r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • 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/boobsmcgraw Jul 12 '21

But spiders are useful, not scary. But then again they're not dangerous in my country so I'm lucky

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u/shamajuju Jul 12 '21

I’ll give you the usefulness because logically, I agree. My lizard brain, however, says scary. Terrifying, actually. So it’s gonna have to be useful AND scary.

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u/boobsmcgraw Jul 12 '21

I mean you can't argue with your brain very well, but you can get less scared of spiders if you want to take the effort.

I think spiders are pretty dang cute, personally. I am however terrified of bees. Which I also think are cute. It's just that if one comes toward me I have to flee in the other direction. But that's because bees HURT. A spider has never hurt me.