What Do You Fear?

[hux]

Forgetting my safeword.

 

[Taylirious]

I could be totally wrong but I think fear comes from the feeling of lack, lack of knowledge or understanding, lack of ability and lack of love?

 

[sojourner]

You're totally wrong.

 

[thestrangequark]

I really don't have any existential fears. I don't know if this means I am busy, shallow, or brilliant.

 

[Taylirious]

You're totally wrong.

Can you please enlighten me?

 

[Amaris]

I could be totally wrong but I think fear comes from the feeling of lack, lack of knowledge or understanding, lack of ability and lack of love?

Perhaps not for everything, but my fear is most certainly rooted in either a prolonged lack of love, or the cessation of love, along with the cessation of life.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Well, maybe I'm just not deep enough, but...the things I fear, I fear them because THEY SCARE THE LIVING SHIT out of me.

 

[MANT!]

Carnies...can't stand them..

Seriously, some of my worst fears HAVE been realized over the past few years..and I've been able to cope with each..those who know me understand how..but this does not mean I have conquered those fears..only that I've developed coping mechanisms and no longer let them control me..

One must face those fears..

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What's a carnie?

 

[Gaith]

General: severe boredom over most of the next 6 months.
Specific: encountering big-ass NYC-style roaches while inside.

 

[Amaris]

What's a carnie?

Carnival worker.

 

[wulfio]

What's a carnie?

The people in the safety dance by men without hats video. Or are you pointing out his spelling mistake?

 

[The Old Mixer]

[FDR]...FEAR ITSELF![/FDR]

Had to be done.

 

[Amaris]

[FDR]...FEAR ITSELF![/FDR]

Had to be done.

Reminds me of an old Andy Griffith episode, where Barney tried to go into (what he thought was) a haunted house to retrieve a baseball.

Andy: "Wasn't it you that said we got nothing to fear but fear itself?"
Barney: "Well that's exactly what I've got, 'fear itelf!'"

 

[MANT!]

What's a carnie?

The people in the safety dance by men without hats video. Or are you pointing out his spelling mistake?

Not really..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carny

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnies_(film)

both spellings are valid..

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ And I didn't recognize either one. Trust me, I really did not know what that word meant.

 

[wulfio]

I like them. Seems like a fun crowd.

 

[Data Holmes]

Never sharing my life with someone.

 

[sojourner]

You're totally wrong.

Can you please enlighten me?

Aren't there enough examples in this thread to illustrate the point?

 

[Taylirious]

You're totally wrong.

Can you please enlighten me?

Aren't there enough examples in this thread to illustrate the point?

I got the "feeling of lack" from the fears listed. If one feels they have knowledge or understanding of something, they have confidence in their abilities and feels loved + the feeling they can love, what do they have to fear?