MY GOD! Dr. D, don't do that again! I have a debilitating fear of spiders. If they're large enough to see (which can be REALLY small), I instantly jerk my entire body away, and adrenaline floods through my vains. I will go to great lengths to avoid spiders. I mean, I was in the middle of an important CS match, when a spider about the size of a smiley face on these boards climbed up and started walking around near my keyboard. I JUMPED BACK, knocking my chair into something that almost broke it, and ran as fast as I could out of the room. I made my brother kill it.
Theres this guy hes an eye surgeon he used the laser to get rid of his nurses pubic lice (pubic lice can also be in the eyelashes). Hes like "It was like playing a game you get to pick off the little suckers and watch explode!"
BadKarmaThe Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7Join Date: 2002-11-12Member: 8260Members
To the guy who was afraid of sharks. Sure they could jump in the boat but why would they? Sharks got this program typr thingy goin on where they make sure that the energy the spend eating prey is replenished by the prey itself. So, jumping out of the water into a boat to eat a skinny little human dosnt meet the energy quota. Sharks are quite beautiful underwater. Seriously though the best way to get rid of a phobia is to confront it. In my PADI course there were 3 people who had that water phobia. It took the divemaster half an hour to coax them into the pool but at the end of 3 weeks they were certified and cured!
<!--QuoteBegin--BadKarma+May 21 2003, 02:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BadKarma @ May 21 2003, 02:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> To the guy who was afraid of sharks. Sure they could jump in the boat but why would they? Sharks got this program typr thingy goin on where they make sure that the energy the spend eating prey is replenished by the prey itself. So, jumping out of the water into a boat to eat a skinny little human dosnt meet the energy quota. Sharks are quite beautiful underwater. Seriously though the best way to get rid of a phobia is to confront it. In my PADI course there were 3 people who had that water phobia. It took the divemaster half an hour to coax them into the pool but at the end of 3 weeks they were certified and cured! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Its not sharks I love sharks they are beutiful highly evolved creatures. It very specifically great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks. I can't take it when i see them even on TV. They jus look so monstrous and they are ugly brutish looking things aswell. Trust me mate if it see something tasty on the boat you it will come and get you.
btw you can kiss my **** if you wan't me to swim with those things!!!! Certified or not I'm no idiot.
<!--QuoteBegin--Infinitum+May 20 2003, 08:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Infinitum @ May 20 2003, 08:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I just took a quick scroll of the thread (IE zoomed down the page in a second)
Up yours to the people who posted spiders (cause I knew you would) I didn't see any pictures of them!
I still had nightmares though.... spiders under the skin of your face = waking up screaming.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> sorry, i just <i>had</i> to, Good natured ribbing never hurt anyone.....
It's wise to not show any weakness or fears in the NS community...it's just asking for someone to exploit it.
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so.
amazing, no one said snakes freak them out, i get freaked out when ever i see a snake in the grass. even though i live in michigan, i used to live in floridia as a young kid, i knew some were poisonous and that was enough to freak me out. *Edit* <--- im tired and i cant spell when im like this,
Spiders, are just...ugly. I don't want them on me at all. They're too...ugly.
Oh, and snakes...they're pretty cool actually. Of course, I don't want to chill with a venemous snake, but the small tree snakes are actually cool pets. There's nothing really disgusting about snakes.
<!--QuoteBegin--Jedisar+May 21 2003, 12:06 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jedisar @ May 21 2003, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's wise to not show any weakness or fears in the NS community...it's just asking for someone to exploit it.
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I was listening to NPR and they had this Spider dude who was like some arthopod specialist he said that they don't have any toxin like that.
I love snakes. If there is reincarnation I wanna be a snake.
I feel your pain Infinitum. Spiders are my worst fear ever, i cannot stand them at all. Even the smallest ones i lock up and end up backing away. I don't even know why, the just freak me out so much. And to all the people who posted those pics of spiders, i hate you. D:
<!--QuoteBegin--Jedisar+May 21 2003, 12:06 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jedisar @ May 21 2003, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's wise to not show any weakness or fears in the NS community...it's just asking for someone to exploit it.
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> urban legend, some daddy longlegs are poisonous but they're not *that* poisonous. And it's a good thing they can't bite you. I dislike spiders too...not debilitating fear but a crawling sensation on my skin that gives me goosebumps and makes me want to smash/splat them whenever i see them.
I own a tarantula, and up until about a week ago I had a rat problem. Solution? I carved a hole in my wall and put my tarantula in it, then sealed it. About a week later, I carved open the same hole, waited for a bit, and he crawled out onto my shoulder, fat and happeh! Rat problem sovled.
I own a tarantula, and up until about a week ago I had a rat problem. Solution? I carved a hole in my wall and put my tarantula in it, then sealed it. About a week later, I carved open the same hole, waited for a bit, and he crawled out onto my shoulder, fat and happeh! Rat problem sovled. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Good lord that's freaky.
<!--QuoteBegin--Jedisar+May 21 2003, 07:06 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jedisar @ May 21 2003, 07:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's wise to not show any weakness or fears in the NS community...it's just asking for someone to exploit it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm scared shitless of hot, naked women! I hope noone will post images of them... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I have two spiders in my bathtub right now. One is pretty large (about the size of a nickel, or maybe a quarter). The other is about half that size, and I'm waiting to see if the bigger one will eat the smaller one (they've been there for a couple of days - I use the other bathroom to shower so I can watch them crawl around). I actually think spiders are neat, but I really can't stand the thought of them crawling on me (due to an incident in my childhood that I won't go in to).
*edit* Apparently my bathtub is a death trap for small house spiders and other types of spiders (the hunter ones that don't spin webs). I've had at least 20 of the spiders fall in the bathtub and not be able to crawl out again because the sides are so steep/slick. Usually I end up flushing them down the drain because I'll be damned if I'm going to let a spider ruin my shower. This time I want to see what they do though. Apparently they crawl in through the open window right above the bathtub and then fall in. *edit*
I love spiders and just so u know most spiders arnt poisonous at all. The only two I know of that contain deadly toxibns are the black widow and some brown spider icant think of the name of. You can take mukltiple bites form a black widow and survive easily if you contact a doctor. Most large spiders such as bird eating spiders are not very toxic or dangerous as they do not tend to attack things kllarger than themsleves. The largest spider species in the world are the size of a dinner plate. I know ALOT about sharks. They are attracted to blood but they will not attack humans. It is not there natural food and they willavoid humans usually. Most shark attacks are on peoiple on boards who look like seals from underwater and many are let go of if attacked. The most dangerous shark in the world is the bull shark because it is highly aggresive and (i think itwas this shark) live in rivers like the Amazon. I am not afraid of anything except other humans because they are the only being that actively hunts out and kills/injures other human beings consistently. RED RUM RED RUM RED RUM
Also in all the pores of ur body live tiny creatures that live off dead skin and such. and guess what. These creatures are arachnids such as spiders and lobsters and the are so many on u u cant count that high. that is all ill reveal for now
I stopped liking spiders when I was like 7 years old after one hid in my bike helmet and bit me on the way home from a 7 mile bike ride.... I wondered why I felt sluggish for 7 miles till I got home...
The next mourning my left ear was swollen to twice the normal size... i rushed to the doctor and was given a regimine of medicines and had to ice it on and off for 15 minutes for an entire week... or risk my ear falling off from lack of circulation.
Yeah, I remember there was this huge looking spider in my grandparent's home...it might have been just an illusion caused by watching arachnaphobia too many times, but I could have sworn it was the size of a small saucer/dish (like the ones you put under tea cups) sitting on the wall behind my grandparents' refrigerator. Needless to say I got really freaked out when it disappeared (OMG cloaking!) a few minutes later. Also it could've been smaller than I thought because I was little at the time, but it looked gigantic to me.
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Oi Dubers Im surprised you didnt mention Makos. There pretty common up here in Nova Scotia and get about 11 feet long. A mako will bite you long before a bull shark will too. And there much uglier. Plus, sharks like great whites and tigers dont attack underwater, so as a diver your pretty safe, less your bleeding or thrashing about or something silly like that. ive only dived once with great whites, in the mediterrainian(sp?) and I would give any amount of money to do it again. Just damned breath taking.
<!--QuoteBegin--BadKarma+May 22 2003, 01:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BadKarma @ May 22 2003, 01:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Oi Dubers Im surprised you didnt mention Makos. There pretty common up here in Nova Scotia and get about 11 feet long. A mako will bite you long before a bull shark will too. And there much uglier. Plus, sharks like great whites and tigers dont attack underwater, so as a diver your pretty safe, less your bleeding or thrashing about or something silly like that. ive only dived once with great whites, in the mediterrainian(sp?) and I would give any amount of money to do it again. Just damned breath taking.
