Thursday, September 17, 2020

Things That Terrified People As Kids


Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the various things that petrified people as children. Some kids enter the world scared of everything. If they get lucky, they outgrow those fears and swap them out for adulting concerns like financial stress and health issues. Fun stuff. 

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Text - shaneswa • 19h 7 Awards My grandmother's wallpaper at night Reply 7.9k ...

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Text - 2 NO 13 Awards Asking my grandpa a question. Man was he intimidating to talk to as a kid. Now I love talking to him when I can. Reply 24.2k ...

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Text - SqwuggyGuts• 20h 1 Award My bedroom as a kid was a den converted into a bedroom/laundry room and one wall was covered in a black mirror with gold paint flecks, very 70s. But at night the shadows combined with the dark glass and paint made me imagine faces, figures, etc. It really scared me and I would line up my stuffed animals along my bed to protect me. Reply 1.8k ...

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Text - unnaturalorder • 20h 3 1 Award The Beast from the Sandlot. Freaked me out back then, but now that I can see how low budget the dog looks (still an amazing movie by the way) I find it a bit less scary. Reply 1 7.4k ...

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Text - maybe_kd • 19h 6 Awards Thunderstorms. I used to hide under the covers and could only run from the room between flashes. Now I will sit at the window and watch. I love a good thunderstorm now. All it took was a (very weird) 9-ish year old me to stand at the window during a big storm and yell things like "Is that all you've got?" Yeah, kinda like Lieutenant Dan but before I ever saw Forrest Gump. Reply 7.0k ...

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Text - 3EyePicard • 20h 7 Awards The video for Micheal jackson's thriller Reply 10.1k ...

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Text - floppy-the-whale • 19h 2 Awards Bees and wasps. To be honest I sill prefer they don't buzz around me but when I was little I remained a SAFE 5 meters away from them Reply 7.3k ...

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Text - 2 Awards Jesus randomly showing up during dinner (I thought he'd use the door) clearly I was raised to fear the wrath of God.

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Text - illustriouscpa • 19h 4 Awards Paint. I thought if you got it on you it would never come off since it never came off of the walls. Reply 22.9k ...

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Text - NamehXD152980 • 20h 3 Awards Flushing the toilet. Reply 7.5k ...

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Text - Back2Bach • 19h 4 Awards There was a huge abandoned windmill in our neighborhood that once pumped water from the river. At random, the windmill blades would start to turn at night, never in the day. As kids that used to hang out nearby, it felt like the windmill was haunted as it "came to life" at dark hours. Reply 19.8k ...

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Text - TudoCasual • 20h G O 10 Awards Looking at mirrors in the night. Thought they would become haunted in the dark.

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Text - hammock_enthusiast • 19h 1 Award Large Marge Reply 994 ...

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Text - megferno • 19h 4 Awards Being spanked. Reply 1.7k ...

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Text - MASTERG33F • 19h Hades from Hercules. Now I like him better than any other villain Reply 642 ...

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Text - VonDoom92 • 19h My ever growing apathy towards life took out most fears. Foot hanging off the bed and monsters can get me? Good. I have work in the morning. Reply 620 ...

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White - DankArceus • 19h Literally my own shadow Reply 123 ...

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Text - lilygalathynius • 19h A straight row of fully grown trees. Grew up in the desert. Trees were around but not packed densely and were mostly palo verde trees or palm trees. But there was a row of trees that looked like what I consider most would imagine "typical trees" look like. And that one row of trees was also in close proximity to a large prison. My brother told me that's where Mr. Boogedy lived and where the escaped murderers would hide when they'd break out of prison. (Oh yeah, did I

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Text - WillowStKnifeBois • 20h 6 Awards Running up the basement stairs after turning off the light. J/k that shit is still terrifying Reply 15.6k ...

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