I'm hoping with this, arachnophobia (3.5-6.1% from random googling), a photo of tumor and perhaps one or two more, you could get to 50%+ of people finding something viscerally disgusting on the packaging.

BTW. I am in this 15-17% of the population, as I discovered recently thanks to someone mentioning lotus seed pods on HN.

Well, I have a fear of needles (not sure how common it is), not just for myself but also if someone gets administered or administers themselves. I need to really control myself if such happens. Tuesday someone who decided to sit next to me in the train gave themselves a diabetes shot. Needless to say I had to apply some breathing exercise there, I nearly fainted. I'm not sure that's the reaction you want to have on people who just 'see the product'.

I do agree the amount of meaningless choice as well as non-products and ridiculous colors is off the charts in terms of misinformation and uselessness. The reason is they get away with it. You need to regulate companies, else they do whatever the fuck they want which is in their sole interest; not yours.

Wait, arachnophobia is 3.5-6.1%, while trypophobia is 15-17% ?! I find that hard to believe.

My figure is a result of quick, random googling; as for trypophobia, I'm guessing it's a tentative figure, given how until recently, the phenomenon didn't even have a name, and it's still not formally recognized as a thing by medical sciences.

> Only 15-17% of the population get that reaction (it's called trypophobia)

Most people still think these seed pods look sorta weird.