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May 12, 2005
Innocuous things in large numbers
I've observed in the past that a swarm of anything touches some primal fear nerve in humans. One teddy bear - cute and cuddly. 100 teddy bears - disturbing. 500 teddy bears - downright frightening.
Insects, reptiles - just about anything, no matter how non-threatening in small numbers starts to be threatening in large numbers.
I'm sure psychologists have a name for this.
There was a field trip of elementary school students on the ferry this morning - and I've decided that kids are just as disturbing and frightening (not to mention loud and annoying) in large numbers as teddy bears.
Probably just another sign that I'm not ready to have kids (well, at least not 100 of them ;)).
Posted by dberger at May 12, 2005 11:14 AM