The GIF Oracle would like to share some spectacles of fear and dread

I am the GIF ORACLE. You are here because you wish to look into the face of FEAR AND DREAD.

What is more terrifying, bodily harm or the social stigma of losing? That the latter is even in this discussion speaks to the bizarre powers of sports, which should be banned forever and replaced with ice cream.

Here are your GIFs.

Created by: Guyism.

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- adults laughing and clapping in the company of a terrified child
- poor man’s roller coaster

Created by: @bubbaprog.

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- profound failure in the audience of the still and khaki’d
- huuuuuuuaaa?aaaAAAAAH
- anguished leg jiggles

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- pablo picasso guernica animated version

Created by: @DanWeiner.

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- man peering into own mortality gif
- “should pitchers wear helmets” debate

Created by: Over the Monster, SB Nation’s Red Sox blog.

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- conversation about arms suddenly becomes terrifying

That’s quite enough. Take me back, Oracle.