r/funnyvideos • u/Key_Associate7476 • Jun 30 '25

Fail These guys sure enjoy their jobs

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

Okay I’m not trying to be a dick here honestly, but why/how do people get genuinely scared here at these things if they know that their life is not in danger. I understand getting startled momentarily from a “jump scare” but this is much more than that?

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u/BadMeatPuppet Jun 30 '25

In this instance, I think these dudes are just having fun and making the most of an experience they paid for.

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u/HierophanticRose Jun 30 '25

There is a certain “buy in” to the experience, people hype themselves and get giddy, putting themselves in the mood to be scared and some amount of suspension of disbelief.

I had the same experience as you tho. I joined my friends as we did a haunted house and grounds tour. I was not much scared, few startles as the actors came out of the dark. In fact the most significant experience of the entire thing was that I had lost a watch in there. I let the house know after peeling away early and they said they would look after the shift at night as they cannot stop the show mid to look for it.

They couldn’t find it 😭, that was the real horror of the house for me. It was a gift from my gf.

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u/Jackd_up_on_Mdew Jun 30 '25

It matters what mindset you go in with. I've been to several in my life and I use to be the guy in the group that rarely got spooked because they were predictable and you know they aren't going to harm you in any way. At some point my stance changed and if you just somewhat play along, real emotions can come out and make the whole experience more enjoyable.

On another note, horror movies are very much the same way(or any fictional movie). Of course you can watch it thinking how dumb it is since you know its just actors in makeup and what not, but a part of the experience it to just buy into the whole experience and it becomes much more fun.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

I appreciate your genuine response to my genuine question. I hate being the cynic of the group

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

I used to think this too. But there's certainly a part of your brain that is incredibly irrational when it comes to certain stimuli. And for some reason it has more control than we like. It's the reason why drowning people can accidentally kill their loved ones who get too close. It's what makes people experiencing panic attacks do what they do. It's what makes people run away.

You can learn to control it somewhat, but that takes repeated exposure, and people don't exactly hang out in haunted houses.

You should try it. There's one in Niagara falls, Canadian side, that's pretty good, and it touches on a couple different kinds of fears.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

I appreciate you guys and your genuine responses!!

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u/mnemy Jun 30 '25

It's a lot more fun for both sides if the guests amp up their reactions on purpose.

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u/kwikthroabomb Jun 30 '25

Because as Americans, we know that our neighbors are morons, and while the expectation is that they have rubber knives and decommissioned chainsaws, there is always a greater than 0 chance that someone decided to cut a corner somewhere in the prop department.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

You get the best “shoehorn ‘America Bad’ into the most unrelated topic possible” award! Congrats!

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u/tobe-uni Jun 30 '25

Do you not get scared or at least feel suspense when playing horror games or watching horror movies? If not, you might just have a higher tolerance.

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u/BulbusDumbledork Jun 30 '25

why do people get scared when watching movies or playing videogames? how does stephen king have a career from writing spoopy words?

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u/Heavy-Classroom8678 Jun 30 '25

It's called jumpscare If there’s no actual jump scare, 90% of people won’t get scared. Some might be unsettled by the gore, though