Phobias and other irrational anxieties - Page 5

support_your_local_elf · 03-16-2003, 07:22 PM

That's really gross...but I'm still going to eat my chips

Coney · 03-16-2003, 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by eowyngirl14
oooooh! I really like bats! they eat bugs! DId you know that they spray bat poop on chips to keep the flavoring in? it is on all doritos and such cheesey chips!

you will find it listed as guano or guanilite. i am not sure on the spelling.

That's why Doritos alway come with a salsa.......the chilli burns bat excrement off

That's not really true is it?....how the heck are they allowed to add bat droppings

Elvellyn · 03-16-2003, 09:27 PM

Im not afraid of spiders. Im afraid of spider crickets. There is a difference. Spider CRICKETS are uglier and scarier.

eowyngirl14 · 03-16-2003, 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by Coney
TThat's not really true is it?....how the heck are they allowed to add bat droppings

ya thats true all right! they are perfectly harmless! bat droppings i mean! they help hold the flavouring in! lol! I LOVE telling people this. i have gotten some pretty weird looks. some people accualy stop eating the chips and throw them out.

Coney · 03-16-2003, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by eowyngirl14
ya thats true all right! they are perfectly harmless! bat droppings i mean! they help hold the flavouring in! lol! I LOVE telling people this. i have gotten some pretty weird looks. some people accualy stop eating the chips and throw them out.

*blech*....well I only eat them once in a blue moon.........now it's literally going to have to be a blue moon

Erm, thanks for sharing that info E14...I think

*Books his place at the health spa for a quick rinse through with the colonic irrigation*

wahine · 03-16-2003, 11:28 PM

If you think that's gross.

Seaweed is added to a number of foods, Chocolate milk to keep the chocolate from seperating, ice cream for that lovely smooth taste/feel etc.

Interesting stuff. You never know what your eating these days...

Smaug · 03-16-2003, 11:38 PM

Disodium guanylate is a flavor enhancer based on guanosine, which is based on the amino acid guanine.

As far as I can determine, it has nothing to do with bat guano.

Linaewen · 03-17-2003, 06:34 AM

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Linaewen, I'm really afraid of falling too. I'm also afraid of heights, but the not the usual stuff like snakes and spiders ( I LOVE arachnids and reptiles!) I'm kinda afraid of public speaking, but mostly I'm afraid of myself and what one human being can do (isn't that weird?) and most forms of government

Exactly the same with me. I love snakes too! I'm so terrified of public speaking (though im apparently very good at it- my teacher said so

)
I'm not really scared of governments, thought. Just dislike them.

Lanelf · 12-05-2003, 02:50 AM

~Used to have arachnophobia but now I combat it with arachnocide. (Translates into: I used to be scared of spiders but now every time I see one, I kill it! With a shoe! And many cries of "Die, fiend!")

~Public performance or speaking. I hate the thought of trying to be serious and everyone's laughing at you, or vice versa.

~Being in a dark, quiet house late at night. It might sound weird, but if I'm not in bed before the main lights go out in my house, I start to freak. I've just seen way too many X-files episodes and scary movies to believe that there's nothing there. Carrying around a large, solid object tends to help though. If someone attacks, I can at least bludgeon them.

~Like a lot of other people, swimming in deep murky water. Particularly when not wearing shoes. I hate wearing shoes, but if the soles of my feet aren't covered when swimming in aforesaid water or even in bed, I feel uncomfortable.

~Speaking of which, years ago I used to tuck the end of my rug under my feet in bed because I was sure there was something down the end of my bed waiting to grab my ankle. Got over that now, though.
Lanelf.

Lotesse · 07-18-2005, 02:09 PM

Cops. I have a phobia about cops, cops cause me tremendous anxiety. Insects are cool, love snakes and heights and water and stuff like that, I'm not worried about rejection or spiders or the dark - it's cops that freak ME out.

Andúril · 07-18-2005, 02:57 PM

Being ripped apart by Great Whites.
Driving over cigarette butts.
Below-the-neck paralysis.
Tubgirl.

Lotesse · 07-18-2005, 03:04 PM

Below-the-neck paralysis is a very RATIONAL phobia, I think. I dread, dread, dread the thought of being like that. Have you seen "Million Dollar Baby"? I'd want someone to do me like Clint Eastwood does her in the movie.

Andúril · 07-18-2005, 03:10 PM

Oh, and falling off a cliff while rock climbing.

Lotesse · 07-18-2005, 03:10 PM

Oh, BTW Anduril, what is "Tubgirl"?

Andúril · 07-18-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

I'd want someone to do me like Clint Eastwood does her in the movie.

Haven't seen the film, but your request sounds very interesting and exciting.

***Tessar*** · 07-18-2005, 03:18 PM

*ahem*

Spiders, Roaches, bugs of almost any kind, most lizards, being anywhere NEAR a dead body (although I didn't have that one before my grandfather died), being disoriented in a dark room (I totally flip out), cutting off my fingers while I'm chopping food, that I'll suddenly lose my ability to sing, that I'll stop being able to compose music, falling from high distances, being attacked by a rabid dog that slowly mauls me to death, killing someone else in a car accident, dying and not making it to heaven, and just generally hurting myself physically in some way while doing something ordinary.

Yes, I am a paranoyed person.

Most people that I meet in person either think that I'm really sweet and friendly, or that I'm a paranoyed freak who should be locked away.

