Talk:Arachnophobia/@comment-27050568-20180311190128

This isn't a phobia, this is a perfectly rational fear. We have every right to be scared of spiders.

They're relatively small, so it's kind of hard to notice them at first. A metric F--kton of them are poisonous, and yes there are non-poisonous ones, but most of them look too similar to the ones that can cause you to die a slow painful death just by looking at you the right way

plus, tarantulas are just downright terrifying.

but then again, arachnes are pretty cool, so...

i guess fears and phobias are ok if you personify them in one way or another, at least in my case

also no i don't have arachnephobia, i just don't like spiders all that much (it's situational)