) when I am out visiting him. Then it dawned on me.."I thought you were terrified of heights?" All of a sudden the show starts, and he is grasping at the rope holds, and says "Oh yeah... that."
I do not think it is unreasonable to think people fake phobias to get attention, that is all.