The current US federal government.
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Answering a question like this in a place where it could be hoovered up by a hostile foreign power. I'm not interesting enough to be targeted specifically but they can cast a wide net and stash away the info for a rainy day.
Oh, what the heck, couldn't really hurt. My greatest fear is friendly medium/large dogs (Labrador Retriever to Irish Wolfhound-ish) followed closely by collections of good science fiction books and too much time to read them.
Dogs can be scary.
Accidentally inhaling a drinking straw.
Much less of a problem now that I've stopped using them, admittedly.
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That a huge carpet of ants will sweep into my neighbourhood and eat everything, including me. I blame Macgyver.
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Blood tests. I guess it is understandable from an emotional viewpoint but it is certainly not logical. I also can't watch scenes in movies where they inject drugs. Eeeeh!!!!
Needles are rough
Broken glass or porcelain, but specifically the idea that splinter sized shards could get missed, end up in my fingers or toes, I could somehow completely miss that they did, and then they'd just randomly cause intense sharp pinpricks of pain randomly for the rest of my life.
Like full on panic attack from a dropped glass breaking near me.
Like, I know how to deal with it, but still. Just put on your shoes, some gloves, carefully sweep up what you can, vaccuum with something that doesn't blast air everywhere, then wipe a damp paper towel over the area to get any stragglers. If I'm extra paranoid I'll let it dry then sweep and vacuum again.
I think it comes from some weird and intense growing pains I had like that growing up, plus repeated times in school I ended up getting nearly invisible stinging papercuts on my fingers.
then they'd just randomly cause intense sharp pinpricks of pain randomly for the rest of my life.
If it helps at all, your body will push foreign objects like glass out of your body. You'll probably get a glass like sliver after a while that you could pull out.
needles at the doctor. getting my shots and withdrawing blood is such a mental hassle for me
Lately. Drivers
In my city there’s some people that scare me when I’m on the sidewalk.
I can't wait for driverless cars.