What is the scariest thing to you? Mine is clowns. it can living or in costume, but it scares you.

[debm55]

[cbabe]

1. Spiders. Also landlord.

[debm55]

3. Yes, I can see why they would scare you.

[3catwoman3]

2. Bees, wasps and hornets.

[debm55]

5. Yes, especially if you have every been stung. Bees are okay but wasps and hornets scare me.

[Chainfire]

27. I am with you on that one. There is not anything else that really frightens me, but I have led a sheltered life. ;)

A little anecdote for a fellow sufferer. I was fishing in a small boat and the wind had drifted me into some willows. When I looked up, I was facing what must have been three hundred wasps, on a huge nest, 5" from my nose. I about jumped out of the boat. For some reason, they did not come after me. It was a miracle!

[3catwoman3]

62. Oh, man, I wish I had not read your reply.

I would have absolutely junked out of the boat.

I jumped off a relatively high rung of a ladder once when a bee buzzed past me. I’m not allergic, that I know of. My heart rate shoots up so high when I hear a bee that I think my adrenal glands mu
be acting as a built-in Epi-pen.

[Ocelot II]

4. Not much. I get nervous crossing high bridges.

[debm55]

7. I know poeple that have the same fear. It is hard to get around Pittsburgh without crossing a bridge.

[Jrose]

6. Scariest thing these days... The possibility of former pres. DjT...

returning to office... or any of his political allies getting into the White House.
Second scariest thing: DjT's mugshot (related to scariness of clowns)!

[debm55]

8. Yes, I closed my eyes when I saw it and what he represents.

[3catwoman3]

9. Perish the thought!

A terrifying idea, to be sure.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. That is mine too. Throw the potential Texas outcomes into the mix

and it is even worse.

I tell people who think it wouldn't be THAT bad to look up and read Project 2025, along with a few highlights of stuff they have planned.

It's so scary

[Different Drummer]

26. ....

[Elessar Zappa]

10. Public speaking!

I turn red, my voice gets shaky, I can feel my heartbeat thundering against my chest. I’m in university now and am extremely nervous because I have to take Speech next semester.

[debm55]

12. I was also afraid, but I ended up being a teacher for 40 some years. Take deep breathes and have some notes to follow. Don't

try to memorize the speech--it doesn't work. Good luck.

[Dulcinea]

11. Snakes. Terrified of them.

Also something happening to one of my kids.

[debm55]

14. Well, that would be enough to scare you. I don't like them either.

[Glorfindel]

38. I share your horror of snakes.

I don't even like to see pictures of snakes.

[njhoneybadger]

13. Artificial Intelligence going rogue

[debm55]

15. Yes, very scary. The more I read about it the more scared I become.

[Different Drummer]

33. It's already happened, if I'm any judge.

A robot kicked me off Facebook due to the actions of a hacker.

[MiHale]

16. When angry ... my wife...

I try to never put her in that mood…but something’s are out of my control.

[debm55]

55. I'm sorry for you MiHale.

[MOMFUDSKI]

17. Heights.

Fine as a kid. Age 19 went up in the Arc De Triumph in Paris and looked down. Got the funny feeling in my stomach. Next day I could only go up to first level of the Eiffel. Been like that since then.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. I was terrified of heights for years. It came on when I was in my teens

As a kid, I would scamper around on a local bluff with a fire tower on top and it never bothered me . All of a sudden, I started getting the pit of the stomach feeling looking out windows above 2nd floor, and balconies were horrifying. When I had to go down a set of stairs, if I could not see my feet (like if carrying a laundry basket) I would be shaking and sweating by the time I got to the bottom. This was a bad problem when I lived in the college dorm and had to get to the laundry room in the basement!!!

In my 30s I started caving and ran into situations that involved heights, which were quite terrifying. However getting through them alive, and learning how to navigate them has pretty much done away with the acrophobia!

[MOMFUDSKI]

59. Husband and I have been on numerous vacations

and I found myself on a road suspended like a ribbon at Mt. St. Helens, driving up White Mountain in NH, Top of the World Highway in Alaska, many more situations. Husband was doing the driving and I toughed it out but I don't believe I will ever get over it.

[debm55]

56. Heights--never used to be afraid, now I am.

[Hotler]

18. We could be in a fascist dictatorship the day after inauguration 2025.

Martial law declared and the constitution suspended.

