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  1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

    Yo. Ponies. What's the phobia called where you're afraid of stuff you don't know. I thought it was Xenophobia this entire time but, apparently not.

    Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:26:08 UTC from web
    1. Jacob Anderson Jacob Anderson

      @minti A xenophobe is someone afraid of foreign things. Pretty sure.

      Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:26:45 UTC from web
    2. Scribus Scribus

      @minti Neophobia? (Don't hold me to that, I'm making it up)

      Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:26:47 UTC from web
    3. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @minti Xenophobia is fear of things from outside, or being in open foreing places. Let me look that one up.

      Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:27:07 UTC from web
      1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

        @nerthos Hmm. Generally it's associated with discrimination though, and I don't discriminate at all.

        Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:29:45 UTC from web
        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @minti People usually use the word to describe hate or suspicion for foreign people.

          Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:30:57 UTC from web
          1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

            @nerthos Exactly. Which isn't me at all. xD

            Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:31:31 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @minti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias I can't find one about "the unknown" though.

              Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:37:11 UTC from web
              1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                @nerthos To be honest, it's not a fear of the "uknown". It's more of a fear of the lack of knowledge about the subject. xD I'm trying to find a name for it but, nothing comes up.

                Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:38:07 UTC from web
                1. Scribus Scribus

                  @minti "Neophobia" doesn't work?

                  Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:38:44 UTC from web
                  1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                    @scribus From a quick Google that actually sounds like it.. kind of. xD

                    Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:41:27 UTC from web
                  2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                    @scribus That would be fear for new things... to become an Amish?

                    Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:43:12 UTC from web
                2. Jacob Anderson Jacob Anderson

                  @minti So it's a fear about being stupid about something? Or did I just register that wrong?

                  Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:38:47 UTC from web
              2. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

                @nerthos @minti Trypanophobia, true story

                Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:38:12 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @mushi That's about needles and medical procedures!

                  Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:39:22 UTC from web
                  1. monsutaa kaado! monsutaa kaado!

                    @nerthos i know. That is why i only go to the hospital when i REALLY cant pretend i'm fine

                    Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:40:06 UTC from web
              3. Scribus Scribus

                @nerthos There's a meta-joke there, somewhere...

                Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:38:25 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @scribus Eh? xD

                  Saturday, 24-Mar-12 02:39:41 UTC from web