Lotesse · 07-18-2005, 03:19 PM

Anduril, get your mind outta the gutter!

In the movie, he gives her a lethal injection to put her to sleep, as per her desperate request because she can't bear being alive like a vegetable.

Andúril · 07-18-2005, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Oh, BTW Anduril, what is "Tubgirl"?

I really don't think you want to know. Anybody who has experienced Tubgirl will wish they hadn't, unless they are depraved in a bad way. Trust me, Tubgirl is only too worthy of gratuitous fear.

Lotesse · 07-18-2005, 03:23 PM

My God, Tessar, you ARE high-strung! I think you've got all the phobias from being a natural perfectionist, a high-achiever. I used to freak out in the dark, too, for a LONG time. Just recently ix-nayed that phobia.

Andúril · 07-18-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Anduril, get your mind outta the gutter!

I wish I could. May I blame my badness on a boring, lonely childhood?

03-16-2003, 07:22 PM	#81
support_your_local_elf Enting Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Being one of the two lost souls swimmin in a fish bowl, year after year, runnin over the same old ground.. What have we found? The same old fears..wish you were here... Posts: 58	That's really gross...but I'm still going to eat my chips __________________ "Call it peace or call it reason, call it love or call it treason, but I ain't a-marchin anymore!" -Phil Ochs The fat hobbit KNOWS!!!

03-16-2003, 09:27 PM	#83
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	Im not afraid of spiders. Im afraid of spider crickets. There is a difference. Spider CRICKETS are uglier and scarier. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

03-16-2003, 11:28 PM	#86
wahine The Original Amazonian Coconut Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Answering no questions, telling no lies. Posts: 753	If you think that's gross. Seaweed is added to a number of foods, Chocolate milk to keep the chocolate from seperating, ice cream for that lovely smooth taste/feel etc. Interesting stuff. You never know what your eating these days... __________________ Hem, hem

12-05-2003, 02:50 AM	#89
Lanelf Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Second Drawer Down Posts: 407	My fears ~Used to have arachnophobia but now I combat it with arachnocide. (Translates into: I used to be scared of spiders but now every time I see one, I kill it! With a shoe! And many cries of "Die, fiend!") ~Public performance or speaking. I hate the thought of trying to be serious and everyone's laughing at you, or vice versa. ~Being in a dark, quiet house late at night. It might sound weird, but if I'm not in bed before the main lights go out in my house, I start to freak. I've just seen way too many X-files episodes and scary movies to believe that there's nothing there. Carrying around a large, solid object tends to help though. If someone attacks, I can at least bludgeon them. ~Like a lot of other people, swimming in deep murky water. Particularly when not wearing shoes. I hate wearing shoes, but if the soles of my feet aren't covered when swimming in aforesaid water or even in bed, I feel uncomfortable. ~Speaking of which, years ago I used to tuck the end of my rug under my feet in bed because I was sure there was something down the end of my bed waiting to grab my ankle. Got over that now, though. Lanelf. __________________ Hey, I'm back! resounding silence You didn't even notice I was gone, did you? Well, I'm back now anyway. Artemis Fowl must find Mulch Diggums! You'll never shut down the real Napster

07-18-2005, 02:09 PM	#90
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Cops. I have a phobia about cops, cops cause me tremendous anxiety. Insects are cool, love snakes and heights and water and stuff like that, I'm not worried about rejection or spiders or the dark - it's cops that freak ME out. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

03-16-2003, 11:38 PM	#87
Smaug Enting Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New England Posts: 70	Disodium guanylate is a flavor enhancer based on guanosine, which is based on the amino acid guanine. As far as I can determine, it has nothing to do with bat guano.

07-18-2005, 02:57 PM	#91
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Being ripped apart by Great Whites. Driving over cigarette butts. Below-the-neck paralysis. Tubgirl.

07-18-2005, 03:04 PM	#92
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Below-the-neck paralysis is a very RATIONAL phobia, I think. I dread, dread, dread the thought of being like that. Have you seen "Million Dollar Baby"? I'd want someone to do me like Clint Eastwood does her in the movie. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

07-18-2005, 03:10 PM	#93
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Oh, and falling off a cliff while rock climbing.

07-18-2005, 03:10 PM	#94
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Oh, BTW Anduril, what is "Tubgirl"? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

07-18-2005, 03:18 PM	#96
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	ahem Spiders, Roaches, bugs of almost any kind, most lizards, being anywhere NEAR a dead body (although I didn't have that one before my grandfather died), being disoriented in a dark room (I totally flip out), cutting off my fingers while I'm chopping food, that I'll suddenly lose my ability to sing, that I'll stop being able to compose music, falling from high distances, being attacked by a rabid dog that slowly mauls me to death, killing someone else in a car accident, dying and not making it to heaven, and just generally hurting myself physically in some way while doing something ordinary. Yes, I am a paranoyed person. Most people that I meet in person either think that I'm really sweet and friendly, or that I'm a paranoyed freak who should be locked away.

07-18-2005, 03:19 PM	#97
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Anduril, get your mind outta the gutter! In the movie, he gives her a lethal injection to put her to sleep, as per her desperate request because she can't bear being alive like a vegetable. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

07-18-2005, 03:23 PM	#99
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	My God, Tessar, you ARE high-strung! I think you've got all the phobias from being a natural perfectionist, a high-achiever. I used to freak out in the dark, too, for a LONG time. Just recently ix-nayed that phobia. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe