Litiquette VI

[parker77]

Yesterday we talked about vices. The things we cannot control in ourselves. The shitty green food is a vice I wouldn't wish upon anyone.

Today, tell us the areas where you're determined or where you have self-discipline. What parts of your life are you in complete control?

i’m detrrmined about everything i do. no point in doin anything any other way. i’m confident in my abilities in numerous fields and work to be prepared for a multitude of possibilities. but, the very idea of being, “in complete control,” is, in my opinion, a canard. as Martin Mull once crooned, “flexibility made the most of me, i’m willin’ to roll with the punches; opportunity came along to me now they take me out for hundred dollar lunches.”

 

[Lord Pmann]

My main one is roaches. Or any roach like bug- palmetto bug, certain beetles, etc. I hate them. I don't know why they need to sly. I don't know the meaning of their antennas. They're vile and I wish I could eliminate them from the Earth.

 

[SassySheDevil]

I'm sort of in line with LW
My biggest fear prior to having kids, was being abducted/murdered. Especially before they caught the fuck that did do that to my best friend. Once they caught him, I still had a horrible fear of it. I hated being alone. I hated being outside after dark alone. If my family/husband went out of town, I slept with a knife under my pillow until I eventually got a gun.
Then when he got moved to the Prison in my City, Those fears came back full force. I thought he'd get out, and come find me (thanks to my info being in a book about it)

Once I had kids. It turned to worry over them. I hated them being out of sight. I went to every meeting for sex offenders, I was obsessed with worry.
Now I think I've stopped worrying about them. Since they are adults. But I still hate to even go out to the barn alone at night.

 

[Lord Pmann]

...I went to every meeting for sex offenders...

Yeah, I have to go to those damned meetings too. Stupid judge.

 

[SassySheDevil]

Yeah, I have to go to those damned meetings too. Stupid judge.

They haven't made you wear a cock cage yet? Throw away the key!!

 

[Dribble]

What’s ironic is that they aren’t trying to be cool...they actually think they are being unique. Which of course is laughable.

I read this the other day and had a good laugh about the "hipster effect” : https://www.npr.org/2019/03/10/7020...ters-look-alike-by-mistaking-photo-as-himself

Now I am laughing again. Wow...no narcissistic behavior there.

 

[Suz_anne]

My most rational irrational fear is bridges. Big bridges, little bridges, highway overpasses, draw bridges (although they scare me the least).

I like how bridges look, I am sometimes fascinated by how they are constructed, I love the water that many of them span... but goddamnit, I hate driving across them, walking across them... getting stuck on one makes my anxiety skyrocket. And a rope bridge that crosses a big gorge with pointy rocks at the bottom? Go eff yourself.

I have no bad bridge experience that would explain this fear.

 

[tnman03]

My most rational irrational fear is bridges. Big bridges, little bridges, highway overpasses, draw bridges (although they scare me the least).

I like how bridges look, I am sometimes fascinated by how they are constructed, I love the water that many of them span... but goddamnit, I hate driving across them, walking across them... getting stuck on one makes my anxiety skyrocket. And a rope bridge that crosses a big gorge with pointy rocks at the bottom? Go eff yourself.

I have no bad bridge experience that would explain this fear.

I'm fine with bridges until I'm stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of one at which point I'm very uneasy. I've crawled around under enough bridges and read the state of repair reports to have learned which ones to try to avoid whenever possible. So yeah. bridges that carry vehicles aren't a favorite. Pedestrian bridges bother me less and I'd go right cross a rope or wire bridge once I'd had a chance to eyeball it.

 

[Orchidea73]

My most rational irrational fear is falling into emptiness. I don't know how to explain. Very often I have this vivid imagination, I can visualise and feel it very intensely that I'm falling and falling and it doesn't stop.

 

[StacyLeigh]

I pride myself on being rational and logical so most crazy fears escape me....except clowns and vantriliquist dummies.

My palms getting sweaty just thinking about them. So creepy, so soulless, so dead inside.... I’m more terrified of clowns and dolls than of an ax murderer.

 

[blade_rocknut]

I have quite the fear of falling. Some might say I'm afraid of heights, but no; it's the prospect of falling that bothers me.

As an extension of this, I don't do carnival rides, coasters, or anything of the sort. I don't need to pay someone to put me in a "fuck this shit" situation.

I'm fine driving a boat at 70 mph, but to ride with someone else at that speed, I'm white knuckling the grab rail and my asshole is sucking buttermilk.

I didn't realize I was afraid of drowning until my first triathlon. Major panic ensued. It's irrational, because I can swim just fine. As soon as that little panic creeps in though, the heart rate spikes, breathing gets shallow and rapid, and then I'm screwed. It's a relatively common occurrence, and has cost quite a number of folks their lives in bigger races where the lifeguards aren't so densely spaced.

 

[Orchidea73]

Some might say I'm afraid of heights, but no; it's the prospect of falling that bothers me.

Exactly!

As an extension of this, I don't do carnival rides, coasters, or anything of the sort. I don't need to pay someone to put me in a "fuck this shit" situation.

And yet, I love flying. Skydiving. Go figure. lol
Bungee jumping is smth that I would like to do also, but haven't had the courage.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

I have a pretty healthy fear of cum near my face. It's almost a phobia.

