Late night Kinja: phobias

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 08/26/2016 at 06:48 • Filed to: None

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Is there a name for a phobia of illogical things? I was thinking about some of the stuff that illogically frightens me and realized that what they have in common is a propensity to do things with no rhyme or reason and with little regard to expected behaviour. Most of the time my reaction is anger. If, for example, a brand new car were to throw a rod and no cause for the failure could be found. I would be pissed. That makes no sense. No reason for it. But it more applies to people. Small children and mentally ill people. I can’t stand being near either. It’s not insensitivity, but the oftentimes random verbal ejaculations and nonsensical behavior results in a very strong urge to *get away*.

Interestingly this phobia doesn’t apply to disorder or entropy. Entropy is logical. Stuff returns to chaos. That makes sense. It happens for a reason. A toddler running up to me and yelling “I LOVE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!” is likely to freak me out a bit. It’s so out of left field and for absolutely no purpose. I had a co-worker that would be sitting there in silence and then randomly say something like “one time my cat threw up on a book” and then not speak for another ten minutes. Why? What the fuck!? Dude creeped me the hell out.

Uh, rant over I guess.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 06:52

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Okay, it started out at mentally ill people and ejaculations... then somehow we got to children running around yelling about chocolate ice cream. One of us is super tired.

X37.9XXS > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 06:53

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Wow! You’re fun

Can I take you home and torture you?

VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 07:01

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I get it. I’m more likely to laugh at the general illogical stupidity of the moment than react though. Maybe if you are pushed deeper it will develop further into something akin to giving up on it and laughing inside.

I hate the awkward moments when you meet a person with a syndrome or brain injury, and are forced to quickly learn how to speak with them appropriately, it’s a bit harder than just trying not to talk about booze around alkies, or recovering alkies.

xyzabc > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 07:09

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Don’t let your “fears” run your life.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 08/26/2016 at 07:10

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I’ve been in a car since 8:00

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. 08/26/2016 at 07:11

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I get scared and it usually manifests as anger. Super fun to deal with. I just avoid putting myself in those situations when possible.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 07:40

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Sounds less like “illogical” and more “unpredictable”. Illogical would be a friend telling you that fade mileage is the most important thing in their car choice and them driving a Tahoe.

Funktheduck > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 07:50

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By definition phobias are irrational. I wouldn't call what you described phobias. Possibly an anxiety thing.

jariten1781 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/26/2016 at 07:53

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Well, phobia itself is defined as an ‘irrational fear’. The suffix ‘ia’ is for abstract female gendered nouns and ‘phob’s root comes from flight (ie you fly in fear of things). So if you twist the definition of abstract to irrational and violate word structure a bit you can get ‘iaphobe’.

I thus deem you the world's first 'iaphobe'.

OPPOsaurus WRX > X37.9XXS 08/26/2016 at 08:03

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JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > X37.9XXS 08/26/2016 at 11:18

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Careful. He’s probably into that

X37.9XXS > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 08/26/2016 at 11:48

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He already approved it

Now, for the weird part.......