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Old Dec 04, 2014, 01:22 AM
hamster-bamster hamster-bamster is offline
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Originally Posted by BobbyDavis View Post
Just think, when he got his first job she wouldn’t have even been born.
And what? She would not have even been born. He would not have even been born. But so what? Why ewww? What makes you go ewww, if you can describe it?

I mean - people have idiosyncratic reactions. I detest and am even afraid of snakes, so EWWW. But it does not make snakes bad. I realize intellectually that snakes are a part of our ecosystem and respect their place in it, but idiosyncratically, it is EWWW for me. They are slimy. They... they.. creepy. And can be poisonous, too. I am so glad I live in a place without snakes.

So that is idiosyncratic, and that is fairly common. My mother was even more afraid of and disgusted by snakes. It is not rare. If somebody were disgusted by fluffy kittens, that would be unusual, but being disgusted by snakes is not unusual, so I am normal in the statistical sense. But still, it does not make snakes bad - that I am not alone in feeling this kind of disgust at the sight of a snake does not make snakes bad.
Thanks for this!
Shadix