Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24662533-20141220153720/@comment-3463291-20150126002646

Banningk1979 wrote: -Vomiting from fear. This is a common trend, and so unrealistic that it just seems like a cheap attempt to throw a quick and shallow plot device out there. The line in Squidward's Suicide, where the character says "I vomited on the floor." Just ruined the story for me right then and there. Unless the character is mentioned of having a stomach flu at the start of the story, or happens to be drunk at the time of the horror, there really is no reason for them to vomit. A psychopath in our research said that he didn't really understand what others meant by fear.

''"When I rob a bank," he said, "I notice that the teller shakes. One barfed all over the money. She must have been pretty messed up inside, but I don't know why. If someone pointed a gun at me I guess I'd be afraid, but I wouldn't throw up." When asked if he ever felt his heart pound or his stomach churn, he replied, ''

"Of course! I'm not a robot. I really get pumped up when I have sex or when I get into a fight."

- Robert Hare, "Without Conscience"