I was getting a serious case of claustrophobia in that first one.

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My boss has claustrophobia so bad he would not be able to watch this video after the first 2 seconds. He sweats on elevators when there is no other way up.

Myself? I don't think I could do this as sport but, may be able to do it to survive.

If the guide ahead of you died you would have to back all the way out which is a whole different challenge.

In the dark, wrapped tightly in blankets with twice my body weight sitting on top of me...he now claims it wasn't to torture me but was him trying to help me get over my claustrophobia.
My brother is a dishonest dick.

Cenk Uygur can become tiresome, but he was pretty good last night in their coverage and kept my attention well, i was actually quite impressed. I really don't care for the rest of the lineup though. The guy on the right is the epitome of impotent rage, stumbling over his words, making complicated points poorly, a fretting, nervous, often very pink man in an ill fitting suit. At times reminded me of the main character from Limitless at his drug-binge/mental breakdown apex, with tight claustrophobia inducing collars riding up around his neck, the crispness of which contrasting and highlighting the beads of sweat, speaking too quickly and spitting. The guy on the left thinks he's 10 times cooler than he is, which is all the more annoying because he is actually a little bit cool - if he didn't think he was so cool, he'd be pretty cool! I could handle Sarkeezian's imperious hauteur - hell i'd find it very attractive - if it wasn't so obviously an act. She found herself compelled to leave the studio for a stiff drink at some point, presumably to bask in the moment when she theatrically interrupted the depleted panel and announced her actions proudly, claiming she was now in a feisty mood before ranting at types of people she blamed. I even think she used some kind of tv-friendly profanity; if you have the wherewithal to soft-censor your 'uncontrolled' outburst, you're faking it. Whatever kind of Don Draper scene she'd staged to pad her portfolio of career highlights, her disappointing final rant meandered down well trodden paths.

Parisians with mild claustrophobia must be the fittest folk around, then since the thought of getting stuck in that space should make anyone who's even slightly fazed by confined spaces take the stairs...

I used to know some cave divers. Always thought it sounded cool, until they told me about taking off your BCD/tank and passing it through a gap because you wouldn't fit through while wearing it.

Nope nope nope nope.

Huge respect for these guys, you need to have your wits about you and have your shit together technically, but I'm not sure I could cope with that kinda claustrophobia.

Don't know about @ChaosEngine, but I did suffer that kind of daily abuse for 15 + years from an older brother who beat me daily, locked me outside in the winter rains at night, burned me repeatedly, cut me repeatedly, took advantage of my claustrophobia by wrapping me in blankets and sitting on me until I would pass out, killing numerous pets of mine, etc, and I NEVER considered turning to an imaginary friend for help...not once....and my friends and family were completely useless helping me with him, so I'm awaiting your rant with bells on.

Oh yeah, I did.
Having severe claustrophobia, it gave me the heebie jeebies right away, and I instantly thought how glad I was my older brother didn't know this trick when we were kids...although I would have a really strong upper body now if he had...and/or repeatedly broken ankles/legs.

Fear of heights and claustrophobia in one!!

Jesus christ, claustrophobia overwhelmed me. I started punching my screen and yelling at 4:40 to help knock his goddamn legs free. I already thought that it was a miracle for this species to have survived on this forsaken little island for so long with one little bush to cling to, but if this is what they have to go through to enter the world they deserve to take it over from humans. They do more work on the day they're born than most of us do in our lives.

Also, proof against creationism. Inefficiency on this level is a clear indication of no forethought or intent.

I recommend you all forget about the Kubrick / Spielberg melodrama and go read the source material. Brian Aldiss eventually wrote three short stories about David. In fact, in a foreword titled "attempting to please" he talks about Kubrick, Spielberg, AI, etc. It's quite interesting. Here, let me type out a bit of it:

"So why was 'Supertoys' not filmed? [...] My belief is that he [Kubrick] was basically mistaken. Obsessed with the big blockbuster SF movies of the time, he was determined to take my sorrowing domestic scene out into the galaxy. After all, he had wrought similarly to great success with [Arthur C.] Clarke's story.

But 'The Sentinel' looks outward to begin with. It speaks of a mystery elsewhere, whereas 'Supertoys' speaks of a mystery within. David suffers because he does not know he is a machine. Here is the real drama; as Mary Shelley said of her Frankenstein, it 'speaks to the mysterious fears of our nature'.

A possible film could be made of 'Supertoys' showing David facing his real nature. It comes as a shock to realise he is a machine. He malfunctions. Perhaps his father takes him to a factory where a thousand identical androids step off the line. Does he autodestruct? The audience should be subjected to a tense and alarming drama of claustrophobia, to be left with the final questions, 'Does it matter that David is a machine? Should it matter? And to what extent are we all machines?'

Behind such metaphysical puzzles remains the simple story - the story that attracted Stanley Kubrick - of a boy who was never able to please his mother. A story of love rejected."

All my life I've never experienced claustrophobia, not even once. Being in an MRI machine, or being squeezed on all sides by screaming fans in festival seating at concerts - they never bothered me. But watching this gave my stomach knots. It made me think of how I would feel in that situation, and I'm guessing I would panic immediately if I thought I was getting stuck. Was there anyone behind him who could have pulled him backwards in case he couldn't do it himself, and forward progress became impossible? Or if his buddy ahead of him couldn't push or pull him either?

This is the stuff of nightmares. *Promote the *quality nightmare.

EDIT: I can't even look at the thumbnail now without feeling queasy. *losethumb

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List of the phobias in this book:
* Dental Phobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_phobia
* Aviophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_flying
* Ophidiophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidiophobia
* Claustrophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claustrophobia
* Mysophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysophobia
* Glossophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia
* Arachnophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia
* Acrophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophobia
* Coulrophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia
* Taphophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphophobia