Fear - Page 27

Dunadan · 12-10-2002, 08:08 AM

It probably doesn't help, but elevators are the safest form of transport (in terms of number of deaths per passenger journey). I used to be scared of them, probably after seeing The Omen II at too young an age; I can't remember when but suddenly one day I liked them. Probably when faced with the choice of walking up 13 floors..

I used to love flying, but as I get older I'm getting more nervous again. I still love it if I can see out the window, but need bicycle clips on my trousers if I can't and we're landing in a cross-wind. Funnily enough, earlier on this year my plane struck by lightning. Since then, I've been less afraid of flying. Weird.

Fear is the worst thing in itself. It makes us do irrational and dangerous things, like drive our kids to school, when it would be safer for them to walk, and buy guns for defence, which are more likely to kill you accidentally than an intruder. If you can recognise the difference between feeling fearful (and forgiving yourself for it) and the thing you're afraid of, you're halfway to conquering it.

WiseWizard · 12-11-2002, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sicirus
Do you mean the needle building in Canada?

No, I mean the one in Seattle, WA.
I love flying. And strangely enough it isn't disconcerting when I look out the window. There was also this one time that I was about to fly in a seaplane up to San Juan island, and the pilot asked me to join him up front and sit in the copilot's seat. It was years ago, and I thought it was really cool that I got to sit next to the pilot, and I've liked planes ever since.
Ah the old aphorism, "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." I actually tend to agree. Life is here for the living, and death will come eventually, so why fear?

Christiana · 12-12-2002, 12:04 AM

Fear is a surrvival instinct at a basic level,(such as fleeing from danger)but these days its overated.

Blackboar · 12-13-2002, 01:19 PM

huh?
I'm scared of school

Silverstripe · 12-13-2002, 01:24 PM

School probably won't kill you though.

I'm scared of heights. No, wait, actually what I'm scared of is falling...er, the sudden stop at the bottom. Falling forever wouldn't be so nice either.

If I'm inside something, looking out a window, I'm fine! Bridges are usually fine, too. But I hate standing on the edges of cliffs.

The weird thing about that particular fear is that I often go rock climbing.

Sicirus · 12-14-2002, 12:45 AM

My bio teacher loves to give us the real world and loves to ruin my promise to ACTUALLY be a good day, by telling my class of smallpox and how both getting the shot and not getting the shot can kill you. Though this is the truth and you should not live in some perfet little no problem world your whole life, ignoring what the truth is. But still he did not have to say one of us in the class was probably going to probably lose our life from the shot for preventing smallpox.

Lovely way to star a friday huh?

Silverstripe · 12-14-2002, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sicirus
My bio teacher loves to give us the real world and loves to ruin my promise to ACTUALLY be a good day, by telling my class of smallpox and how both getting the shot and not getting the shot can kill you. Though this is the truth and you should not live in some perfet little no problem world your whole life, ignoring what the truth is. But still he did not have to say one of us in the class was probably going to probably lose our life from the shot for preventing smallpox.

Lovely way to star a friday huh?

I believe your teacher was also wrong. As I understand it, the shot carries a 1/1,000,000 risk of death. So unless you have a million people in your class, I'd advise you not to worry about it!

Or am I wrong?

Christiana · 12-14-2002, 04:28 PM

yep, ur right.

WiseWizard · 12-20-2002, 12:28 PM

Bush is getting vaccinated. One can only hope he's that 1 in a million.

Lief Erikson · 12-20-2002, 01:46 PM

In that light, most of us Americans and people around the world are awful blockheads, and perhaps Saddam Hussein and Usama Bin Laden are the heroes! Because they certainly are hoping that our president isn't one in a million . . .

Sicirus · 12-20-2002, 06:54 PM

ANYONe can be one in a million. So anyone who gets that shot is liable to die.
What do you mean LE????

Smallpox shots are scary. There like continuous spikes into your shoulder.

Lief Erikson · 12-20-2002, 07:51 PM

One can be one in a million in two ways now. Either the best person of a million, or the most unlucky of a million. If both are taken as the same, who is the villain?

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 05:38 AM

Eowyn: I do not fear pain, or death.

Aragorn: Then what do you fear?

Eowyn: A cage.

^ exactly how i feel right now. and i can feel the bars closing in around me. . .alas. . .

***Earniel*** · 12-21-2002, 06:43 AM

*hands Eruviel a file*

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 06:55 AM

thank you, earniel

Arathorn · 12-21-2002, 01:32 PM

So EG, do you plan on sharpening the cages bars?

BeardofPants · 12-21-2002, 03:20 PM

Dunno.... Might be more useful on that big fat padlock over there.

