Quote Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Sarah View Post
I can't handle blood or needles either. ;_; Apparently its super common.

I avoid anything with gore. I don't even like seeing people get hurt on those funny video shows or those crazy sports where everyone tackles each other to the ground haha!

I know its related to anxiety because I can usually tell beforehand whether I'm going to be affected by blood and stuff. It's pretty annoying. I've been trying to learn breathing techniques to help but its so hard not to slip into a panic. Surprisingly it hasn't affected being a scientist, but I luckily don't have to work with any animals! If I didn't have this phobia, I probably would have done medicine.
I'm not a fan of needles, and getting blood tests makes me feel light-headed. My eyesight gets all shrouded and I feel weirdly hot and cold at the same time. If I don't stop and sit down, I'm prone to passing out. It's happened.

I decided to donate blood for the very first time while I was at work just to take a break, and I found out I'm O+ blood type, which is universal donor. Ho boy, when they found that out, they've been sending me gazillions of emails, physical letters, and phone calls asking for me to donate some more. I really should donate more often, but yeah, I feel woozy after getting blood drawn and I would need to be extremely careful about doing it. Definitely don't want to pass out walking out the door or on the drive home after doing it.

Quote Originally Posted by EZ View Post
Something Awful is just Goonswarm. Goons are just random balls of bees.

4Chan is systematic genocide.

I'd still pick it over Goons, especially since they kind of hate me because i was worse than them.
I'll admit, some of the SA forum goons were pretty funny and had interesting insight. But there were MANY that were totally bizarre people and the amount of spam in the general chat area was just... @.@ I just got headaches and felt dumber for having read pages and pages of it.

But yeah, I've never been brave enough to venture into 4chan. From the things I've heard... it's best not to poke the proverbial beehive looking for trouble.