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Title: Phobias
Post by: Air tree on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:08:02
Do you guys have any phobias of any kind?


I'm deathly afraid of cockroaches, to the point of tears and yelling, running etc.. I just had one brush up against my foot a few hours ago and I made someone else go and kill it. I ended up getting angry at said person for playing around with it's body while it was stunned from the shoe...

I can remember a few times where I jumped up on furniture and I could feel my heart beating so fast...


This very last time, this cockroach was right next to my HHKB...



Why can't cockroaches just leave me alone...
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: FrostyToast on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:09:18
Off Topic.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Air tree on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:09:48
Off Topic.
I agree
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: demik on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:12:15
ANTS
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: romevi on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:16:06
Being skunked. I go running at night, and I'm afraid of that more than getting jumped.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Elth on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:21:19
Clowns, no joke.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: nmur on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:21:40
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Elth on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:29:17
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

 :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\ :-\

You poor, poor man
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Melvang on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:34:16
Do you guys have any phobias of any kind?


I'm deathly afraid of cockroaches, to the point of tears and yelling, running etc.. I just had one brush up against my foot a few hours ago and I made someone else go and kill it. I ended up getting angry at said person for playing around with it's body while it was stunned from the shoe...

I can remember a few times where I jumped up on furniture and I could feel my heart beating so fast...


This very last time, this cockroach was right next to my HHKB...



Why can't cockroaches just leave me alone...

I think my biggest fear in life is being alone in life.   

While I don't fear cockroaches,  they are probably the number one reason I refuse to live anywhere that doesn't have snow at least 3 months out of the year.  I do understand that latitude doesn't exempt me from them,  but drastically powers the chances.  As a kid my family used to visit relatives in Texas over Christmas break.  When we would get back, everything stayed in the back of the truck for two weeks just to freeze those damn things.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: audax989 on Thu, 05 May 2016, 23:51:31
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: demik on Fri, 06 May 2016, 00:03:03
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.

whomever wants to be a **** and post pictures of this.. i hope your children never learn to read. and if they already do, i hope they forget and never land a job.

i HATE cluster of holes also. **** just thinking of it is making me itchy.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: meiosis on Fri, 06 May 2016, 00:06:23
Gynophobia
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: audax989 on Fri, 06 May 2016, 00:52:57
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.

whomever wants to be a **** and post pictures of this.. i hope your children never learn to read. and if they already do, i hope they forget and never land a job.

i HATE cluster of holes also. **** just thinking of it is making me itchy.

****. Didn't know you have it too demik. But seriously, please don't post any pictures of it. It will kill me.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: FrostyToast on Fri, 06 May 2016, 01:00:55
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.

whomever wants to be a **** and post pictures of this.. i hope your children never learn to read. and if they already do, i hope they forget and never land a job.

i HATE cluster of holes also. **** just thinking of it is making me itchy.

Then why do you spend so much time on GeekHack?
It's a massive cluster of A-holes.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: demik on Fri, 06 May 2016, 01:03:47
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.

whomever wants to be a **** and post pictures of this.. i hope your children never learn to read. and if they already do, i hope they forget and never land a job.

i HATE cluster of holes also. **** just thinking of it is making me itchy.

Then why do you spend so much time on GeekHack?
It's a massive cluster of A-holes.

10/10
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: KnivesM on Fri, 06 May 2016, 01:04:24
Not sure if it's classified as a phobia or not but Misophonia.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: appleonama on Fri, 06 May 2016, 02:03:50
spiders
small spaces
very bright enclosed areas
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2016, 02:04:47
Um... spiders...

Certain aliens

homework

and...... crypto viruses.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: LunarisDream on Fri, 06 May 2016, 14:42:32
Trypophobia

 (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x0IDtJ_odfs/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Darkside on Fri, 06 May 2016, 14:59:49
Do you guys have any phobias of any kind?


I'm deathly afraid of cockroaches, to the point of tears and yelling, running etc.. I just had one brush up against my foot a few hours ago and I made someone else go and kill it. I ended up getting angry at said person for playing around with it's body while it was stunned from the shoe...

