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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If a big scary creature is kind, it is not scary

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

dammit why did you link me to TV tropes...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's been eight hours, how ya holding up?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

eventually fell asleep on the TV tropes article...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It really is like a DDOS attack for a human mind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, if that thing in the example pic was consistently kind and helpful to me, I'd soon find it more ugly than creepy. Without the hair, I might not even think it's ugly

In the same way, if a lion decided I was their beloved human and consistently showered me with affection and appropriate gentleness, I'd quickly lose my fear of it