A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant

Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by IlliOnato on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @08:17PM (#38946117)

Submechanophobia has a wikipedia page, which also indicates that there is some scientific research into this phobia (which does not have a good explanation). So it's not a one-person problem.

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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by kossTKR on Thursday January 11, 2024 @04:28AM (#38949817)

I have a theory that this, like fear of heights, claustrophobia, agoraphobia etc. are actually "extremely natural" because they're all good for survival ie. instincts unlearned somehow culturally, but would be the baseline if you teleported a Palaeolithic, Sumerian, Viking or whatever into our modern complex and somewhat claustrophobic technological life.

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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by rrr_oh_man on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:03AM (#38966609)

> like fear of heights, claustrophobia, agoraphobia etc. are actually "extremely natural"

That’s a lot of copium, frankly

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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by kossTKR on Monday January 15, 2024 @04:26PM (#39006314)

I don't have any of those "irrational" fears so it's not a cope but a theory.

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