# What were people scared of in the past that now seems funny?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653 "2010-10-28T13:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/141 "2010-11-02T18:52:15Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> Does sleeping (or going outside) with wet hair count?

I was roundly mocked by my partner for not wantiong to go outside with wet hair. I had to roundly put him right by pointing out it had nothing to do with imagined health threats and everythig to do with the wind tangling it and making it dry funny!

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/142 "2010-11-02T19:30:48Z")

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Witches. (She turned me into a newt!)

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/143 "2010-11-02T19:54:07Z")

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The [internet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/).

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/144 "2010-11-02T20:05:26Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> revolving doors . . . actually, some people are still scared of them.

Hey, revolving doors are scary! If you’re not careful, you can bang your head something fierce by getting distracted and trying to exit the door too early.

(I can’t be the only one who’s ever done that, right? It really hurt! And I’m still nervous in revolving doors.)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/145 "2010-11-02T20:10:56Z")

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> [@control-z](#):
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> Witches. (She turned me into a newt!)

You got better?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653/146 "2010-11-02T20:45:49Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> If you mean **Kyla** ’s anecdote, then no it hasn’t. There are plenty of available references, including Snopes

and including [The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1245/will-sleeping-in-a-closed-room-with-an-electric-fan-cause-death).

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