It's interesting to read those accounts of fear of your kids being abducted. I should by some accounts have this fear as I was abducted when I was 6. I have way more trust in society than the average American. But sexual assault, that I'm hyper vigilant about. I know just how prevalent these incidents are in children's lives and I'm always taking precautions as needed to address sexual assault red flags. I am learning that some adults have absolutely no respect for boundaries and kids definitely need their parents to not only advocate for them, but enforce boundaries to protect kids from toxic behavior. So, not a fear, rational approach....

There's not much else that scares me. I'm thankful for that.

 

[blade_rocknut]

Exactly!



And yet, I love flying. Skydiving. Go figure. lol
Bungee jumping is smth that I would like to do also, but haven't had the courage.

I don't think i wanna skydive, but I've no problems flying. Actually kinda enjoyed the handful of flights I've had.

 

[blade_rocknut]

I have a pretty healthy fear of cum near my face. It's almost a phobia.

It's interesting to read those accounts of fear of your kids being abducted. I should by some accounts have this fear as I was abducted when I was 6. I have way more trust in society than the average American. But sexual assault, that I'm hyper vigilant about. I know just how prevalent these incidents are in children's lives and I'm always taking precautions as needed to address sexual assault red flags. I am learning that some adults have absolutely no respect for boundaries and kids definitely need their parents to not only advocate for them, but enforce boundaries to protect kids from toxic behavior. So, not a fear, rational approach....

There's not much else that scares me. I'm thankful for that.

I don't trust society further than I can throw Corbal, and that ain't very far. Bitch has two inches on me.
I've tried to strike a balance teaching my kids caution and skepticism without paranoia. That's a tough balance. The daughter had a boyfriend who wasn't treating her well. Not abusive, mind you; just not *well*. Fortunately, she heeded the signs and ditched him.
Then he got arrested for impersonating a LEO. Go figure.

 

[Endless_Night]

- Heights. Does that count as irrational? Probably not.

- THINGS IN THE OCEAN

I once spent a week scuba diving off Grand Cayman, trying to get past this one. Sort of immersion therapy. Between underwater hysteria and dry land whimpering, I was a flipping basket case by trip end. Just thinking about it still gives me the shakes. F**k.

- Wood roaches. All kinds. Gaaaaaaah.

 

[Endless_Night]

What is it with the clowns?

I look at one of those things and think: Painted face person who’s made some seriously strange life choices.

My bestie - a bruising country girl, with 60 pounds on me and who is afraid of nothing and no-one, and who once, before my very eyes, took down a guy with 60 pounds on her that tried to waylay us when leaving a nightclub - sees one.

And practically pees herself.

 

[StacyLeigh]

What is it with the clowns?

I look at one of those things and think: Painted face person who’s made some seriously strange life choices.

My bestie - a bruising country girl, with 60 pounds on me and who is afraid of nothing and no-one, and who once, before my very eyes, took down a guy with 60 pounds on her that tried to waylay us when leaving a nightclub - sees one.

And practically pees herself.

They are creepy AF. But also, the makeup is unsettling, hiding personality and identity.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

They are creepy AF. But also, the makeup is unsettling, hiding personality and identity.

I've been a clown more than once.

Once I was on crutches. I shared the living shit out of someone at a gas station. He was flipping through magazines and I tapped him on the shoulder and the look on his face when he turned around... He looked like his spleen ruptured. When he finally calmed down, he explained "never in a million years did I expect to see a clown on crutches in a gas station".

 

[Orchidea73]

I've been a clown more than once.

Once I was on crutches. I shared the living shit out of someone at a gas station. He was flipping through magazines and I tapped him on the shoulder and the look on his face when he turned around... He looked like his spleen ruptured. When he finally calmed down, he explained "never in a million years did I expect to see a clown on crutches in a gas station".

AHAHAHAHAHH I'm imagining this and can't stop laughing. Thank you. LOL

 

[Endless_Night]

They are creepy AF. But also, the makeup is unsettling, hiding personality and identity.

Yeah, I get a lot of people think so, but it just doesn't click for me. I guess that's why it's an irrational fear.

Still, I would like to *get* it, at least a little. It's a tad disconcerting to see her slide into a puddle of babbling goo.

I've been a clown more than once.

Once I was on crutches. I shared the living shit out of someone at a gas station. He was flipping through magazines and I tapped him on the shoulder and the look on his face when he turned around... He looked like his spleen ruptured. When he finally calmed down, he explained "never in a million years did I expect to see a clown on crutches in a gas station".

OMG. I just about peed myself laughing!

 

[JennyNo1]

I hate roaches, but I have that irrational fear of crickets. So....unpredictable. One summer there was an infestation going on in our area - the fuckers were piled up everywhere. I was sitting in my aunt's kitchen about midnight having a gabfest when all of a sudden she jumped up and started dancing around like Elaine on Seinfeld. Turns out one had fallen from the light fixture straight down the back of her top. Uggghhh. *shudders*

Also, darkness. That sheer, utter darkness where you can't see your hand in front of your face. It makes me panic.

 

[Dribble]

Evil. Pure evil. My first wife and I would take midnight walks. One night, as we walked down the path we had walked a thousand times before, a feeling came over me. I stopped walking. Instant fight or flight. She looked at me and asked, "do you feel that too?". We turned around. I picked up several rocks until i found ones that fit the palm of my hand in a closed fist. If you ever feel it, you never doubt that evil, beyond human evil, exists.

 

[85Ironman]

I have a pretty healthy fear of cum near my face. It's almost a phobia.

How is it that no one is talking about this tidbit?

(Sorry, Aussie. Had to be done...)

 

[Lord Pmann]

I've been a clown more than once.

I’ve fucked a clown more than once too.