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World’s 10 most common phobias
San Antonio Express-News ^
| 03/30/2010
Posted on 03/30/2010 10:27:56 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
1. Snakes
2. Spiders
3. Closed spaces
4. Another person
5. Heights
6. Darkness
7. Thunderstorms
8. Flying
9. Dogs
10. Dentist
Source: worldinterestingfacts.com/lifestyle/10-most-popular-phobias-in-the-world.html
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: phobia; psychology; topten
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To: Responsibility2nd
I’m not so sure it counts as a phobia, but I have a seething, white hot hatred of communists.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:30:23 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
To: Responsibility2nd
There are good reasons for rational fear of several of these on the list, however. Some of them can kill you if you aren’t careful. Usually the ones that can have some venom in them.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:30:53 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I have a phobia of the current administration
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:31:20 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Responsibility2nd
Isn’t a phobia an irrational fear? Every one of those things involve pain or danger of one sort or another.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:31:35 AM PDT
by
Woebama
(Never, never, never quit)
To: Responsibility2nd
Interesting factoid (or maybe just an urban legend) for those suffering from arachnophobia: You are never more than six feet away from a spider.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:32:18 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: Responsibility2nd
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief: The only thing we have to fear, is Barack Obama himself.”
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:32:50 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: Responsibility2nd
Where’s homophobia? Surely it should be on that list. /s
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:33:16 AM PDT
by
Julia H.
(Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
To: Responsibility2nd
So no one is afraid of dying, running out of money, or the government?
ML/NJ
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:33:49 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: theDentist
Sorry,tried to get you higher on the list.
To: brownsfan
I’m not so sure it counts as a phobia, but I have a seething, white hot hatred of communists.
American communists are my fear.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:34:10 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Where is Socialism?
Islamic Imperialism?
The Future?
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:34:24 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Woebama
Isn’t a phobia an irrational fear? Every one of those things involve pain or danger of one sort or another.
there's a big difference in an healthy respect of a full sized anaconda or rattler and having a full blown panic attack around a little ribbonback.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:36:28 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: Responsibility2nd
I rode bulls while in high school. Got in a fight with a bunch of Harley riders when I was the only one riding a crotchrocket. Have gotten shot and stabbed. Have brought a knife to a gunfight twice and came out on the winning end. Have skydived a few times and scuba dive every summer. Have a horse that I broke myself. But one thing that throws me into an underwear wetting, pants filling panic is...chickens! Jeez! I am terrified of those things.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:36:29 AM PDT
by
Bad Jack Bauer
(Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
To: Responsibility2nd
What about talking in front of people? *shudders*
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:36:41 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: Responsibility2nd; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
1. Snakes 2. Spiders
3. Closed spaces
4. Another person
5. Heights
6. Darkness
7. Thunderstorms
8. Flying
9. Dogs
10. Dentist
Well I gotta admit, flying dogs DO scare me...
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:37:07 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Responsibility2nd
I must admit to a slight sense of disappointment.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:38:42 AM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:38:43 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Responsibility2nd
Fear of being burned alive.
Fear of having to pay for healthcare whether you want to or not.
Fear of losing American and being pretty much powerless to stop it.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:38:55 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(We are all nine meals short of total anarchy.....think about it.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I get this #10...I’d rather vote Democratic than go to the dentist.
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posted on
03/30/2010 10:39:36 AM PDT
by
hoe_cake
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