Why is darkness scary?

[McNinja]

Humans fear the unknown, and they don't know what they can't see. I know I do. It's kind of annoying, really.

 

[Tanfastic]

You don't know whats out there when its dark.. That's scary right?

 

[ShotgunShaman]

Shadow Piranhas.

 

[IronDuke]

I don't think darkness by itself is very scary, it is more a combination of being in a dark and unfamiliar place, and being there alone. There is nothing scary about being in the dark in your bedroom, or at a music concert at night surrounded by people. Take your night to a sewer or abandoned subway station though and it gets creepy.

Or, you could just man up!

 

[khaimera]

That game was not scary at all. It was complete crap.

I he means the essence of darkness not the game.

I he was making a joke. The question has already been answered too extensively.

 

[ForgetRealism09]

The dark isn't scary when you use it to your advantage to frighten the hell out of everyone else. hehehe

 

[magicmonkeybars]

there is no point in fearing the darkness, just fear what's hiding inside of it.

Well what IS hiding inside of it...?

I don't know, too dark to see.

 

[Baby Tea]

The majority of fears stem from an aversion to the unknown, the intimidating and the uncertain.

What sums up these attributes better than darkness?

Exactly.
You can't see, that's the problem. You don't know what's there. Friend? Foe? Who knows!
It isn't the darkness itself, but rather what the darkness can conceal.

 

[Rottweiler]

Well, it's the control factor. Lack of a sense you normally rely heavily on throws off your balance and your mental conditioning. Most people don't realize how heavily they depend on sight rather than hearing, or even sense of touch. Not being able to see makes you feel less in control, and therefore you are nervous and uncertain.

Plus, there's the rather reasonable nervousness that Riddick could indeed be in the shadows. He does that.

 

[Lt. Dragunov]

That game was not scary at all. It was complete crap.

I he means the essence of darkness not the game.

I he was making a joke. The question has already been answered too extensively.

well excuuuuse me D=
typo I know

 

[thehoff]

I guess we just feel safe being aware of our surroundings. When something stops us from doing that it is in our nature to be slightly fearful, its survival after all. In the wild we might fall of cliffs or something in the dark, or there might be predators around us we were unaware of.

 

[-Orgasmatron-]

Because it makes black people invisible.

I'm joking, I'm not really racist, I've got a Public Enemy t-shirt and everything.

Please don't ban me.

 

[The Hairminator]

because we can't see in it. /thread

 

[ZSF]

I prefer the dark to the daylight. Really bright light bulbs are cool though.

 

[khaimera]

That game was not scary at all. It was complete crap.

I he means the essence of darkness not the game.

I he was making a joke. The question has already been answered too extensively.

well excuuuuse me D=
typo I know

Its cool. I thought the typo was pretty funny. Then I thought maybe i'm just stupid and didn't get it.

I thought this post needed some more jokes since the question is way too easy to answer.

 

[Feralbreed]

Because it makes black people invisible.

I'm joking, I'm not really racist, I've got a Public Enemy t-shirt and everything.

Please don't ban me.

I won't

Obama FTW.

 

[ninja555]

clowns hide in the darkness

 

[Gmano]

I have very good eyesight and nightvision for a human, I actually like the dark. However I do find very dark area's an inconvenience to travel through, and I'll admit, i am a lil more "alert" (read jumpy) in pitch black (less so than most, but I would be lying if i said i was as comfortable as in light)

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Darkness is a potential hiding place. Haven't games taught you anything? If something doesn't want you to see it it hides in the dark!

Personally I find it scary only when I previously have been creeped out by something, like NOW! I swear if the lights go out now they will find my frozen corpse in the morning! Fuck you internet and your scary shit! Sorry...

 

[Z(ombie)fan]

It's not necessarily the Dark itself, per se. More so the fact that humans HATE the unknown. With a passion.

I don't. But then again, I'm the ninja god.

Funny you should say that. Because as you see, underneath all of my hockey masks and sporty jackets, I look like this:

To answer what you're probably thinking right now: Yes. It is, in fact, on.

You know, we could, and don't think of this as blasphemy, work together. To fight the robots. Fucking robots, they made my toast not toasty!

DOn't forget the pterodactyl goverment, there a problem too.