Stop telling me spiders are harmless & useful. My fear of them is not a rational one. It is impervious to facts & reasoning.
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Hey! I thought it was a good rule. She wanted me to kill them, and I was trying to explain that we only kill animals for good reason.
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I see. You weren't just tormenting her. OK, I retract that. I suppose.
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Well, I was tormenting her too.
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If it's constructed why is it specifically spiders? It is my only real phobia but not fear, more like horror. I fear sharks but I eat them.
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Why do some fear any creepy crawlies, even those that pose no risk whatsoever?
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Hyper vigilance of all cc would perhaps be evolutionarily selected for in some natural environments.
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Perhaps. But then again, you could imagine that it's probably not a good thing to be terrified of cc, given there are a lot of them about.
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I can tell you it's a real pain being a male & terrified of large spiders in the UK. It's only useful in imposing a limit on my self esteem.
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