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Ensis Ferrae wrote:

You ever been to war? It's pretty cliche to say that there are no atheists in a foxhole, but it's pretty damn true.

I wouldnt have mentioned war if I hadnt bro!

I'm a green beret! I was marking targets in Iraq 24 hours before shock and awesome even started, and in Kuwait as early as January, the good ol USMC 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit was attached to our brigade (3 Commando) when we invaded Umm Quasr and we went back again two years later because it was so much fun.

I went to the Gan twice as well. Oh and Sierra Leone and NI for good measure.

There arent many American atheists in foxholes? What about these guys at Fort Bragg?

http://rockbeyondbelief.com

Macho bs aside, consider yourself friended, PM me some war stories.

my fears would be:

death
ghosts(seriously do you want one of them lookig at you while you are looking at a mirror)
the demonic (because there the things that can kill you)

The only one you need be concerned with is the first on the list
The other two don't exist

Waits for the influx of "Oh yes they do!!" replies
or should that be
Woo-oooh yes they dooooo-oooooo!!!

Deaths no biggie either.

Blissful ignorance of everything seems alright now, and im not old and fethed up yet. If I get to 80, my bodies fethed and I need to piss three times a night, Ill be beggin for it.

Wyrmalla wrote:I dislike heights

My motto is, If i can see the bottom and there are people than i can still see (and are bigger than bushes) then i can jump off it.

I need to add something to the hates.

People who think they know everything about science because they took tons of physics. Sure you can try to explain that we don't really know how something works, but don't try to tell me I am wrong in my science.

At least in my science and the experience backing it, I can explain that it is right and works, while all you can say is that it doesn't but can't really prove it.


Also people who complain that I only got my job because of my family. Good, welcome to the real world. Its about who you know and who you are willing to blow, not who is best for the job. I am sure some day you will get over that I will make more money than you without having to do any real work.

One more: people who complain that I am not painting my own army. Only thing of mine I am not painting is 3 valks, and only cause the guy wanted to paint one, and I said why not all 3 so they are at least consistent.

Large crowds. You never know what sicko is in there, waiting to put a rusty knife in your back, and you can't tell him from anyone else. It leaves him so much leeway in hunting you down. He knows where you are, but you'll never see him.

Ugh.

Babies. I'll never outgrow the terror hammered into me by my younger sisters at a young age. I'd love to be a parent, but I'm gonna need some damn good booze to get me through that sane.

You won't need the booze.

It's different when it's your own cute little mewling puker!

Edit: It's when they become obnoxious teenagers you will need some bottleaid or canned soporific.

moom241 wrote:Large crowds. You never know what sicko is in there, waiting to put a rusty knife in your back, and you can't tell him from anyone else. It leaves him so much leeway in hunting you down. He knows where you are, but you'll never see him.

Ugh.

i never liked big crowds, just because I liked always having a "way out" of the crowd.. Well then I went down range, to Iraq.. now I REAALLLY hate big crowds.

Phobias:
Arthropod's with long thin legs... except for whip scorpions etc.

Hatreds:
Children
being bored

Number One Hatred: People making loud slurping noises when they eat, sends shivers up my spine and gives me dark thoughts. Makes me feel like a bad person!

Wasps, needles, heights and death.

I don't really have any...I'm not saying I won't be scared if in a certain situation etc, but as phobias go - nothing really stands out. I can't swim - but not because I have a fear of water...I feel left out now

I don't get why people have a fear of death, never really have. The only thing you should be fearful of is the manner in which you die - none of us would like to be tortured to death, so a fear of death by torture is rational - but death itself? It's inevitable, you might as well be afraid of the sun rising and setting, or of breathing itself

With you on all things there Warspawned
Am a little uneasy with heights. Possibly the only thing that would make me go panicky would be confined spaces.

So as long as I don't go pot holing I should be fine.

Phobias: heights, spiders, gypsies

Pet peeves: people who slurp/loud eaters, small children that constantly whine and/or scream, people who insist on touching food and then not taking it (happens every damn day where I work)

Hatreds: Will Ferrell movies, black licorice, Michael Vick (yeah, I went there)

Irrational Fears:

Heights, but I make myself walk out on catwalks at work even though I can see 30-100' straight down to the ground, depending on where I am.

Lightning. Having been near a lightning strike when i was younger, anytime there is a thunderstorm and I feel the hair on my arms start to stand up from static electricity, I head for cover.

Asking for help, and ants. Dont know why i just cant stand ants

Swarms of things
Spiders
That sound you get when you rub two bits of polystyrene foam together.