Internet phobias

Anyway, there is this phenomenon on the internet, and I know a lot of people have heard some random phobias mentioned in comments.

I apparently...

I don't know, it, it took forever, right? But I guess I finally found one that I understand, one that growing up with like analog TVs, you know, DVDs, VHS, um, old video games, I feel like I actually got.

You know, there's um, this...

Here's a, here's a good example.

When you get a game over in Super Mario Brothers, the original, that audio used to play in my fucking nightmares.

I don't know why it did.

But it's interesting seeing that there's finally a word for it.

I forget what it is.

I gotta look it up again.

[laughs] Anyway, this is gonna be interesting because I finally, I don't know, I finally found a word for the phobia that I genuinely had.

Anyway.

[gentle music] You know, I see it here, and I think maybe I may have misunderstood the term just a little, but it's still applicable.

Basically, um, versiphobia is an intense, unsettling fear or anxiety triggered by graphical errors, visual distortion, and unexpected software or video game glitches, which admittedly is still kind of the category.

Although, I think, I feel like not really, you know, the Super Mario game over sound effect.

I feel like that's just, you know, reminds you you're a failure.

You know, that's why, that's why it sucks so much to hear.

But I don't think that's the right word.

Um, basically, yeah, actually, there were some times where like the computer would glitch or I'd get an unexpected error, and that just, for whatever reason, I would be unsettled by it.

I wouldn't have some intense anxiety of...

Eh, maybe kind of.

God, I was a huge coward back then.

But I think about it and I think, yeah, that was definitely, um...

I would call it that, you know? I would definitely call it something similar.

I wouldn't call it a phobia.