Comments on: Ad Placement Fail

By: phobia

phobia — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:19:47 +0000

red rover red roverrrrrrrrrr bring the blue bone over

By: protection asset

protection asset — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:09:29 +0000

afflac-a-phobia

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:15:13 +0000

THIS FEAR WAS FIRST MENTIONED IN A ‘FAR SIDE’ COMIC!

By: JaguarJam

JaguarJam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:50:35 +0000

BTW if any1 really cares, Anatidaephobia was invented by Garry Larson (if you don’t believe me, read the “Prehistory of Farside.” It’s actually the point of several of his strips. Here’s some proof http://www.robwilliams.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/anatidaephobia_far_side.jpg

By: pwnd

pwnd — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:18:41 +0000

blood elf

By: orgh

orgh — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:53:00 +0000

oh dear, seems we ran out of em

By: Liam McGee

Liam McGee — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:11:06 +0000

Just because it was made up by Larson… doesn’t mean that, somewhere, out there, a duck *isn’t* watching you.

(looks over shoulder, nervously)

By: Gabe

Gabe — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:17:20 +0000

more like viral marketing win

By: EmO tAcOs

EmO tAcOs — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:36:48 +0000

wtf

By: Rickter

Rickter — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:08:41 +0000

Nightelf

By: Max Larkin

Max Larkin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:29:07 +0000

Yeah somehow everyone thinks it is real now

By: TuajaInRoblox

TuajaInRoblox — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:55:51 +0000

That duck doesn’t give “a fac” about you.

By: MegaJawa

MegaJawa — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:07:04 +0000

Well what if the doctor is a quack?

By: Ultimatefailer

Ultimatefailer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:08:48 +0000

What kind of fear is that? :s

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:59:50 +0000

Undead. Duh.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:24 +0000

Recursive fail!

By: Hilarious Joker

Hilarious Joker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:14:56 +0000

The more I read it, the more it impresses me. I don’t know how I ever worked without hilarious and funny things in our life, Life would be so much easier especially when there’s a jokes here and there. Being funny is nice because a lot of serious people are lacking with this kind of behavior that is why they are much look older. I would like to thank you for your outstanding blog post. Keep it up! Awesome!

By: Cool

Cool — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:36:02 +0000

WHAT?!?!?!?!? That’s not a fail!!! Anatidaephobia is just made up from a far side comic!!!!!!!

By: isacki

isacki — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:52 +0000

Erm. The ad in your “original version” link also covers half of the bullet points too.

Photoshop theory laid to rest.

FAI…

By: Linranis

Linranis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:52:53 +0000

Worgen.

/forumqqing

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:39:45 +0000

Notice that the author is named Duffey (=Duffy)!!! lol

Or i have anatidaephobia??? P

By: World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:08 +0000

Gnome,
Warlock

By: Dzini

Dzini — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:16:30 +0000

Troll \o/

By: Andie

Andie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:53:24 +0000

failing fail.. thats a goose if you ask me lol

By: anon

anon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:13 +0000

i have a phobia that some duck’s always there.

By: Marcus Dragonrider

Marcus Dragonrider — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:11:33 +0000

I smell something very fowl…. My 17-year old brother just farted!!!! XO!!!! HEEEEEEEEELP!

By: EyesLikeBroccoli

EyesLikeBroccoli — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:43:22 +0000

I wondered exactly the same thing. Failblog fails again…

By: Samuelm

Samuelm — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:14:00 +0000

The same thing happened to me the other day…

I have a phobia of geckos and I was reading an article about it and another well known insurance company was advertising.

This is why we need insurance reform.

By: Aphidx

Aphidx — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:27:04 +0000

Contextual ad serving Win… or fail or chance entertainment

By: jonft

jonft — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:20:01 +0000

This is a fear made up in a gary larson cartoon, just so y know

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:58 +0000

WHAT IF HE WERE TO WATCH DONALD DUCK CARTOONZ…oh agony…

By: Problem Sleuth

Problem Sleuth — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:15:37 +0000

There’s not really a phobia like that. Do a search for every time the words “Far Side” appear on this page, and all will be answered.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:20:57 +0000

This phobia is a joke. It was originally a joke in a Far Side comic many years ago.

Why it is on this site is beyond me…

By: pootpoot

pootpoot — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:17:27 +0000

Yeah, but isn’t that a goose? Are you insinuating that people who fear being watched by a duck also fear geese? I have the strong feeling that you’re making fun of those who fear the ducks! Shame on you!

By: Bub

Bub — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:26:13 +0000

Actually, this is an imaginary phobia created by Gary Larson

By: Ororo

Ororo — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:06:55 +0000

I don’t know what’s worse- the fact that there’s really a phobia like that, or that eleven people found that page helpful.

By: Emperor, Tetragrammatron Cleric, Captain Teague.

Emperor, Tetragrammatron Cleric, Captain Teague. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:47:20 +0000

Sorry, I just forgot to add the comments.
But yea I got it to work out.
Oh, and no seg faults.

By: Amurrda

Amurrda — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:06:30 +0000

Yes, this is photoshopped. Look at the original article…and the add covers half of the bullet points…

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1249339/anatidaephobia_the_fear_that_you_are_pg2_pg2.html?cat=70

By: Zivhayr

Zivhayr — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:44:49 +0000

Human.
Dur.

By: Malfeasant

Malfeasant — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:19:39 +0000

♫ I always feel like some quack is watching me.. ♫

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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:13:45 +0000

Lol this is a mega gr8 fail

By: Petrander

Petrander — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:52:59 +0000

Well, *DUH*!

Obviously it is a made up word, and a bad attempt at it too. All it does is combine the Latin (scientific) name for the duck family (“Anatidae”) with the usual suffix from Greek meaning ‘fear’ (of), namely “-phobia”. The problem here is combining Greek with Latin. Not that that’s unusual, but for all other phobias (Arachnophobia, Agoraphobia, Xenophobia) both parts are derived from Greek.

Another problem is that of grammar, namely that a word is taken that is bent in plural (Anatidae) and then simply glued to the suffix, without changing the connection. Basically like writing ‘ducksfear’ instead of ‘duck-fear’. More correct would then be ‘Anatidophobia’.

If there were such a thing as ‘morbid fear of ducks’ then the most correct term for that would be ‘nettaphobia’, as ‘netta’ is the Greek word for ‘duck’.

By: failer

failer — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:43:52 +0000

this is a win.

By: Dexaan

Dexaan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:38:27 +0000

Tauren.

By: gmoney

gmoney — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:30:38 +0000

No kidding, if you have a fear of ducks watching you, game over man! Just bite the bullet…

By: rpvee

rpvee — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:54:19 +0000

I find the phobia itself funnier than the ad placement. Anyone else?

By: Nav

Nav — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:15:59 +0000

Haha, it’s a double fail because anatidaephobia is not listed in the dictionary!!!!!!

By: Vega

Vega — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:02:51 +0000

This isn’t a fail. It’s a win.
Anatidaephobia (the fear you are being watched by a dunk) was one of Gary Larson’s comics.
(laugh people)

By: NScrutable

NScrutable — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:19:46 +0000

Yes, fake phobia. No, not Photoshopped (clickie). In a brilliant stroke of stealth trolling, many helpful health info and Q&A sites offer insight on how one comes to have Anatidaephobia and how to get help.

By: RGlahBlert

RGlahBlert — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0000

Yes it is!