P.S. mako shark. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeh It would probably take my breath away too due to the fact I have jus died of fright!
<!--QuoteBegin--NeedDirections+May 21 2003, 03:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NeedDirections @ May 21 2003, 03:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Jedisar+May 21 2003, 07:06 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jedisar @ May 21 2003, 07:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's wise to not show any weakness or fears in the NS community...it's just asking for someone to exploit it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm scared shitless of hot, naked women! I hope noone will post images of them... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Beautiful women- Caligynephobia.
list of my phobias: Mad, becoming- Lyssophobia. Spiders- Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia. Loneliness or of being oneself- Eremophobia or Eremiphobia
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That really made me laff though...n1
Just think of a little car driving out from a jungle, into a tunnel.
if this is too suggestive, edit it please mods.
Up yours to the people who posted spiders (cause I knew you would) I didn't see any pictures of them!
I still had nightmares though.... spiders under the skin of your face = waking up screaming....
Its not sharks I love sharks they are beutiful highly evolved creatures. It very specifically great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks. I can't take it when i see them even on TV. They jus look so monstrous and they are ugly brutish looking things aswell. Trust me mate if it see something tasty on the boat you it will come and get you.
btw you can kiss my **** if you wan't me to swim with those things!!!! Certified or not I'm no idiot.
Up yours to the people who posted spiders (cause I knew you would) I didn't see any pictures of them!
I still had nightmares though.... spiders under the skin of your face = waking up screaming.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
sorry, i just <i>had</i> to, Good natured ribbing never hurt anyone.....
sorry again
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so.
Oh, and snakes...they're pretty cool actually. Of course, I don't want to chill with a venemous snake, but the small tree snakes are actually cool pets. There's nothing really disgusting about snakes.
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I was listening to NPR and they had this Spider dude who was like some arthopod specialist he said that they don't have any toxin like that.
I love snakes. If there is reincarnation I wanna be a snake.
Also, While it cannot bite you, the daddy longlegs is one of the deadliest spiders in the world. If it's mandibles WERE big enough to rip into your flesh, the toxins it would deliver would kill the average adult in less than a minute or so. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
urban legend, some daddy longlegs are poisonous but they're not *that* poisonous. And it's a good thing they can't bite you. I dislike spiders too...not debilitating fear but a crawling sensation on my skin that gives me goosebumps and makes me want to smash/splat them whenever i see them.
Yay, find out what the scientific name of your fear is, or any other wacky fear!
Mine is
Speaking in public- Glossophobia
Man that sucks.
I own a tarantula, and up until about a week ago I had a rat problem. Solution? I carved a hole in my wall and put my tarantula in it, then sealed it. About a week later, I carved open the same hole, waited for a bit, and he crawled out onto my shoulder, fat and happeh! Rat problem sovled.
I own a tarantula, and up until about a week ago I had a rat problem. Solution? I carved a hole in my wall and put my tarantula in it, then sealed it. About a week later, I carved open the same hole, waited for a bit, and he crawled out onto my shoulder, fat and happeh! Rat problem sovled. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good lord that's freaky.
I'm scared shitless of hot, naked women! I hope noone will post images of them... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
*edit* Apparently my bathtub is a death trap for small house spiders and other types of spiders (the hunter ones that don't spin webs). I've had at least 20 of the spiders fall in the bathtub and not be able to crawl out again because the sides are so steep/slick. Usually I end up flushing them down the drain because I'll be damned if I'm going to let a spider ruin my shower. This time I want to see what they do though. Apparently they crawl in through the open window right above the bathtub and then fall in. *edit*
Also in all the pores of ur body live tiny creatures that live off dead skin and such. and guess what. These creatures are arachnids such as spiders and lobsters and the are so many on u u cant count that high. that is all ill reveal for now
The next mourning my left ear was swollen to twice the normal size... i rushed to the doctor and was given a regimine of medicines and had to ice it on and off for 15 minutes for an entire week... or risk my ear falling off from lack of circulation.
Yeah, I don't like spiders anymore...
Also it could've been smaller than I thought because I was little at the time, but it looked gigantic to me.
P.S. mako shark.
P.S. mako shark. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeh It would probably take my breath away too due to the fact I have jus died of fright!
I'm scared shitless of hot, naked women! I hope noone will post images of them... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Beautiful women- Caligynephobia.
list of my phobias:
Mad, becoming- Lyssophobia.
Spiders- Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia.
Loneliness or of being oneself- Eremophobia or Eremiphobia