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10-05-2007, 03:26 AM
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That's where these evolution-type theories come in. Most people have either a snake or spider phobia. And it seems totally irrational. Wouldn't it make sense that we were born with them, and that maybe it is something carried over from long ago?
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10-05-2007, 03:27 AM
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But then how do you explain those that DONT have that phobia?
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10-05-2007, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Stargazer
But I have never been bitten by a spider nor been harmed in any way by one. Neither has anyone I know immediately. And yet I have always been phobic of them. There's just some sort of innate creepiness about them.
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See, I don't buy that. I think they're cool. It's all about conditioning you get as a child. I guess I never saw them as creepy, but even if I had, you know people can learn to like them. I hope that means spiders are not really just creepy by nature.
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10-05-2007, 03:30 AM
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See, I don't buy that. I think they're cool. It's all about conditioning you get as a child. I guess I never saw them as creepy, but even if I had, you know people can learn to like them. I hope that means spiders are not really just creepy by nature.
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I think there's something primordially creepy about spiders. Many people feel that way about snakes. |
10-05-2007, 03:33 AM
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See, I don't buy that. I think they're cool. It's all about conditioning you get as a child. I guess I never saw them as creepy, but even if I had, you know people can learn to like them. I hope that means spiders are not really just creepy by nature.
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I never had any "conditioning" as a child....books and learning was a large part of my upbringing so everything got read about and studied. Any preconceived animal dislikes came from personal opinion and reading about them. Spiders were one.
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10-05-2007, 03:37 AM
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My first experience of spiders was Charlotte's Web (remember that from, like, first grade?). Based on that, you'd think I'd want to cuddle up with a bunch of them!
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10-05-2007, 03:46 AM
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I hate them because they are always forcing me to purchase them  |
10-05-2007, 03:50 AM
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Best response so far on this thread!
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10-05-2007, 03:58 AM
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OK Star, does this guy look cuddly? I think so, but it might be misleading. So it is with spiders. They might look creepy, but they're really cute, fuzzy and cuddly; just like a baby bunny 
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10-05-2007, 04:01 AM
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