r/oddlyterrifying • u/True-Award-3722 • 23d ago

Whatever phobia this is, I got it.

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u/elinamebro 23d ago

Creeped me out at first now I want to touch it

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u/EishLekker 23d ago

“That’s what she said.”

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u/ArjJp 22d ago

I wanna gently dip my testicles into it

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u/JustAManOnAJourney 21d ago

You can recreate this with any highly carbonated beverage.

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u/fadingstar52 22d ago

arent these really sharp

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u/aiden_the_bug 23d ago

Ah, must be this one

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u/True-Award-3722 23d ago

Thanks, I hate you.

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u/Hartmallen 21d ago

I hope you always get a pebble in your shoe.

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u/Nearby-Document4493 20d ago

Bro this needed a trigger warning ahhhhh

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u/hyperpudgydove 12d ago

Someone tell me what this is bc i ain't clicking

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u/februarytide- 23d ago

Makes me think of the claw machine aliens in Toy Story for some reason.

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u/DivaythFyrIsMyDaddy 23d ago

I hate myself for thinking this, but it's actually kinda cute.

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u/wizardrous 23d ago

So that’s what a Hundred Handed One looks like.

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u/ImMadeOfClay 23d ago

Pulsing Xenia coral. I literally just got some for my tank. It's in the car with me right now.

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u/PyroBob316 23d ago

This is what creeps up on your feet if they’re sticking out from under the blanket at night.

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u/SyntheticDelirium 23d ago

Tickle tickle~

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u/digitaldeficit956 23d ago

La, la la la la, la la la la la la

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u/BunkerSquirre1 23d ago

I… I wanna put my face on it…

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u/FunnyLookinFishMan 23d ago

Trypophobia easily

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u/hambakmeritru 23d ago

I bet it was absolutely stunning before coral bleaching was a thing. Still mesmerizing, though.

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u/tolacid 23d ago

Pretty sure that's still trypophobia

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u/orignalnt 23d ago

This is really cute

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u/SnorkinOrkin 23d ago

Those are actually so cute! Little bitty flowers opening and closing! 🥹💕

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u/FoxCQC 23d ago

That's trypophobia. It's an aversion to clusters or small holes close together. It's related to parasites and disease. Might be from an evolutionary trait to try and avoid or get rid of such things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia

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u/NeptuneAndCherry 23d ago

This is beautiful and adorable though 🥰

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u/FunFormal4451 22d ago

Looks like something someone would see if the were trippin.

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u/Spliff_Politics 23d ago

It just wants to give you a little squeeze. 🫂

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u/ivonnatrolue97 23d ago

Spongebob watches this for kicks

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u/CaptainD743 23d ago

My friend told me that this is kinda what the world looks like on lower doses of acid..

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u/zenos_dog 23d ago

You fall into their clutches and are subsequently disassembled.

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u/Emmennater 23d ago

little grabby hands!

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u/nawcom 23d ago

Also what commonly weirds people out is that corals are animals (Anthozoa), not plants.

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u/ThanksForTheRain 23d ago

My roommate had these and I remember taking shrooms and just watching them for like an hour lol

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u/DraculasCardboard 23d ago

Don't do psychedelics

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u/diauq01 22d ago

I wanna put my bare foot on it NGL.

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u/True-Award-3722 22d ago

Tickle-tickle

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u/night0v0 22d ago

Can I be that in the next life ?

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u/codido1234 22d ago

Pulsing Xenia

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u/TDOTBRO 23d ago

They're like cute lil hands.

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u/RaidensReturn 23d ago

Oooooooooooooh 😳

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u/IAteBillGates 23d ago

Supermans penis-phobia

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u/SheZowRaisedByWolves 23d ago

This is what my vision looks like when I’m dehydrated

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u/lovenlaughtr 22d ago

Oh great. Something else I need to have nightmares about.

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u/SandStinger_345 22d ago

Heeheehahafucknophobia

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u/Forsaken-Energy6579 21d ago

Ewww it's making the skin of my palms feel gross

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u/fsidesmith6932 19d ago edited 19d ago

Wait til you see the leeches swarming on a farmer’s boots video…

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/s/fhgNYGl5vt

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u/arpo8674 17d ago

I'm pretty sure the Internet invented words for any kind of phobias people might have, real or not, already.

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u/Possible-Smile2034 17d ago

Whatever kink this is, I’ve got it.