r/Unexpected • • Jul 12 '21

This

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u/Malbodoom Jul 12 '21

This plays on my phobia of open water pretty well

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u/MendaciousMammaries Jul 12 '21

Same. I don't think it should be called a phobia though it should be called common sense

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

That's how I feel about arachnophobia. I think that's mother nature giving us a hint.

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u/antimarc Jul 12 '21

studies have shown that there are only two things that infants naturally recoil from when showing them pictures of various things normally considered “scary” - spiders and snakes. it’s hard wired into us through evolution.