The Official Rant Thread

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:35 pm

I used to be afraid of getting shots, but now I sort of find it amusing, for some reason (no i'm not a junkie).

I definitely have a minor form of arachnophobia, as most people have. It's more of the thought of getting bitten more than the spider itself. I have vivid memories of getting bitten by them... Like when I grabbed my shirt after waking up and a spider that had sat there for the night nailed me. Thankfully it wasn't poisonous or anything like the Brown Recluse, in fact it just got red for a few hours then went away, but I just have big fears of that sort of thing.

As for the big needles Munsie described as I was writing this post, i've never had one used on me, so I can't say. I can tell that it'd just be weird, though.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:46 pm

noscottno wrote:
V0Lt4Ge wrote:I have that one...
I just look away from shots :X

Doesn't help me.

Kirk wrote:I definitely have a minor form of arachnophobia, as most people have. It's more of the thought of getting bitten more than the spider itself. I have vivid memories of getting bitten by them... Like when I grabbed my shirt after waking up and a spider that had sat there for the night nailed me. Thankfully it wasn't poisonous or anything like the Brown Recluse, in fact it just got red for a few hours then went away, but I just have big fears of that sort of thing.

My dad was bitten on the nose by a Brown recluse when he was a kid, nearly died.

Munsie · Post by **Munsie** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:47 pm

Kirk wrote:As for the big needles Munsie described as I was writing this post, i've never had one used on me, so I can't say. I can tell that it'd just be weird, though.

Painful. One on either side of my big toe. >_>

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:49 pm

noscottno wrote:
V0Lt4Ge wrote:I just look away from shots :X
Doesn't help me.

I know, same here. Though, nothing hurts worse then when they prick your finger for blood. :X

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:03 pm

I don't like shots, but I can stand the needles they use for drawing blood.
I have horrendous arachnophobia, though. A couple months back, I was at a friend's house, and we're playing Halo 2. I looked over to grab a drink, and just as I looked over, a spider jump about 4 inches into the air over my arm, and landed on the other side of it. Scary.

noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:20 pm

I searched Brown Recluse Bites. Fuck Kirk, I'm not officially afraid of anything with more than four legs.

DON'T CLICK IF QUEASY!
http://thefuntimesguide.com/images/blog ... _Day10.jpg

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:20 pm

Says it's forbidden.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:48 pm

Refresh once there. It's a referrer issue.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:00 pm

Ah.

... That was disgusting.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:06 pm

LOL Sick

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:10 pm

@ phobia discussion:

I used to be scared of needles due to some bad childhood experiences. As well as spiders and the dark. I got over the dark issue really fast, and I slowly started to not care about spiders. I've been bit by a few and it's really nothing new to me, if I see one I just smash it and get on with life. And I just recently got over my needle phobia by getting my lip pierced... That's pretty much the reason I did it really. I get rid of my fear by confronting it, and it seems to work out just fine.

I'm only scared of being bit by a hobo spider or brown recluse spider. I've never seen a brown recluse, but I've seen a few hobo spiders running around my house. So I bought sticky pads and set them up in my house. It's pretty nasty, it's covered in all sorts of spiders..

I've seen that spider bite pic before. It's really interesting... I wonder how they fixed that.

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:22 pm

Now i'm all paranoid about those spiders. I just went around looking at info on them and that's pretty intense.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:28 pm

It's not always as bad as that, the other pictures i've seen are usually just like this big circular hole in the skin, and it's all black inside. It's just absolutely horrible. And that's just the looks, it's supposed to be really painful as well (well, no shit, jesus that looks bad)

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:28 pm

kibito87 wrote:Now i'm all paranoid about those spiders. I just went around looking at info on them and that's pretty intense.

Eh, I don't think there's any room to worry. Every house I've been in has had a lot of spiders running around in it, and I've run into some pretty nasty ones, but I hardly ever get bit. The chance of being bit by a spider in the first place is low, the chance of it being poisonous is even lower. I think you're good

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:21 am

noscottno wrote:
V0Lt4Ge wrote:
Veegie wrote:Scarily, phobias can become so prevalent that they develop into a genetically passed disease. See: Fear of needles.
I have that one...
I just look away from shots :X

<b>I have arachnophobia, especially after seeing Cloverfield...</b>I always think theres one on my back or something *shivers*

If the Cloverfield monster is a spider of sorts, I'm going to get very angry for you spoiling it for me.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:34 am

No worries, iGeo. It's not.

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:09 am

On the topic of phobias i have a large phobia of going to foreign countries for that i could contract the Ebola virus...90% Death rate

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:18 am

That's nothing: Come to Australia

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:39 am

ScottyGEE wrote:That's nothing: Come to Australia

Yeah...

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:46 am

My second rant: Not worth it

(I knew what it was though, I was trying to get us OFF such a bad topic...)