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[–] Lemminary 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Phobias suck so much ass. I don't think those poking fun understand how embarrassing and frustrating it is to have a sudden panic attack over something you have no control over.

[–] Lumisal 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

True, but I'm curious how someone gained a banana phobia. Was it a Little Albert situation and they terrified her as a baby every time they showed her a banana or something?

Edit: she isn't the only Swedish politician with a banana phobia. The hell is going on with Swedish bananas?

[–] paraphrand 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I can imagine a Doctor Who episode that starts with banana phobia, and later the Doctor discovers there are aliens posing as bananas in Sweden. Some young children can see through their disguise. And that’s why the minister has had a phobia since childhood.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds a little like Resident Alien (if you omit the bananas and Sweden).

[–] Viking_Hippie 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds a bit like Swedish Resident Alien (if you add the Sweden back in)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Swedish Resident Banana Alien. Why not just go all the way?

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 1 month ago

Now that's just silly!

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 6 points 1 month ago

Banana phobia starts with the Doctor replacing your squareness gun with one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Now I want the episode of the 'invasion of the banana'

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Our prime minister is very upset by the fact that the media is even talking about it.

[–] konalt 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Username checks out so hard

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just don't show me to Paulina Brandberg

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 6 points 1 month ago

I think you're safe, you're obviously not a banana.

[–] Alexstarfire 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, does that mean I should show a banana? Cause you are no banana.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Alexstarfire 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Come minister Paulina, tally me banana. Banana come, and me run away.

[–] Wade 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is she a cat or something? I've never heard of anyone being afraid of a food item they aren't allergic to

[–] Lemminary 6 points 1 month ago

I can tell you haven't watched enough trash TV.

[–] spankmonkey 6 points 1 month ago

That's bananas!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Are they a cat? Maybe someone should tell them that it's not a snake.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many minion memes have been created as a result of this?