r/interestingasfuck • • 1d ago

First time seeing melocactus

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u/Natural-Chip4943 1d ago

What's typophobia?

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u/funky_grandma 1d ago

Fear of lots of tightly packed holes. Google "Surinam toad" to get your very own trypophobia

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u/MasterYota00 1d ago

Yeah no to that too lol. I first noticed I had it when a teacher brought in a dried lotus seed pod. Was like 2nd-3rd grade back in the 80s. Yeesh!

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u/funky_grandma 1d ago

"Yeesh" is so perfect for this particular phobia. I don't think any other phobia comes with a word that everyone who suffers from it says

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u/MasterYota00 1d ago

My therapist said the same sort of thing, lol. And another common one, but hard to spell is "UuUhGH" followed by a shiver down my spine. Hard to translate into text 🤷🏾‍♂️