I have an aversion to dots that borders on phobic. It's weird, but if there are lots of dots all together, especially if they are dark coloured, and uniformly sized and spaced and perfectly round, it freaks me out. It starts off with me not wanting to look at them, then I get shivers and all my hairs start standing up, then I start feeling queasy. If the Hatrack Hive Mind could psychologize their way through that one, I'd be interested.
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b boy, I have a similar problem with holes that are close together, especially if they can stretch to a bigger size.
To understand what I mean, take some silly putty and smush it flat. Then poke several holes in it with a paper clip all together. Stretch out the silly putty and watch the holes grow.
I HATE that. But I do it with silly putty anyway. I don't know why!!
I think it's because of a parasite that my cat had once. It was some sort of weird fly or larva that left a hole in her skin and you could see it moving sometimes. The vet took it out and said it was common. But it was sooooooo gross. I don't even like to think about it.
I also have a hard time thinking about it being skin on someone's body... so lemon shaped holes bother me, too. (Like if something was slit and then pulled apart.)
This video looks kind of like swarms of flies, gnats, or some kind of bug, though. And that's different than what I'm talking about. But still icky.
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I though it was very funny to watch as the storm hit the airport, the airplanes circle back away for awhile, and eventually most of them get around it and land, except for one lone plane that went southwest and choose an airport in a different town. That's probably where my packages end up -- some other town due to a thunderstorm.... Posts: 9538 | Registered: Aug 2003
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Wow, I'm really sorry that I missed this before the thread slipped off the first page...
I wish the root of my phobia was something as entertaining as a "near fatal brain freeze incident from Dippin' Dots". That would be some quality storytelling rights.
Katarain: just reading about the putty with the holes is making me queasy. But you're right, thinking of them stretching AND with your cat parasite story definitely adds to the freakiness factor...
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I do think that the second looks like insects of some sort crawling in and out of the map. But it's somehow almost hypnotically relaxing (and I really like the music with it.) It disturbs me at the same time as it relaxes me. I want to watch it over and over (so I saved it.)
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quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Anybody know what tune is playing in the second one?
I don't know, but I want to.
Teshi, I think it's the "insects crawling in and out of flesh" image in my head that's disturbing me.
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The song playing in the second one is an instrumental arrangement of "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin. I'm not sure why they chose going to California, since it seems clear to me that most of them were Going to Memphis.
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