Quote:

Originally posted by WiseWizard
Bush is getting vaccinated. One can only hope he's that 1 in a million.

LOL!

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Dunno.... Might be more useful on that big fat padlock over there.

that was the idea

BeardofPants · 12-21-2002, 03:42 PM

I know: Just pointing out the obvious.

Arathorn · 12-21-2002, 03:52 PM

So, planning on sharpening the ole padlock?

12-12-2002, 12:04 AM	#523
Christiana Elf Lord Join Date: May 2002 Location: Searching desperately for a swan boat to take to Valinor Posts: 1,231	Fear is a surrvival instinct at a basic level,(such as fleeing from danger)but these days its overated. __________________ I take full responsibility for my actions, except for those that are somebody else's fault Having someone to blame is nearly as good as having a solution to the problem Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you habe their shoes. ~Frieda Norris

12-14-2002, 12:45 AM	#526
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	My bio teacher loves to give us the real world and loves to ruin my promise to ACTUALLY be a good day, by telling my class of smallpox and how both getting the shot and not getting the shot can kill you. Though this is the truth and you should not live in some perfet little no problem world your whole life, ignoring what the truth is. But still he did not have to say one of us in the class was probably going to probably lose our life from the shot for preventing smallpox. Lovely way to star a friday huh? __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

12-14-2002, 04:28 PM	#528
Christiana Elf Lord Join Date: May 2002 Location: Searching desperately for a swan boat to take to Valinor Posts: 1,231	yep, ur right. __________________ I take full responsibility for my actions, except for those that are somebody else's fault Having someone to blame is nearly as good as having a solution to the problem Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you habe their shoes. ~Frieda Norris

12-20-2002, 12:28 PM	#529
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12-20-2002, 01:46 PM	#530
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	In that light, most of us Americans and people around the world are awful blockheads, and perhaps Saddam Hussein and Usama Bin Laden are the heroes! Because they certainly are hoping that our president isn't one in a million . . . Last edited by Lief Erikson : 12-20-2002 at 01:48 PM.

12-10-2002, 08:08 AM	#521
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	It probably doesn't help, but elevators are the safest form of transport (in terms of number of deaths per passenger journey). I used to be scared of them, probably after seeing The Omen II at too young an age; I can't remember when but suddenly one day I liked them. Probably when faced with the choice of walking up 13 floors.. I used to love flying, but as I get older I'm getting more nervous again. I still love it if I can see out the window, but need bicycle clips on my trousers if I can't and we're landing in a cross-wind. Funnily enough, earlier on this year my plane struck by lightning. Since then, I've been less afraid of flying. Weird. Fear is the worst thing in itself. It makes us do irrational and dangerous things, like drive our kids to school, when it would be safer for them to walk, and buy guns for defence, which are more likely to kill you accidentally than an intruder. If you can recognise the difference between feeling fearful (and forgiving yourself for it) and the thing you're afraid of, you're halfway to conquering it.

12-13-2002, 01:19 PM	#524
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	huh? I'm scared of school

12-13-2002, 01:24 PM	#525
Silverstripe Empress of the Writewraiths Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Running around somewhere inside my head. So what are YOU doing here?! Posts: 1,546	School probably won't kill you though. I'm scared of heights. No, wait, actually what I'm scared of is falling...er, the sudden stop at the bottom. Falling forever wouldn't be so nice either. If I'm inside something, looking out a window, I'm fine! Bridges are usually fine, too. But I hate standing on the edges of cliffs. The weird thing about that particular fear is that I often go rock climbing.

12-20-2002, 06:54 PM	#531
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	ANYONe can be one in a million. So anyone who gets that shot is liable to die. What do you mean LE???? Smallpox shots are scary. There like continuous spikes into your shoulder. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

12-20-2002, 07:51 PM	#532
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	One can be one in a million in two ways now. Either the best person of a million, or the most unlucky of a million. If both are taken as the same, who is the villain?

12-21-2002, 05:38 AM	#533
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Eowyn: I do not fear pain, or death. Aragorn: Then what do you fear? Eowyn: A cage. ^ exactly how i feel right now. and i can feel the bars closing in around me. . .alas. . . __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-21-2002, 06:43 AM	#534
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	hands Eruviel a file __________________ We are not things.

12-21-2002, 06:55 AM	#535
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	thank you, earniel __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-21-2002, 01:32 PM	#536
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	So EG, do you plan on sharpening the cages bars? __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

12-21-2002, 03:42 PM	#539
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I know: Just pointing out the obvious. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 12-21-2002 at 03:43 PM.

12-21-2002, 03:52 PM	#540
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	So, planning on sharpening the ole padlock? __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

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