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i agree with sparrow, i think that was just trying to keep things light spirited. many of us have been poking fun at our own experiences in this thread.
i have phobias too (spiders and dead shrimp) and am subjected to plenty of good-natured ridicule as a result. i can see the humor in it : look at the size of me, compared to a spider ! i could take one, or even several at a time, easily, if i could just bring myself to stop climbing on furniture to escape from them while shrieking like a girl (actually, i don't really shriek, but i would, if i were that kind of girl) (and yes, i can see the ridicule in that too).
the only thing i didn't find funny was the special delivery of a box of spiders and mixed crustaceans that arrived on my doorstep (you know who you are). luckily i was able to use the "matter transporter" mode on my death ray to return it illico to sender. of course, every time i feel something unexpextedly brush my arm i still jump out of my chair, but it's usually just a cat (or a mosquito, in which case i use the "pulverise into individual atoms and send directly to hell" setting on my deathray).
phobias aren't funny when you're confronted with the object of them, i agree, but it can help to laugh about them the rest of the time.
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