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There was a segment Sesame Street would occasionally show about the production of an I-beam that would have me running out of the room screaming whenever it came on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFZurjkjs6M

The eerie glowing metal is bad enough when you're four and don't know what's going on, but the clanging piano music accompanying it sent me over the edge. I had nightmares about the 'I On Fire' long after my Sesame Street-watching days were over.
Hell, watching this youtube clip has got me all tense, and I'm 24.
 
Gengar in Pokemon Stadium scarred me for life. I honestly had nightmares when I saw him.
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out0v0rder said:
Did you see the troll image with the holes all over the girls arms and legs? Im shivering and laughing at the same time.
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The finger shoop before that was an ancient internet one. It was like the mouth of some sea creature shooped on to a finger tip. I remember being freaked out by it in like 2004, lol.
 
Unprepared meat. Working with it before it's cooked or fried can almost make me throw up for some reason. Same thing if I'm trying to eat it and a stray thought about what I'm actually having in my mouth (dead animal) happens to pop up in my head... And I hate most vegetables too, so I can't really go veggie either :lol In the end it's just molecules but that's a pretty poor comfort when my gag reflex goes mad for no apparent reason :(

Seeing my father cook a moose head in the garage as a child probably didn't help either haha. Can almost remember the stench 15+ years later. He needed to boil the skin off etc so he could put the horns on the wall.
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
YES. Terrified me when I was three. Ruined Sesame Street for me.

Edit: I like how there are now three posts from people traumatized by Sesame Street.
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+1 Goddamn you, Henson!


Specifically that episode of Cosby show where Cliff eats too late, even though Claire warned it would cause nightmares, and subsequently has a nightmare where his sandwich starts talking to him. The sandwich and freakin' Snuffleupagus bothered the hell out of me. Mostly it was Snuffy, but the whole thing was pretty freakin' creepy. I guess since it was a nightmare it's meant to creep you out, so maybe it doesn't belong in this thread.
 
SapientWolf said:
Dry saxophone reeds. They're the worst. Just thinking about them makes my teeth hurt.
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That's inevitably why I quit playing Alto Sax in my move from middle school to high school.

They didn't bother me for a long time but eventually it was torture.
 
Doctor West said:
Belly buttons.
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As always first post nails it.
Touching it is such a weird sensation too , no sir, I do not like having my belly button touched.

When I was a kid I was creeped out by tractors , especially the harvester kind (not quite as big as combines).
Things seemed fucking dangerous when driving by on the road, and gargantuan in the eyes of a kid.
 
When I/other people touch metal forks and spoons with my/their teeth ... oh my god.

The sound of scraping anything on those "holographic" pictures ... the ones with the bunch of ridges that have a different picture when you tilt it a different way. I don't know if that makes sense, hopefully you get it. But that sound makes me want to die.
 
Fingernails that are torn off.... ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu grosses me out just thinking about it.

Oh and extremely obese people. I cant handle it.
 
Bugs bigger than 1/3 inch.

Pretty girls, they can feel your anxiety and somehow make you feel, look and talk like an idiot.

Electrical engineering's math, when I saw one friend's exam I got scared of how ridiculously hard the career will be :( .
 
topanga said:
When I/other people touch metal forks and spoons with my/their teeth ... oh my god.

The sound of scraping anything on those "holographic" pictures ... the ones with the bunch of ridges that have a different picture when you tilt it a different way. I don't know if that makes sense, hopefully you get it. But that sound makes me want to die.
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This reminds me of people that chew on aluminum foil. THAT SHIT is pretty wtf.

I've said this before in another thread, and it doesn't really creep me out anymore but still... Whenever someone rubs their hands or feet on some type of fabric (usually jeans or carpet) it is as if I can feel what they're feeling in my own extremities just by watching them.
 
I just learned that Daschunds creep me out.

I guess I never met one in real life, but I was at Petsmart and one was walking around and I nearly gagged.

I'm looking at a google image right now and...*puke*
 
ryutaro's mama said:
Baby steps man.

Don't be in such a hurry to find yourself that you engage in reckless behavior.

Take your time, pick your spots in life and go for it.

Maybe your religion was right for you, maybe it was wrong but you are an adult now.

It's time for YOU to decide what place it will have in your life now, going forward.
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he's over 21 and has never had a drink, I don't think you need to tell him to slow down.
 
Seraphis Cain said:
Also, there's Genesis' Land of Confusion video. I swear that damn video scarred me for life as a kid. I can still hardly bear to watch it today.
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dude! do you know how many of my family members mock me because of that damn video? i hate it with a damn passion and thought i was alone... even if its just one person, i feel vindicated.

also, mac tonite. fuck that moon faced bastard
 
finger nails creep me out. can't stand hearing/seeing people clip their nails. don't really like it when other people touch my nails either.
 
