Poll: Do you scream when you are scared/surprised?

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eatenbyagrue

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Like a little girl, which is incredibly jarring considering that I'm pretty tall, broad-shouldered and masculine.

Which made for a funny point once, when some guy in one of my classes pointed it out at which point I punched him in the shoulder. He started to scream like a little girl, to which I say that the difference is that while I indeed do scream like a Catholic schoolgirl, at least I can beat him up and make him scream like one too.
 

Ice Car

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Closest thing to screaming I've came to when surprised was when I was getting a textbook to read at school, and a huge roach was under the one I picked up. I yelled quite loudly "HOLY SHIT" and dropped the textbook. It was kind of funny.

I hate bugs.
 

AngloDoom

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No. My reaction to fear and to being startled is to widen my eyes, and that's it. If people run and jump out of bushes to scare me, I even keep walking but my eyes widen. For a while people thought I just couldn't be scared: then I told them that every time they did that I almost shat myself and died inside, it just doesn't look like it.
 

The Geek Lord

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I clicked on this topic just when a friend PM'd me this pleasant little gem [http://shimmie.katawa-shoujo.com/image/1775.png]. YOU'RE WELCOME

So no, no I do not scream when scared, startled, or surprised. I will admit that I jump, though.
 

The_ModeRazor

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I can't scream. As in, I cannot produce a sound high-pitched enough to count as a scream. I rathar let out a rather deep and guttural growl - or something - that has been described by various people as sounding rather... inhuman. Oh well. (I don't do it when scared/surprised, I do it when something hurts me)
 

ruben6f

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IRL I don't, I usually just step back back (or jump) and have a suprised look on my face.

When I am playing games it's different, I started screaming like a little girl when an elite with a sword almost ruined my flawless cowboy on halo reach.

The momment that scared me the most in gaming was in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, it was 2 AM IRL and 11PM in game (at this time you can't see a thing outdoors), an emission starts and I need to find cover, I see a small cave and run to it, once I step inside I hear a growl and a scary voice telling me to walk away while I had the chance.

I screamed, I jumped back, my left hand pressed random buttons on the key board while trying to look for the pause button, and my right hand sent my mouse flying, after that I was so to scared to continue so I turned on all the lights in 1st floor, and sat on the couch hugging a pillow... good times.
 

Carnage95

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No, I do not scream when I am startled. I take a couple of seconds to recover and continue on with what I'm doing. Weird enough, when it comes to people who startle me, not video games or movies, I have to hold back from punching them in the face. Wouldn't want to hurt anyone and cause trouble.
 
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Very rarely, and even than It's more like a growl. Like "AAH" in a very inhuman way. I can't scream. Sometimes I punch the thing/person to.

Funny thing is, that combined with the jumping usually scares the person scaring me more than me.
 

DonMartin

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No, but if Im really surprised and frightened by something I still manage to look like an idiot leaping a few metres backwards. Especially if there is something behind me too big for me to leap.
 

Brandon237

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Only when something is about to fall, when I am actually scared, never. A pencil is 0.2 millimetres from the edge of the desk? Scream. On a Huge roller-coaster for the first time? Strike casual conversation with the friend next to me while I watch their confusion...
 

TacticalAssassin1

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Rawker said:
And second was the link below. I've done all the scary mazes and screamers and stuff and it never got me, but goddamnit I lunged back the first time I did this. It's in korean, but just scroll down slowly. you'll see what I mean.
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue
Fuck, I lunged back too!

I showed my friends, they did too :p
 

Duruznik

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It's more of a yell, really. It's like a "Neeaaaahhhh!!" Than a "eeeeeeeeeeee."

(this is one of my most intellectually intensive posts to date)
 

EcstaticObsessive

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I don't scream, but I know I do yelp, squeal, squeak, whine, and apparently sound like a small puppy, according to my friends, all who take great enjoyment in doing that 'jab in the sides' thing for a laugh.

(lollookatallmycommas)
 

Magicmad5511

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I don't scream. I will jump and possibly yelp but not scream. More likely I will just say something like "Jesus". Especially if it's a big spider.