Final Destination Who?

 I didn't need the Final Destination movies to have the life scared out of me, I had my dad for that.

Most people have been scared silly by the movies. Learning things to be scared of and avoid doing like getting on planes or avoiding driving behind trucks with logs on them. Having your hand stuck in a garbage disposal or being trapped in a stuck elevator. I never watched these movies, or at least not all of them to the full extent, and therefore I did not learn to be fearful of these things from the movies.

Instead, I had my dad. A jarhead, who learned and instilled that fear is just weakness and pain is weakness leaving the body. So therefore he liked to find, and for the most part still does, ways in which he can startle you and cause you to jump. 

Things like pretending to get electrocuted when plugging in appliances. Pretending he cut off his own finger when making dinner by covering his hand in fake gore. Fake flipping the switches to blenders or garbage disposals while you have your hand in them. Coming behind you and jolting you in the sides while you are messing with electronics. Randomly yelling and making crashing noises.

You get the picture.

My life has always been filled with these jump-scare tactics to keep us on our toes. No need for a movie at all.

And yes. I do still jump scare relatively easily but I fight back with a killer punch if I need to.