I can remember a few times where I jumped up on furniture and I could feel my heart beating so fast...


This very last time, this cockroach was right next to my HHKB...



Why can't cockroaches just leave me alone...
Let me make you even more paranoid! This is your warning to stop reading.

About 3 years ago, I was on my computer minding my own business with my foot resting against the wall. I suddenly felt a little tickle up my leg but I thought it was just my leg hair rubbing against my sweatpants. A few moments later, I felt it again a bit further up.. that's when I knew. I got out of my chair so fast and literally started beating the **** out of my leg to kill the cockroach LOL. A few beatings later and the dead cockroach falls out my pant leg. The only thing worse than a live cockroach is the smell of a dead cockroach, ugh. Mind you, this wasn't your teeny 1 inch roach. The suckers we have here are maybe 2-3 inches and they FLY. THEY ****ING FLY.

Anyway, after that whole ordeal I was fine but I had to take a shower because it the thought of roach guts flying around my leg disgusted me so much.

Come night time, I'm relaxing again, foot on wall again, and again I felt that familiar tickle. "No. ****ing. Way", I thought. **** ME THERE'S ANOTHER ****ING GIANT COCKROACH CRAWLING UP MY LEG AGAIN. This time I take off my pants and start stomping on that **** for like 5 minutes straight. I get my sweatpants and shake them out and, lo and behold, another giant cockroach falls out.

I no longer rest my feet on the walls.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:02:02

Let me make you even more paranoid! This is your warning to stop reading.

About 3 years ago, I was on my computer minding my own business with my foot resting against the wall. I suddenly felt a little tickle up my leg but I thought it was just my leg hair rubbing against my sweatpants. A few moments later, I felt it again a bit further up.. that's when I knew. I got out of my chair so fast and literally started beating the **** out of my leg to kill the cockroach LOL. A few beatings later and the dead cockroach falls out my pant leg. The only thing worse than a live cockroach is the smell of a dead cockroach, ugh. Mind you, this wasn't your teeny 1 inch roach. The suckers we have here are maybe 2-3 inches and they FLY. THEY ****ING FLY.

Anyway, after that whole ordeal I was fine but I had to take a shower because it the thought of roach guts flying around my leg disgusted me so much.

Come night time, I'm relaxing again, foot on wall again, and again I felt that familiar tickle. "No. ****ing. Way", I thought. **** ME THERE'S ANOTHER ****ING GIANT COCKROACH CRAWLING UP MY LEG AGAIN. This time I take off my pants and start stomping on that **** for like 5 minutes straight. I get my sweatpants and shake them out and, lo and behold, another giant cockroach falls out.

I no longer rest my feet on the walls.

Places to Visit:

Texas
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Waateva on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:07:21
I absolutely hate wasps and hornets.  I don't like bees either but they make honey which is delicious so they're aight, but wasps and hornets are ****ing awful creatures.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: pwade3 on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:08:56
I think giant roaches are just karma for the "everything's bigger in Texas" bs, right? :))
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:09:29
I think giant roaches are just karma for the "everything's bigger in Texas" bs, right? :))

They got giant roaches in India and China too..

Anywhere that's hot and humid....  you got roaches..
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: 1swt2gs on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:09:39
I'm scared of girls. Can't talk to them. Can't look at them.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:10:16
I'm scared of girls. Can't talk to them. Can't look at them.

Really?

(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/hehe-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862507)
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: pwade3 on Fri, 06 May 2016, 15:17:04
I think giant roaches are just karma for the "everything's bigger in Texas" bs, right? :))

They got giant roaches in India and China too..

Anywhere that's hot and humid....  you got roaches..

Man, you don't have to kill the joke...

You guys ever deal with stink bugs though? They've been having a population boom or something in my area, I swear. Never even seen one till around a year ago, now they're super common. Hate em.

