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bucolic_frolic

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15. I'm afraid of experts

Sun Jul 2, 2023, 08:38 PM

Jul 2023

They are never as expert as they say. There are caveats they don't or won't tell you. They lie to line their pockets and perpetuate their power.

That's why I distrust M.D.'s and mechanics. And why I like lawyers. While they have a reputation for lying, they can't stop talking so you usually get the full panoply of options. And they hedge everything they say to protect themselves, so you can't say you weren't informed.

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Is there anything you are afraid of? To me it's clowns. We went to a party today and they had clowns [View all] debm55 Jul 2023 OP

Snakes. It can be only a 4 inch garter snake and I will scream or faint. sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #1

usually I deal with parades and such by shutting my eyes. Which I did, but it didn't work. debm55 Jul 2023 #5

sinkingfeeling, I know what you mean. debm55 Jul 2023 #9

A'holes carrying AR15s-- which is devoid of any humor, unfortunately hlthe2b Jul 2023 #2

A neighbor of mine cuts his grass with a gun strapped to his hip debm55 Jul 2023 #25

The dark. Total darkness is 😟 scary. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #3

Yes, it is. debm55 Jul 2023 #6

I am with you MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #8

My lady friend finds clowns creepy. Silent Type Jul 2023 #4

I know that they are supposed to make people laugh, but yes they are creepy and scary to me. debm55 Jul 2023 #7

A sensible fear, given Pennywise. Different Drummer Jul 2023 #52

Clowns never made me laugh as a kid ailsagirl Jul 2023 #53

Heights (even a picture looking over a cliff makes me uneasy) Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #10

Thank you Mr. Bill, I guess we all have our fears. debm55 Jul 2023 #11

I know a fear of clowns is not uncommon, Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #13

All clowns debm55 Jul 2023 #16

Entitled assholes driving a car. grumpyduck Jul 2023 #12

So, BMW owners, huh? Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #14

I'm afraid of experts bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #15

Been lucky to have had several great doctors as well as teachers. They cared about healing emulatorloo Jul 2023 #17

I'm not good with heights n/t TexasBushwhacker Jul 2023 #18

Me too. Archae Jul 2023 #30

Me three. debm55 Jul 2023 #32

I'm afraid of taking off my clown makeup Effete Snob Jul 2023 #19

--------- debm55 Jul 2023 #24

Yes, several. Quakerfriend Jul 2023 #20

Yes, I understand. debm55 Jul 2023 #27

A couple things Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #21

I check out stores now to find the exits. debm55 Jul 2023 #34

Spiders happybird Jul 2023 #22

spiders-yes debm55 Jul 2023 #28

Being caught outside in a bad thunderstorm. Chainfire Jul 2023 #23

That happened to me last month, I started walking the dog. The wind was blowing. We got half way on debm55 Jul 2023 #26

Cockroaches. Aristus Jul 2023 #29

When I was in college, my girlfriend and myself decided to drive from Pittsburgh to Dallas to look debm55 Jul 2023 #31

When I was stationed in San Antonio I got "introduced"... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #38

Public speaking, Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #33

Believe it or not, I have no fear of public speaking--maybe because I was a teacher for 45 years. debm55 Jul 2023 #35

That's interesting, isn't it? Aristus Jul 2023 #36

It's funny because Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #58

Bees, wasps, and hornets. I get an instant surge... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #37

Yes, they will frighten you. Please be careful of the ones that build their hive under the ground. debm55 Jul 2023 #39

Wasps. Definitely wasps. Bayard Jul 2023 #40

High bridges. I even have nightmares about them. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #41

The one going out over the Chesapeake Bay is a nightmare. Water completely around, bridge is low and debm55 Jul 2023 #45

The one that really got me going is the Leo Frigo bridge in Green Bay, Wi. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #47

I remember that --you are very lucky. debm55 Jul 2023 #48

Ironically my city is full of bridges. In order to get anywhere Ocelot II Jul 2023 #51

I live outside of Pittsburgh. Our city and surrounding areas all full of rivers(Allegheny, debm55 Jul 2023 #56

Mice. They elicit an automatic scream and shudder. Silver Gaia Jul 2023 #42

Weddings Emile Jul 2023 #43

Not a fan of bats or deep water Mad_Dem_X Jul 2023 #44

Yes bats. debm55 Jul 2023 #46

I seldom if ever come into contact with any but... ailsagirl Jul 2023 #54

Deep water-- yes ailsagirl Jul 2023 #59

I don't like enclosed spaces. Paladin Jul 2023 #49

I agree. Sometimes you get on an empty elevator on a lower floor and as you go up, more and more debm55 Jul 2023 #50

Definitely, same with me ailsagirl Jul 2023 #55

Distorting mirrors, and anything with a distorting-mirror effect, like looking into a metal tap LeftishBrit Jul 2023 #57

Mice, heights, clowns. Luciferous Jul 2023 #60

In my childhood, I was deathly afraid of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's... Different Drummer Jul 2023 #61

Driving in a thunderstorm, pouring rain, unable to see ahead of you from the driver's seat. Stuart G Jul 2023 #62