If your user is scared to push a button for fear of what might happen, that's bad UI design.

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It is only natural to be scared of zombies, and to prevent them from laying waste to your home.

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But issues such as anger, stress, fear of people living in the same placement, feeling "you don't get what you want or need in your placement", not being listened to, being scared and getting away from bullies were felt to justify the risks associated with running away.

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"You are my love at first sight, and though you're scared to be near me, my words penetrate your thought now in an intimate prelude, " Keyes wrote.

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Airlines, many of which were already in trouble before Sept. 11 scared their customers away, also seem to be suffering more than your average cyclical downturn.

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You don't have to suck your stomach in, walk backward or wear a sarong to cover those parts of yourself you're too scared to have surgically corrected.

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