sorry to be like, raining on the parade, i wasnt gonna say anything till i saw that comment but like

tbh even if they dont have a phobia per se, just. dont scare people without their permission. its not cool. some people will shrug it off, and some people will not. some people (like me) will bear, if not a grudge, then a strong distrust of you, for a long time.

this has been a PSA