My first experience with one was sitting in the back of a sparsely populated lecture hall and feeling something on my neck. I grabbed it blindly and threw it (it didn't hit anybody). Couldn't figure out why the hell my hand/neck stunk till a few days later a friend called me freaking out to have me kill a stink bug in her apartment. Then I put 2 and 2 together.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: demik on Fri, 06 May 2016, 17:10:57
Gynophobia

you're not alone, meet:

I'm scared of girls. Can't talk to them. Can't look at them.

Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Venatorious on Mon, 09 May 2016, 14:36:23
Lol just googled trypophobia, I am unaffected by it but I can see why it's so scary for some.  I have a friend at school who has and he said it's an adaptation that happened because some things that are poisonous in nature have lots of holes.

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Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: mike52787 on Mon, 09 May 2016, 19:50:14
I fcking hate wasps so much. Possibly because when I was 2ish I got a whole wasp nest mad at me after I thought it was a good idea to throw a rock at it. Kinda scarred me for life, and despite being not being afraid of much else, I run like a puss every time I see a wasp nest.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: trenzafeeds on Mon, 09 May 2016, 19:52:17
I have losing-my-hhkb-phobia
it's the fear of using cherry switches ever again
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: nmur on Mon, 09 May 2016, 19:57:52
speaking of trypophobia, my gf got a second hand iphone 5C over the weekend. it came with a protective case, specifically one of these ones (http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/09/iphone5c_backs-cases_print-100053394-large.png) (warning: possible trigger i guess)

she said that the holes made her extremely uncomfortable. even when they aren't visible, she can feel them on the back

so she's using her old phone until she gets another case
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Belfong on Mon, 09 May 2016, 20:07:17
Trypophobia -
I learned something today. Didn't know that this is a type of phobia. And demik having it. Does looking at a bare HHKB (without caps) gives you the jitters?
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: jonathanyu on Mon, 09 May 2016, 20:16:11
speaking of trypophobia, my gf got a second hand iphone 5C over the weekend. it came with a protective case, specifically one of these ones (http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/09/iphone5c_backs-cases_print-100053394-large.png) (warning: possible trigger i guess)

she said that the holes made her extremely uncomfortable. even when they aren't visible, she can feel them on the back

so she's using her old phone until she gets another case

why not just take off the case..
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Venatorious on Mon, 09 May 2016, 20:20:22
why not just take off the case..

Too scary man  :))
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: nmur on Mon, 09 May 2016, 20:21:01
speaking of trypophobia, my gf got a second hand iphone 5C over the weekend. it came with a protective case, specifically one of these ones (http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/09/iphone5c_backs-cases_print-100053394-large.png) (warning: possible trigger i guess)

she said that the holes made her extremely uncomfortable. even when they aren't visible, she can feel them on the back

so she's using her old phone until she gets another case

why not just take off the case..

she's the clumsiest person i know

drops her phone all the time. her current phone (iphone 4) is completely smashed after numerous drops

my previous phone's screen broke after 1.5 years of no case, only because she dropped it while using it

this is why she's only upgrading to a 5C and not a 6
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Belfong on Mon, 09 May 2016, 20:53:40
You will have a hard time looking for a replacement case for 5c. My sister had one and it took her ages to find a replacement 5c case. You probably need to hunt in some recycle shops.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: rurushu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 01:33:38
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: henz on Tue, 10 May 2016, 01:47:18
we have a place in the woods were we spend alot of time in during summer,  When i wake up in the middle of the night and need to pee  i either have to walk outside to another house to reach the toilet or pee outside.

I wouldn't call it a phobia, but every time i stand outside peeing in the middle of the night, i always think there is a deer in the bushes which willl jump out  and stab me in the stomach with its antlers. Then i die with my <nasty word> in my hand  :p

And to be clear, its fregging pitch black every time. and its not stopping me from peeing where i want. Its just me who has vivid imagination :)
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Air tree on Tue, 10 May 2016, 01:54:16
we have a place in the woods were we spend alot of time in during summer,  When i wake up in the middle of the night and need to pee  i either have to walk outside to another house to reach the toilet or pee outside.

