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aussiedave

Five More Things

Mar 13, 2009 22:34

Courtesy of messyfragments :
( The irrational fear of marrying evil swearing Taoists... )

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messyfragments March 16 2009, 17:31:09 UTC

and I just thought I was scared of spiders because they have an un-human shape - it turns out people are phobic of things that look less like them - i.e. not scared of big looks like you rip your arms off bears or gorillas etc. but massive scared of spiders and stick insects. I did a survey on it once - well made up some data to fit the theory anyways ( ... )

aussiedave March 16 2009, 19:40:02 UTC

Heh. Joe Jackson recorded a song at the beginning of the 'eighties the refrain of which was "Everything gives you cancer." I think of it every time I hear the latest diet scare. Red meat's bad for you; red meat's essential for you; red wine's bad for you; red wine's full of health-giving antioxidants. Carbs was the crowning moment for me; carbohydrates are actually the body's fuel! Why the hell would you cut them out? I generally think that eating everything in some kind of moderation is probably the best bet ( ... )