I find patterns of closely distributed holes in a surface, and things which appear similarly, disturbing for reasons I don’t fully understand. It’s a phobia wit

I find patterns of closely distributed holes in a surface, and things which appear similarly, disturbing for reasons I don’t fully understand. It’s a phobia with a name and many people experience it without realizing it. I don’t expect anyone to cater to it, in the same way I don’t expect people to cater to my even more common phobia of vomiting and subjects around emesis. But what I do expect of my fellow humans is to let me mitigate my discomfort in peace. Insofar as I can privately reference a database of things which upset me, and privately abstain, what difference is it to you besides bombastically expecting me to feel terrible for no one’s benefit? Who cares if I don’t watch Finding Nemo because I determined I might find it upsetting in a way I won’t enjoy? I think we pamper “toughen up” bullshit like this way too much, and if you’re so sensitive that you can’t let people not do something you enjoy without calling their personal preferences which don’t affect you into question, maybe just go watch the dog die and stop worrying so much about whether everyone else enjoys it the way you do.