The least logical thing I know is Donald Trump, and I’m afraid this idiot will set the world on fire…
American civil war 2. Lack of utilities, medications, water and food. I know its unlikely but I don’t want to end up in a med tent suffering from a amputation or washing mustard gas out of my eyes.
You got it backwards, OP asked about least logical.
Lack of utilities is coming
Human faces. Eyes and mouth specifically. When talking to people, I focus on their hair to not feel uncomfortable without breaking “eye contact.” Even my own face on mirror/camera feels “weird” to look at.
I grew up in the times of “look at me when I talk to you” and would get in trouble for “looking past the person”. So I developed an ability to make eye contact while unfocusing my eyes. Turns out if you make eye contact long enough people get uncomfortable and look away thereby letting you relax.
Spontaneous human combustion.
Watched a documentary on it as a kid and I’ve had the fear in the back of my mind ever since
In the 80s we figured we would be abducted, if not that, it would be quicksand that got us, and if that failed,we would spontaneously combust, and if all else failed the hole in the ozone layer would destroy all life on earth. We were so concerned with all that happening that we all became kinda apathetic.
Dentist.
It’s irrational also. Everything’s fine and cute. I’ll lie down, open wide, all good.
But as soon as the tools dissappear into my mouth I blank. I tense up, heartbeat spikes, sweating. Once I tensed up to hard I accidentally ripped off the armrest and gave the poor dentist a black eye.
Honestly bees freak me out. I don’t run away screaming when they come around, but I get very tense. Even the fat fuzzy ones.
I have bad news for you: wasps.
Flying insects. I scream. Period.
Also, I adore them and I am fascinated by them. Period.
Fuckin hate bugs
The invisible shark in the swimming pool. I will say nothing more
Invisible shark doot doot de doot de doo
Literally same here. Even getting skeeved out swimming in a video game.
I see you and salute you, internet person 🫡 Steering this anxiety riddled meatsack around the globe is suboptimal.
Dropping my phone when I’m in a high place
Put it into airplane mode and worry no more.
Illogical fears require illogical solutions!
Or when you walk over the threshold of an elevator door and there is that little gap. Same with keys.
Understandable
Prions. Misfolded proteins that manage to get into your brain and just wreck shit. I don’t handle anything that would be contaminated or anything but just the idea of this non-living thing that will just replicate and cause havok - horrifying.
Mad cow disease is also caused by prions, which is why the cow’s body gets destroyed, not just buried.
My spouse was still sleeping earlier so I tried to sneak into the room to grab my phone I left on the nightstand. When I was walking out I stepped on a stuffed mouse on a string (usually hangs from a doorframe so the cat can play with it but he pulled it down apparently). When I stepped on it I thought it was a real animal and soon as my foot felt the pressure of pushing down on such an object I jerked it up roughly to my waist, kicked the door I was trying to walk through and it slammed shut.
One of those moments where you want to apologize, but really then you are just causing more noise to wake them up further.
Tldr; I’m an idiot
My childhood cat used to catch and eat mice. Unfortunately, it would leave their entrails on the kitchen floor. Listening to my mother curse, when she discovered them with her bare feet, was an interesting way to be woken up.
I think you got off lightly with the stuffed toy. 🤷♂️😅
Being murdered for being trans while living in Oregon. It shouldn’t happen, but it’s not impossible.
Damn, sorry that’s a reality you’re forced to live in.
Two people hit it with a downvote.
I have no idea what the downvotes are trying to communicate.
- ”that’s right, tranny, we’re coming for you”
- ”this content doesn’t improve Lemmy“
- ”trans people aren’t discriminated against”
Or something else entirely that I can’t articulate.
Whatever the reasons for the downvotes people have left, my feelings are true and I feel them.
Make it three downvotes, because this thread is about least logical fears.
Thanks for explaining yours.
(And man, I hate it when other people validate that I’m in deep shit. Makes it real, you know?)
People downvote me all the time. I usually deserve it, unlike you in this case. Either way Fuck em, try not to care. Any thought you put into it is largely wasted.
The users who downvoted you were iconoclast@feddit.uk and FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world. I’m sure it would make their respective day(s) if you asked them.
I’ve given up trying to make heads or tails of downvoters’ behavior. I am convinced that some people here either think there is some “algorithm” that will magically stop showing them some type of content if they downvote it (I can’t imagine I’ve pissed in that many people’s cornflakes, so that’s my theory anyhow) and others who don’t quite understand that there’s no such thing here as reddit style karma.
I dunno. It is what it is. I think fewer people realize than they should that votes are publicly accessible on Lemmy, though.
(Don’t look at me. I haven’t downvoted anyone in four months.)
Yeah, there’s enough content on Lemmy to see everything in a half hour and then get on with the day. I like that.
The algorithm is set to “here’s everything except what you blocked.”
Suddenly falling over the railing that separates me from the long fall below.
I don’t generally have balance issues, and I know hundreds of people have successfully leaned on that railing, but I’ll be good standing a few steps back.
But I’d really prefer if everyone stood back, because it’s stressing me out to watch.
Small birds. Their tiny little dinosaur motions. Jerky and predatory. I have monkey brain issues with them and it takes all I have to override it.
Having a slug come into contact with my feet or my socks or my shoes, but only if I am wearing them at the time. Anywhere else on my body is fine. I don’t know what harm will come from this occuring. I do know it is fine if a slug is touching my shoe, I pick it off, and then put on the shoe. My fear of snails is likely but unverified.
Are you, perhaps, immortal?
My wife has an irrational fear of slugs, like completely locked up and shaking if she sees one. We have spent 20 years together trying to figure out where her phobia came from.
She is in therapy now and was talking through it with her therapist and the therapist asked “what do you fear will happen” my wife told her all the images that flash in her mind when she thinks about slugs. Turns out the therapist is a big horror movie fan and knew of a movie where those exact things happened.
Well about the time that the movie came out on VHS my wife was being watched by an abusive relative who liked to rent scary movies and force her to watch them.