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first thing i ever saw in a cinema theatre.

We were running late and we came into the movie just around that part, the moment i sit that huge fucking cgi sand tiger comes up at the big ass screen (wich i had never seen before). Nightmares for weeks. Never watched the movie again and playing Aladdin's world in Kingdom Hearts felt kinda weird to be honest. I was thinking the whole time that the fuckin tiger would appear for some reason or other. Dead serious.
 
FromTheFuture said:
Holes clustered together as in trypophobia. Chills down my spine just thinking about it.
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This, so much. I actually didn't know what it was called until now.

Thought I was the only one who was creeped out by this but I guess not. Yuck.
 
thebeeks said:
There was a segment Sesame Street would occasionally show about the production of an I-beam that would have me running out of the room screaming whenever it came on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFZurjkjs6M

The eerie glowing metal is bad enough when you're four and don't know what's going on, but the clanging piano music accompanying it sent me over the edge. I had nightmares about the 'I On Fire' long after my Sesame Street-watching days were over.
Hell, watching this youtube clip has got me all tense, and I'm 24.
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On the topic of creepy Sesame Street clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws_vnXup7so

This clip with Smokey Robinson and a letter U scared me so much as a kid. Argh, just leave him alone you creepy U!
 
TheGreatMightyPoo said:
Ladybugs.
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I hate ladybugs. They aren't as terrifying as spiders or centipedes but they still bother me. Probably because if they start crawling on you it's hard to get them off. They're so gross looking on their underside.

I've always hated all insects but for some reason I like moths. Maybe it's because they're fuzzy.

Also, CLOWNS! I don't mind mimes but clowns have always scared the crap out of me, typically. It's that scary looking way that they smile. I have no idea what they're thinking but they sure as hell don't look happy.
 
When I was a kid in the 80's, there were these PSAs that would show people falling off ladders, or getting electrocuted from downed power lines and stuff. The worst part is that during the buildup to the death scene, this horrible music would play to build suspense. It was 3 notes on a violin/cello/something that they would play once, wait a few seconds, play them again, wait a few seconds, and then play them again just before death.

Scared the shit out of me. I would run out of the room or cover my ears and shut my eyes. Can't find any on youtube, unfortunately.

Also, I loved the HELL out of Arnold Schwartzenegger movies, Conan especially, but this scene was too much for me to handle. I'd seen the movie dozens of times at home and would always leave the room during this part:

(Apologies, could not find a full version on youtube, so this clip with the asshole talking over it will have to suffice. Just mute him.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlDsaktbu30&feature=related#t=5m21s
 
Fruits, not the ones like corn or cucumbers or whatever but the "traditional" fruits like bananas, apples, pinapples, etc. Every time I try eating them I just gag and spit them out. I think it's a texture thing.
 
Gunloc said:
Sometimes looking up into a vast, clear sky gives me the shivers. Almost like gravity will just cease to exist.
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Yep, this used to fuck me up real good. I've had two long periods where I had trouble walking outside because I "felt" that I would fall into the sky. Very silly, but it felt so real and plausible. Basically made me a shut-in nerve-wreck for a few years. I'm no longer bothered by it, but I still won't willingly spend much time near the open ocean, on a mountain, near very tall buildings, or near any other large, flat expanse.

Lines used to be a big problem too for a while. Especially slowly moving lines in supermarkets or airports, or even in traffic when I'm driving. I felt so trapped. Luckily, I've grown out of that problem too.

Now, not much. Perhaps spiders and wasps inside my apartment.
 
Al-ibn Kermit said:
Fruits, not the ones like corn or cucumbers or whatever but the "traditional" fruits like bananas, apples, pinapples, etc. Every time I try eating them I just gag and spit them out. I think it's a texture thing.
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...fairly certain those are considered "vegetables"

Moofers said:
(Apologies, could not find a full version on youtube, so this clip with the asshole talking over it will have to suffice. Just mute him.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlDsaktbu30&feature=related#t=5m21s
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Asshole? :( You need to get acquainted with Doug Walker, my friend.
 
AbsoluteZero said:
...fairly certain those are considered "vegetables"



Asshole? :( You need to get acquainted with Doug Walker, my friend.
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Corn is a fruit and so are cucumbers. Did you know that a cucumber is a berry? Yep, thats right.
 
WickedCobra03 said:
Corn is a fruit and so are cucumbers. Did you know that a cucumber is a berry? Yep, thats right.
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Technically yes, but for general public most would consider corn & cucumbers vegetables with tomatoes being the only thing to be toeing the line between the fruit/vegetable divide.
 
WickedCobra03 said:
Corn is a fruit and so are cucumbers. Did you know that a cucumber is a berry? Yep, thats right.
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biologically speaking, there is no such thing as a vegetable
vegetables are actually fruits or roots
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