# Why is "fear of spiders (snakes, etc)" now something to "brag" about?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fear-of-spiders-snakes-etc-now-something-to-brag-about/834263 "2019-05-21T02:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fear-of-spiders-snakes-etc-now-something-to-brag-about/834263/21 "2019-05-21T23:07:33Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> People even seek out ways to be “scared” (it’s often being startled, not scared). Then they brag about how terrified they were.

I hear they even make movies just to scare people these days.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fear-of-spiders-snakes-etc-now-something-to-brag-about/834263/22 "2019-05-21T23:11:46Z")

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Stoopid things tend to trend. For some reason, saying that you’re OCD is somehow hip. When someone says “I’m so OCD,” I want to choke them. For one thing is not OCD, he _has_ or suffers from OCD. And secondly, someone with full-on OCD is not someone to be mocked. It’s a serious problem for them. Thing Saul’s brother Charles in _Better Call Saul_.

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