Fears and Phobias...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.com )
Mon, 21 Oct 02 00:54:13 -2300


Hiya Folks...

Now it's time to learn about some of the new fears and phobias that
could only happen in the tech age...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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10 Tech-age fears and phobias courtesy of the Sunday Times:

1 Fenestraphobia: fear of Microsoft

2 Bratophobia: fear of exposing one's ignorance to a child

3 Betamaxitis: chronic fear of buying something that will be instantly
outdated

4 Meldrew syndrome: fear of being left behind by the digital revolution

5 Homotonophobia: fear of sharing a mobile ringtone with anyone else

6 Dotcoma: unconscious state resulting from checking prices of tech
stocks you bought at the top of the market

7 Scully complex: believing the truth is out there

8 NTs: like DTs, except the shakes cover the whole network

9 Mutatophobia: fear of food engineered to resist the superbugs capable
of infecting earlier generations of food engineered to resist normal
bugs

10 Laranoia: fear that big-breasted cyberbabes are taking over the world


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