I wouldn't call it a phobia, but every time i stand outside peeing in the middle of the night, i always think there is a deer in the bushes which willl jump out  and stab me in the stomach with its antlers. Then i die with my <nasty word> in my hand  :p

And to be clear, its fregging pitch black every time. and its not stopping me from peeing where i want. Its just me who has vivid imagination :)

Set up some solar powered lights out there man, That would freak me out if I had to walk out into the pitch black woods too.  :))
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:02:30
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Air tree on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:05:32
Just don't buy really ****ty office chairs, I would say. I can't even find one report outside of China and some of the reports are rather dubious at best.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: naasfu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:06:01
I have Trypophobia.

Like Really bad trypophobia.

It's classified as a fear of holes.

but, they have to be a certain type. like for example..... holes on a sponge, holes from a cut bark of a tree. they also, mostly, have to be organic to trigger it. when it does, my body just goes in this weird shock like I feel it deep in my bones or something. oh, there's another one a cross section of bones where the marrow is.

If you are not familiar with this. a simple google search (worst mistake of my life) will show you.

whomever wants to be a **** and post pictures of this.. i hope your children never learn to read. and if they already do, i hope they forget and never land a job.

i HATE cluster of holes also. **** just thinking of it is making me itchy.

uggh.  i had no idea and did a web search of this and wtf those horrible images... aieee.

i also hate roaches and pretty much all other bugs.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: nmur on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:07:48
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: chyros on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:09:17
I fcking hate wasps so much. Possibly because when I was 2ish I got a whole wasp nest mad at me after I thought it was a good idea to throw a rock at it. Kinda scarred me for life, and despite being not being afraid of much else, I run like a puss every time I see a wasp nest.
I agree. Wasps are ****s!!

I've been stung six or seven times, and my dad's highly allergic to them.
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: rurushu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:09:59
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Belfong on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:10:07
what's the name for the phobia of having your Clack dirtied by pens or oily fingers? There must be a name, surely..
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: nmur on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:12:06
what's the name for the phobia of having your Clack dirtied by pens or oily fingers? There must be a name, surely..

clackmysophobia
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Belfong on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:17:53
what's the name for the phobia of having your Clack dirtied by pens or oily fingers? There must be a name, surely..

clackmysophobia
lol, it might not just be related to Clack. What about Bro Caps? KWK? This phobia is real!
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:21:22
I'll tell you what I'm not scared of: Not being totally awesome all the time!
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:22:31
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

I'm not as afraid of my PC dying as I was. That was my worst fear since I don't have any backup parts atm. Now I'm a little more concerned that my computer chair is going to explode, holy ****.  :eek:
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: rurushu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:25:34
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

I'm not as afraid of my PC dying as I was. That was my worst fear since I don't have any backup parts atm. Now I'm a little more concerned that my computer chair is going to explode, holy ****.  :eek:

I think you can find external HDD as backup solution pretty easily as they are widely available and are much inexpensive compared to NAS or other backup solutions... as for the chair... well....
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:40:24

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: rurushu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:42:12

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........

Pls tp... don't read them out....
Now I have to forget the whole thing all over again..  :-X
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Air tree on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:42:39

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........
...That would be such a ****ty way to die..I mean dying is ****ty no matter the way, but that's just extra ****ty...


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Belfong on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:42:40

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........
omg.. I cannot unsee this and now I am afraid of my computer chair! Damn!!!
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: appleonama on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:45:22
I'll tell you what I'm not scared of: Not being totally awesome all the time!

Being in denial can be very tough on a person. Go see a psych asap
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: appleonama on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:47:39

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........

rekt
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Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 10 May 2016, 02:56:31
It's ok guys...

If we All use a Standing desk for 8 hours a day..

Then that reduces the risk of Steel Penetration by ~33%...
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 10 May 2016, 03:03:14
i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

I'm not as afraid of my PC dying as I was. That was my worst fear since I don't have any backup parts atm. Now I'm a little more concerned that my computer chair is going to explode, holy ****.  :eek:

I think you can find external HDD as backup solution pretty easily as they are widely available and are much inexpensive compared to NAS or other backup solutions... as for the chair... well....

