Survey time, take 2!

[just_some_nerd]

Well, I said I'd do it if a few more people did, so here we go. Hopefully Chris was right and this will convince others to take it as well, since I think it's actually a pretty good one (at least by comparison). I cleaned it up a little bit (fixing punctuation and whatnot) and I think I fixed the wording on a couple as well. Enjoy!

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[juushika]

84. Are you afraid of clowns: Not in the slightest, though I'd like somebody who is to explain why some time (seriously)
The origin of my fear of clowns is two-fold. Firstly, when I was learning to play the piano I had a book of easy music with tiny illustrations in the top corners. One of the songs was called "The Clown" and the clown in the illustration looked like he was glaring at the children that were watching him. I suppose glaring isn't quite the right world; he just looked just plain evil, as if he were plotting their demises. Secondly, Taco the Clown, who I've seen far too may times at the da Vinci Days and Fall Festival, looks much more sinister than funny, and having had to interact with him at least once that I can remember, he plain creeped me out.

These two origins are combined with the fact that my greatest fear in the world is life where life should not be. I am terrified of the concept of living dolls, animate teddy bears, so forth. To me, life where life should not be is inherently bad, because it is unexpected, unpredictable, and breaks the fundamental rules of nature (this lives, this does not) which somehow strikes me as a bad idea. Clowns are people dressed to look like toys: their features are simplified, their forms are decorated in bright colors, they are meant to amuse. However, these living toys are, well, living by their very nature. Therefore, I view them as fitting into the catergory of life where life should not be.

So, basically, clowns have, for as long as I can remember, looked evil—and they are a travesty of nature by being alive when they should be toys. Thusly, the things scare me (quite a bit more than I'm sure is healthy).

115. Pop singer: I choose not to answer this, for fear of my friends killing me to death
Versus ... killing you to life?

[just_some_nerd]

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining that for me (I didn't expect to actually get an answer so quickly, and I appreciate it).