the stuffed toys, I have no problem with. It’s the virtual version, in proportion to all the virtual furniture and such. Oddly enough, my webkinz is a frog and is the same size as all the others (lions, elephants, cats, etc) and it doesn’t bother me at all. And the whole animals living in houses and wearing clothes thing doesn’t make it any better. I know it’s irrational. Like people saying something on Buffy is unrealistic.
and What Exit?- thank you
Other things that I find creepy:
Little kids spouting political opinions. Either on political commercials all “aren’t you worried about my healthcare?” or at protests or in whatever setting. Even if it’s stuff that I agree with, it weirds me out.
Colored contact lenses. The colors usually look wrong and the pattern on the iris looks wrong. Is that pattern actually on the lens or is there some refraction or something going on? I don’t know…they make people look robotic or alien somehow.
I also hate horseshoe crabs. What is this, 1 million BC?
The undersides of wrists. They’re all… veiny. If someone offered me $50 to touch my fingertip to my wrist, I’m not sure I could do it. I can’t even sleep if a wrist is upturned; I have to put them under a blanket or pillow.
Seriously! IMO, It’s very rude to use someone’s name before you’ve introduced yourself. It feels so invasive and as though I’m at a disadvantage. Similarly, I hate it when some guy asks me for my name and never tells me his before asking me out. My response is to a) give a fake name and b) extract myself from the conversation ASAP. shudder No way is that sort of creeptacular social ineptitude going to get you my number.
Baby corn on the cob, the kind you find in stir frys. There’s something unholy about them.
Listening to those call-in radio shows at night while driving, especially those call-in shows with radio hosts with sultry voices (Delilah, I’m thinking of you). Brrr!
Men’s muscle magazines. Well, ew.
Gyros. I cannot believe people eat lambs. They are one of the cutest animals in the world and I cannot believe normal people eat them. It’s akin to eating a puppy IMO.
Rick Bayless–so creepy that I can’t watch his cooking show for more than a few seconds without feeling like I’m sitting at the bottom of a pit, waiting for the lotion.
Ah! My brethren! I hate antiques, especially metal stuff. Especially if it’s tarnished or worn in some way. Oddly I’m not bothered by my own stuff that has become tarnished or worn, just old stuff.
Also, Egypt. The whole mummies, tombs, pyramids, etc, seriously creeps me out.
The lady on that show Cold Case. Never watched an episode, but occasionally I see a commercial and she makes my skin crawl. I don’t know if it’s the way that they pile up all of her hair above her tiny face or what, but she looks like a muppet.
People eating entire fish. Like someone eating a canned sardine- bones, disgusting silvery skin and all.
I don’t know the name, but there’s this British sitcom with a talking baby. They use a special effect to put an adult’s mouth on the baby’s face. So, there’s this tiny little face, with an adult mouth and a full set of teeth. Ugh.
Xtreem man style. Shaven heads, massive tats, 'roid builds. Just what nameless, faceless threat are we defending against, fellas? And do you care one tenth of one shit that when you’re out with a nice normal-looking woman, it looks like you’ve abducted her and we’re going to see her picture on Fox News?
Antique furniture, tools, etc. I don’t have a problem with. But glassware (those things that everyone bought half a century or more ago and nobody buys now), clothes, knick-knacks, and so on, make me think ‘Dead people’s stuff.’
Worms totally give me the creeps. The way they slink across the driveway when it rains and the way they *wriggle *if something touches them. (But snakes are fine… even the little worm-sized snakes.)
I’m with you on the colored contacts. Not only does the color usually look wrong, but the eye often looks infected to me. I hate the green ones the most, but the blue ones almost always look very wrong to me.
Oprah used to wear some green ones, I think on her show, years ago. Her eyes always looked itchy, irritated, and just wrong.
Hey, when I first started reading the dope years ago, one of the first threads I read was someone that said she had a fear of bees so strong that she couldn’t stand to see the word written. I was fascinated with that thread, but have never been able to find it. (hint, hint, to all my search-meisters).
The one from the childrens movie. Not aliens in general, not friendly otherworldly creatures, just that one specific wrinkled up skin-sock of pure devil-rivaling evil. To this day I haven’t gotten passed the first 30 minutes of the movie (not that I’ve tried in 10 years, but oh well).
The infirm/elderly and the sick. Lot’s of people are scared of hospitals; I’m disgusted by them. I used to have nightmares about them when I was a kid.