What I meant was backup parts of everything. For me to feel safe I would need to have a spare UPS, HDD, SSD, CPU, GPU, motherboard, PSU, etc. But seriously, exploding chair is just way scarier imo
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: rurushu on Tue, 10 May 2016, 03:08:08
It's ok guys...

If we All use a Standing desk for 8 hours a day..

Then that reduces the risk of Steel Penetration by ~33%...

why only 33% reduction?
Is there a chance of sudden steel penetration by someone?  :eek:

i live in constant fear that my desk chair will break in such a way that the gas cylinder underneath will propel the adjustable metal shaft upwards with all the force of its compressed air, explosively penetrating both the seat of the chair and myself

damn nmur, I share the same fear as you... especially after I saw there are incidents in China where there are people got injured in their rear due to those exploding seat's shaft....

But... But...

I don't see how this could happen..

there's usually a metal plate in the way,  then the chair plate (usually wood),

I just don't see how the cylinder explosion can get through all of that..

It would have to be a chair with no metal plate and no base plate..



I think this might be tabloid news.. 

Damn, no more mythbusters..

nsfw
More
http://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

it's on the internet so it must be true

the real worry is low quality chairs though. there's a couple around the office that people insist on sitting on

I'm not as afraid of my PC dying as I was. That was my worst fear since I don't have any backup parts atm. Now I'm a little more concerned that my computer chair is going to explode, holy ****.  :eek:

I think you can find external HDD as backup solution pretty easily as they are widely available and are much inexpensive compared to NAS or other backup solutions... as for the chair... well....

What I meant was backup parts of everything. For me to feel safe I would need to have a spare UPS, HDD, SSD, CPU, GPU, motherboard, PSU, etc. But seriously, exploding chair is just way scarier imo

well, the scary part is... you cannot predict when it comes... if it does come....
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 10 May 2016, 06:53:06
Larger bugs are disgusting but they don't strike fear in me. Also, you can chase them away or crush them.

I have a much bigger problem with a multitude of smaller bugs that I can't reasonably get away from.

PS - when I lived in Florida we had huge cockroach-like creatures that were known as "palmetto bugs"
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Waateva on Tue, 10 May 2016, 09:53:34
Larger bugs are disgusting but they don't strike fear in me. Also, you can chase them away or crush them.

I have a much bigger problem with a multitude of smaller bugs that I can't reasonably get away from.

PS - when I lived in Florida we had huge cockroach-like creatures that were known as "palmetto bugs"

TIL palmetto bugs are actually just large cockroaches.  My grandparents have them at their house down in Florida and always complain about them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 10 May 2016, 10:02:56
Internet says the Roaches species among humans are not ecologically important..

We can safely eradicate them..


Main hindrance to this is probably the bug spray chemicons who are unwilling to let their bread lay un-buttered..
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 10 May 2016, 10:07:25
Larger bugs are disgusting but they don't strike fear in me. Also, you can chase them away or crush them.

I have a much bigger problem with a multitude of smaller bugs that I can't reasonably get away from.

PS - when I lived in Florida we had huge cockroach-like creatures that were known as "palmetto bugs"

TIL palmetto bugs are actually just large cockroaches.  My grandparents have them at their house down in Florida and always complain about them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach

I can always smell the palmetto bugs before I can see them. The smell imo is like concentrated rotting palm tree pollen :'(
Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: hoggy on Tue, 10 May 2016, 10:08:29

http://business.asiaone.com/news/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

the fear is real....

"According to reports, her intestines and vagina were pierced by a steel rod"


OMG........

rekt
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Ti Chi, Zombies, Plague and mist all rolled into one.  Shudder.

Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: chyros on Tue, 10 May 2016, 10:14:44
Internet says the Roaches species among humans are not ecologically important..

We can safely eradicate them..


Main hindrance to this is probably the bug spray chemicons who are unwilling to let their bread lay un-buttered..
Roaches are disgusting, but otherwise not the worst in the world. Mosquitos are much worse. Annoying little ****ers! We have to BURN them all!