Malygris on 14/6/2007 at 05:31
The call is coming from
inside the house!No, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people?
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Diagnosis: anxiety attack.
Translation: pussy.
queue eff tee, baby.
Martek on 14/6/2007 at 10:39
Quote Posted by Dia
And have you ever noticed it's ALWAYS THE FEMALE that falls down during the critical chase scene??!!! You never see the
guy trip and do a faceplant, do you?
What's up with that? :weird:
And no matter how fast they run; or how many corners they turn, the boogeyman is always walking slowly or barely shambling along; yet he remains
right behind them! :wot:
rachel on 14/6/2007 at 11:00
My question is: Why do they always RUN UPSTAIRS?? There's NO EXIT upstairs.
Probably some residual monkey reflex, climb to tree for safety or something. Still stupid.:p
jasee on 14/6/2007 at 11:29
Quote Posted by raph
My question is: Why do they always RUN UPSTAIRS?? There's NO EXIT upstairs.
Probably some residual monkey reflex, climb to tree for safety or something. Still stupid.:p
Nah, I think its just cos that's what the film director tells them to do;)
Dia on 14/6/2007 at 12:21
And the windows that are mysteriously open; if there's only you in the house and you didn't open that window, then WTF??!!!
That'd be my cue to call 911 while locking myself in the bathroom that has a window (incase I need to make a quick escape).
And Bjossi: there was nooooo effin' way I was gonna go exploring that night. First of all, it's a large basement, and secondly, the lights on the north side of the basement were out (discovered the next day the circuit breaker for that side had been tripped -still don't know why since there hadn't been any storms or anything). Like jimjack said; you just get that feeling and your instincts tell to you to get the hell outta there!
Unless you're a stupid movie person. :p
Bjossi on 14/6/2007 at 14:57
It's human nature to avoid possible danger, but not in the movies, there the human nature is to be stupid and ignore that feeling. . .
I have yet to try out going down to our basement during the night. It's something I'm not gonna try just for "fun". :o
jimjack on 14/6/2007 at 16:26
Actually I did almost fall on my face and the only thing that attacked me from behind was the dog. He's a Jack Russel/terrier mix and thinks he's bigger than most dogs.. why he didn't catch any threat, I'll not know.
.To save face here because I'm seeing the word "pussy" being applied in form of dislexiic cats and about my Man Hood...I did some research on the Fight or Flight response. Which is cleary what happened to me. There have been no signs of schizophrenia, phobia, panic and questioning of my ManCard. Hopefully none of these conditions arise later on. I'll eventually face that forest again. There apparently are some homeless people that set up camps there so maybe one was up a tree or something.
So my body percieved something whether it was triggered from an overacftive imagination or an instinct from my apparently highly tuned sense :S..I will maintain that it was the silence that did me in..but all my senses cranked up and it's the chemical changes in the brainoccuring from an increase in blood flow due to a increased heart rate..rthat makes you either on aggressive mode or in my case, prepared for getting the hell out of there. I might have just percieved something and the dog might have been down wind or too oblivious. He tends to bugger off in the bushes when he's out. I know as well, that the flight/fight response is an response that ingrained in us since when man relied on instincts to cope. Its probably wiser to just do that because if the body physcially reacts like that, then you are likely being stalked by something alot bigger than yourself.
The fact that other people here have felt the same way makes me feel less worried that I'm a full blown pussy.
Quote Posted by Shug
Sorry jimjack, I'm going to ask you to hand over your man card and external sexual organs
Get your own!!:mad:
Noone is stripping me of that, there are things that I haven't applied yet with my external sexual impressively-equipped organs.
LancerChronics on 14/6/2007 at 16:50
Awww, I wanted to mention that. Oh, well. That's one thing that bugs me about a movie, they always choose flight. Or if they fight, they REALLY suck at it. I mean, asfar as your basic insane killer is concerned, how hard would it be to fight them? they usually carry a knife or something in the movies, and a house has a large variety of potential weapons: shovels, chainsaw, chuck a blender at his/her(just to be fair) head. And size doesn't really matter either. I've seen people run as fast as possible from a charging, pissed-off raccoon. If one were to think logically, it would be quicker just to punt him in self-defense. If he manages to bite you, go to the doctor and get a rabies shot, you'll be fine. Though in all fairness, fear does seem to affect the mind in the wrong way when one is trying to think too. Actually, the fear itself would be the most dangerous part of any situation because it affects everything you do.
Hmm now for a bit of offtrack: One of my favorite shows has to be "A Haunting" on Discovery channel. I may not fully believe it, but it is still fun to watch. And I always get this strange urge to move into the house and try to piss off the "ghost"/"demon" as much as possible. Of course, most of my ideas involve taking a sledge hammer to key parts of the house. (For example: There was suppose to be a butcher's shower in the basement in one house that the "demon's power" was strongest, and he apparently REALLY liked hanging around there. I felt some demolition and remodeling would be in order.)
Well, that's about everything that went through my head while reading the previous posts. I'm fully expecting all kinds of personal ghost/killer stories to start popping up. If they do, I can think a few myself right now(ghost only, none killer though).
User123abc on 14/6/2007 at 18:11
I think I can understand you. You got scared in the forest. Then you came to TTLG looking for consolation. Then you got self-conscious, and started to worry that you might be presenting yourself as a "full blown pussy."
If you want, I can tell you it's all going to be okay. You're not a pussy, man, don't worry :)
YOU FUCKING PUSSY
jimjack on 14/6/2007 at 18:16
Quote Posted by User123abc
YOU FUCKING PUSSY
You would be so in flight mode if you said that to my face..
I totally mean that man.:mad:
