What's your irrational fear?

[ZedMan]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Holy crap, I forgot about Just Right. I'm going to put that on my grocery list. That's a top notch cereal.

I loved Special K until they changed the recipe a few years ago and made the bigger flakes. Now I'm no longer a fan.

Just Right is delicious but it has maybe the smallest 'golden zone' of perfect milk saturation vs soggy mess of any cereal.

[pseudoreality]

Originally Posted by ZedMan

Oh, do you also get the dream where you have a final exam for a course that you somehow forgot you were taking? I graduated almost a decade ago now and I still get that.

I do, all the time and I graduated in 2004.

[OMG!WTF!]

I'm kind of over it now but for the longest time I was afraid of Led Zeppelin. When I was a kid someone spray painted "Led Zeppelin" on the side of my elementary school. The principal was so mad. He was like whoever did this is the worst kid and is going to be in so much trouble. There were rumors that satinists did it because the band had sold their soul to the devil. I was like, man, the kid who did that must be so bad. Devil worshippers! F that. And still to this day when I see Led Zeppelin in print it gives me chills. It helped to find out the genesis of the name and how a critic said the band went over like a led zeppelin.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by ZedMan

Just Right is delicious but it has maybe the smallest 'golden zone' of perfect milk saturation vs soggy mess of any cereal.

Yes, you nailed it.

[dino7c]

I have a dream I'm in high school but can't remember my locker combo or my schedule and don't have a clue what class to go to when the bell rings

I went to high school in the 90s

[memphusk]

Yeah I dream that when I go to hockey I forget some piece of my gear and can't play. Probably have that dream once a month

[bizaro86]

Haircuts.

I had a traumatic haircut experience as a kid and now my heart races every time I go.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Haircuts.

I had a traumatic haircut experience as a kid and now my heart races every time I go.

What, did someone snip your ear?

Get a Flowbee

[Kswiss]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I have Trypophobia.

I had to google it for the spelling and there were pictures. I’m still uncomfortable.

OMG this. I had this fear going on since 25 years ago and thought I was like the only one. Didn’t admit to it until only a few years ago. Started off with me punching holes on a white eraser with my mechanical pencil. I have goosebumps just typing this.

[nickerjones]

Ostriches. Yeah... Ostriches.

Growing up in Oklahoma we had this free range animal park.... not to far from Joe Exotic's tiger farm actually. But anyway you rented open safari jeeps to drive around this park and you could buy buckets of animal food. Animals would come up to the jeep and eat out of your food buckets.

The first time I went there I was 5 years old. The night before my Aunt told me to be careful because the Ostrich would "come and eat my little grub worm". At 5 years old this mortified me. Literally the first animals that came up to our cars were the Ostriches.

This one big bastard came up and only had one eye. Sure enough it put his head in our jeep trying to get at the food buckets but 5 year old me thought he was coming to eat my "grub worm". I hit under the seats for at least 20 minutes. I have always been scared of Ostriches.


edit: and Yes I have visited Joe Exotic's Tiger farm... a few times. It was quite grungy but I do remember him being there at least twice. He was definitely a character and had what seemed like unlimited energy.

[Scorch]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I have Trypophobia.

I had to google it for the spelling and there were pictures. I’m still uncomfortable.

I looked it up and it didn’t sit well with me either

The absolute nope was the one pic where it was on this guy’s hand

[Scorch]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

Every time I drive by Woodman Junior High I think about the possibility of getting locked in the courtyard/basketball court overnight.

Legend has it that a young teen was trapped there over the weekend in just his woodman gym attire. You can see the basketball net swish intermittently from the young boy’s spirit still practicing his free throw shot

In all seriousness though, a student died from cancer in her 9th grade there and a science teacher committed suicide while still on payroll. We thought there was something about that school

[Dion]

Getting run over by Sliver and his Rascal scooter

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I have Trypophobia.

I had to google it for the spelling and there were pictures. I’m still uncomfortable.

I googled it.
Now I have it.

[GordonBlue]

For those that know Edmonton, I used to be scared of the high level bridge as a kid.
I used to cower on the floor of the car if we drove over.
(this was in the days before anyone wore seatbelts)

[Red Slinger]

When I was a kid my parents took me to San Francisco. It was the first time I saw a real homeless person complete with matted hair, dirty clothes, smell and mental illness. I couldn't wrap my head around it. Ever since I've had this irrational fear that I'll end up like that. As a result, I tend be very careful with money and paranoid about losing my job. Ironically, I love to go camping, particularly back-country.

The other fear is sharks. Similar to someone else I have a real issue going in water above my waist. That said, I've gone snorkeling with reef sharks and swimming with Whale Sharks and it was fine. I think it's more a fear of floating in an abyss that may house monsters without being able to see anything coming. I have been forced to get out of the water twice because of a shark: once during the Jaws-like shark panic of 2011 in Western Australia (I don't actually know if a shark was there but a shark helicopter swooped right down to us as if there was and forced us to the beach) and the other in Hawaii because a Tiger Shark was spotted the day after a guy got bit by a Tiger Shark in the next bay over.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

I'm kind of over it now but for the longest time I was afraid of Led Zeppelin. When I was a kid someone spray painted "Led Zeppelin" on the side of my elementary school. The principal was so mad. He was like whoever did this is the worst kid and is going to be in so much trouble. There were rumors that satinists did it because the band had sold their soul to the devil. I was like, man, the kid who did that must be so bad. Devil worshippers! F that. And still to this day when I see Led Zeppelin in print it gives me chills. It helped to find out the genesis of the name and how a critic said the band went over like a led zeppelin.

I thought Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons were satanic, or very creepy at the very least.

I was so scared as a young child hearing about Gorillas in civil wars around the world. Mom later explained to me that they were Guerillas. I thought it was like Battle For The Planet Of The Apes.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

For those that know Edmonton, I used to be scared of the high level bridge as a kid.
I used to cower on the floor of the car if we drove over.
(this was in the days before anyone wore seatbelts)

I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge and got very queasy. Recently I tried to walk across the high bridge overlooking Hoover Dam, and had to turn back. I’m ok on planes though.

[Scroopy Noopers]

For way too long as a kid I thought I had a certain amount of blood that had to carry me my whole life. Every time I bled I freaked out a bit due to that concern.

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by troutman

I was so scared as a young child hearing about Gorillas in civil wars around the world. Mom later explained to me that they were Guerillas. I thought it was like Battle For The Planet Of The Apes.

My dad was born in 1931 (i was very much an after thought late in the game). He grew up on the prairies believing the Nazi's were just over the next hill. He and my uncle would literally hide in abandoned houses all day, then run home.



They also went to the first screening of the movie 10,000 BC and ran home screaming from that. I suppose it hit closer to home living in Drumheller.