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<p>[QUOTE="bedtime, post: 4213200, member: 20233"]Why did you have to post these two beauties? Now I want to start collecting Madame Alexander dolls. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These dolls like like they came from a 50s movie. Love the look of the faces.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is likely due to pediophobia—a fear of dolls. They say about 10% of people have this. Likely caused by parents, brothers, or sisters scaring them with stories of dolls killing them in their sleep when they were young.</p><p><br /></p><p>*rant*</p><p><br /></p><p>So many people on other servers have asked me to change my doll avatar, telling me that they have a fear of dolls. Many just block me without even telling me. Upon being asked to remove my doll picture, which has happened too many times to count, I simply ask why they are afraid of it, and ask them to seek help.</p><p><br /></p><p>To ask me to take the picture down is unrealistic, IMO, so I refuse. Should we all have a say in which avatar pictures other people get to use? Imagine I then say that I don't like someone's avatar because it reminds me of a holiday I don't celebrate (example doesn't apply to me, but just imagine), should they have to take it down because I'm a snowflake that takes things out of hand and wants everyone to treat me like a little baby?</p><p><br /></p><p>But fear of dolls I can understand if someone tells me this. What really bugs me is when adults say, "That doll is creepy." This can be extremely damaging when said to a young child, and could even be another cause of the fear. If an adult thinks a doll is <i>creepy</i> (could be any normal looking doll), that's an issue in their own mind that they should deal with. It's their problem, and it's not a realistic fear for an adult to have.</p><p><br /></p><p>An example of a realistic fear is a fear of flying in planes, because there is always that very small chance you could crash. Fear of elevators is another; elevators can malfunction, but a doll will never come alive at night and kill you in your sleep. And what on earth is there to fear of a doll in the daytime on a virtual computer screen?</p><p><br /></p><p>*rant over*[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bedtime, post: 4213200, member: 20233"]Why did you have to post these two beauties? Now I want to start collecting Madame Alexander dolls. :rolleyes: These dolls like like they came from a 50s movie. Love the look of the faces. This is likely due to pediophobia—a fear of dolls. They say about 10% of people have this. Likely caused by parents, brothers, or sisters scaring them with stories of dolls killing them in their sleep when they were young. *rant* So many people on other servers have asked me to change my doll avatar, telling me that they have a fear of dolls. Many just block me without even telling me. Upon being asked to remove my doll picture, which has happened too many times to count, I simply ask why they are afraid of it, and ask them to seek help. To ask me to take the picture down is unrealistic, IMO, so I refuse. Should we all have a say in which avatar pictures other people get to use? Imagine I then say that I don't like someone's avatar because it reminds me of a holiday I don't celebrate (example doesn't apply to me, but just imagine), should they have to take it down because I'm a snowflake that takes things out of hand and wants everyone to treat me like a little baby? But fear of dolls I can understand if someone tells me this. What really bugs me is when adults say, "That doll is creepy." This can be extremely damaging when said to a young child, and could even be another cause of the fear. If an adult thinks a doll is [I]creepy[/I] (could be any normal looking doll), that's an issue in their own mind that they should deal with. It's their problem, and it's not a realistic fear for an adult to have. An example of a realistic fear is a fear of flying in planes, because there is always that very small chance you could crash. Fear of elevators is another; elevators can malfunction, but a doll will never come alive at night and kill you in your sleep. And what on earth is there to fear of a doll in the daytime on a virtual computer screen? *rant over*[/QUOTE]
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