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minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 days agoit’s very funny how this kind of thing constantly repeats, and then you look at the horror and it’s utterly mundane and kinda pathetic elephants aren’t afraid of mice, but humans are apparently so desperate for horror that we’ll be spooked by jellyfish
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days agoThe elephants are afraid of stomping the little creatures to death, actually.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoI am spooked by jellyfish entirely without horror.
it’s very funny how this kind of thing constantly repeats, and then you look at the horror and it’s utterly mundane and kinda pathetic
elephants aren’t afraid of mice, but humans are apparently so desperate for horror that we’ll be spooked by jellyfish
The elephants are afraid of stomping the little creatures to death, actually.
So it’s not fear, it’s empathy?
Yes.
That’s a cool fact. Thanks.
I am spooked by jellyfish entirely without horror.