[Different Drummer]

34. Scares me. n/t

[electric_blue68]

98. I'm mostly successful in compartmentalizing this - so far...

Doing my best to not get worked up till Sept '24.

Oh, I sure as hell know how terrifying this possibility is!!!!! 😩

But I have a couple of challenges (1 very concerning) and that's what I'm dealing w right now - while I also persue my creativity, fun, enjoy the people I hang out w and do Dem type occasional activism.

They'll be plenty of time to get hysterical in Sept '24! 😄😐

There is at a possibility that things will work out for Dems before that time! (I'm not counting on it, but I'll keep the door of Hope open 👍 )

[Meadowoak]

19. MAGA idiots, they don't live in reality, and no one really knows

What they are capable of.

[Different Drummer]

37. They don't even know--and that's scary. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Oooh, here's just the movie for you !

[debm55]

48. Hate that

[dlilafae]

21. It gives me the creeps...

Oompa Loompa! 🥺

[overleft]

22. fascist repugs!!!!

[rogerballard]

25. Big rabbits, real or otherwise

[debm55]

49. Yes scary,

[SalamanderSleeps]

28. I am always wary of Republicans that have a plan.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. Heights & tight spaces

[debm55]

57. Yes, elevators.

[LuckyCharms]

30. Heights. I used to be able to carry a 75 pound bundle of shingles up a ladder, but now

I get shaky at about 8 feet up.

[debm55]

53. Sometimes they bother me, sometimes not. I wouldn't want to climb a ladder though.

[Rebl2]

93. Understand that

for sure.

[Proud Southern Belle]

31. I'm fearless! Nothing scares me.

Why would anybody be afraid of clowns? Most people are scared of being alone. They need to grow up!

[LuckyCharms]

35. Clowns are psychopaths.

[Different Drummer]

41. Agreed!

[debm55]

44. I take it you don't like clowns either. Hate it when they get up in your face.

[LuckyCharms]

45. I know a woman who has bad panic attacks when she sees a clown.

I'm not afraid of them personally, but I can understand why some people are.

[debm55]

80. Thank you Lucky, Fear is a natural response to something/anything that makes us feel uncomfortable. Not having fear

can be dangerous. When one is young, fear is looked upon as being a bad thing. I have my reasons for fearing clowns. Lack of fear, for whatever reason can be life threatening as some of my friends found out==drinking and driving, swimming in Lake Erie without life guards, etc.

[LuckyCharms]

81. Lyrics from a Ween song:

"Though love has its place in the sun, it's only man's fear that carries him on"

[debm55]

47. . Must be wonderful and dangerous not to be afraid of anything. I felt that way when I was younger--I have no fear,

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nothing will happen to me, I am 68 years old now. As the years have gone by, I have learned I have lost many friends and relatives because of their lack of fear. With time, you will learn also that a certain amount of fear is necessary..

[KS Toronado]

58. Welcome to DU.

[Emile]

32. Dentists

[debm55]

39. I like my dentist. but I know not all are like him. Especially dental specialists.

[ggma]

73. Steve Martin - Dentist

In Little Shop of Horrors....

gg

[ggma]

74. And STATUES will give me a panic attack

gg

[debm55]

76. Oh no!!!!

[MOMFUDSKI]

78. Read they have a high suicide rate due to

working with unhappy people all day

[TexasBushwhacker]

102. Ugh - I had a great dentist as a kid

But then I had a couple of bad experiences as an adult and I avoid going to them for far too long.

[CaptainTruth]

36. Another Trump presidency.

That is truly horrifying.

[debm55]

40. True

[Jrose]

42. Scariest movie I ever saw... "Alien".

Still sleep with some lights on since then.

[debm55]

52. Yes, especially the one scene.

[Stuart G]

61. No Doubt, Alien was also the scariest movie that I ever saw too.

[Midnight Writer]

43. Cancer.

[debm55]

51. Oh, yes.

[Different Drummer]

46. This when I was a child.

[debm55]

50. The eyes are spooky.

[KS Toronado]

54. Thought Fireball XL5 was stupid, wouldn't watch.

[Marcuse]

63. My favorite show. I was a sucker for any SciFi.

I even had the model XL5 that could be slingshotted from Earth and deploy a parachute in the vacuum of outerspace.

[KS Toronado]

65. The Spaceship would have been cool.

[Bayard]

60. Yeah, thinking about trump back in the Oval Office is pretty scary

Wasps make me screech and run though. Allergic.

[Laffy Kat]

64. There is no amount of money that could get me into a submarine.

[debm55]

67. Me either.

[MOMFUDSKI]

79. I am with you

on that.

[Mr.Bill]

66. Women and the Police.

[debm55]

68. Mr.Bill, why?

[Mr.Bill]

75. Just a little humor.

It's just a funny quote by Burt Reynolds from one of his Gator movies.

Personally, I don't like spiders.

[debm55]

82. TY Mr. Bill, How is the new house coming along??

[Mr.Bill]

84. It's in place, leveled

and they are working to connect septic line to it. Next will be the water then the electricity. Still lots do do, water softener, rain gutters, building the deck. We can move in before the deck is built, the contractor doing the set-up will put a temporary set of steps at each doorway which is required to get an occupancy permit. It's going to take awhile, but we are comfortable at our daughter's house for now.

[mwooldri]

103. Huh? There are no women in The Police.

Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland.

But they did sing about Roxanne...

[WhiteTara]

69. mine is inanimate

roller coasters. And heights.

during the height of the witch burnings, women would hold hands in long lines and leap from cliffs to their deaths in order not to be tortured by the inquisitors. It must have been a past life, because it's a phobia I can't get past.

[debm55]

70. Sorry.

[WhiteTara]

71. about?

[debm55]

85. being on the ledge, getting ready to jump.

[WhiteTara]

86. well that was another life or perhaps

just a dream, made up to assuage my confusion about my fear.

The daughters of Buddha are fearless, so I'm working on my fears.

[debm55]

88. Thank you for explaining to me.

[WhiteTara]

91. but why clowns?

They're a life saver at rodeos, crowd a bunch of them in a tiny car and wear big floppy shoes. Is it the white paint on their faces? Or the painted big smile?

[debm55]

94. I have no reason-it is what it is.

[Celerity]

72. thermonuclear weapons, religions, and the coming leap in AI power

[grumpyduck]

77. For me, it"s heights

when I don't have anything to hang on to. Ladders not so much unless I get to the top, and I love flying, but looking down like from the top of a building... well, I don't like it.

I hate it, but I think it goes back to when I was a kid, maybe five or six, and was bouncing up and down on a bed. Then I had a jump malfunction and landed halfway across the room. Didn't break anything, but my arm was in a sling for a couple of weeks.

No more bouncing on beds for me.

[debm55]

83. Sorry, grumpyduck. I used to bounce on the bed too.

[Emile]

87. Colonoscopy doctor.

[debm55]

89. Got that right. I have one scheduled for January. But I am more afraid of the spinal tap for November. Terribly afraid.

[LudwigPastorius]

90. I find the trailer and promotional material for The Nun II really disturbing.

I don't know why. I wasn't raised Catholic, or had any kind of contact with nuns growing up.

There's just something about a demonic nun that scares the shit out of me.

[Rebl2]

92. Large packed

crowds.

[debm55]

95. I can understand that. TY

[malthaussen]

96. Evangelical Christian Fascists

Not a lot scares me, but those people are unpredictable and dangerous.

-- Mal

[debm55]

97. Yes, TY

[barbtries]

99. republicans nt.

they're like zombies; they don't die and just keep coming, wreaking havoc and misery in their wake.

[debm55]

100. Yes.

[mwooldri]

101. Self Driving Cars.

Please don't laugh... I got freaked out as a kid by Herbie the Love Bug movie... VW Beetle, drives itself, rears up on two wheels, hood chomping away... I swore that car was going to eat me!

[debm55]

106. I know, can be very dangerous

[LakeArenal]

104. Driving on the mountain roads here. Especially at night.

There are no shoulders and it’s a long way down when a giant tourist bus zips around a curve in your lane.


Also the general fear for Democracy, poor people and the truth.

[debm55]

107. Yes.

[tblue37]

105. Great heights & spiders.

Yet both also fascinate me.

[debm55]

108. Yes,

[lastlib]

109. Heritage Foundation Project 2025....

If the FOOL* or another GOPher wins the White House, American democracy is toast. - - -

Project2025

(*FOOL -- Former Office-Occupying Liar.)

[debm55]

110. Me too