I honestly don't know why this pisses me off so much, but it really does.

Maybe it's because of growing up with 2 older sisters who always had their friends round and they'd scream at ANYTHING, but I dunno, I genuinely get so annoyed when anyone does it though.

I just see it as such an attention seeking thing. Sometimes it's not even a surprise but people will scream at the top of their lungs in such an exaggerated manner because of something that is clearly not an actual threat.

I feel like some people have such a lack of any type of survival ability that they think they'll be saved when they scream? I don't know. Even when someone jumps out at me purposely trying to scare me or anything, I don't scream, I just jump... Like many other people do.

Like screaming should only be used in actual emergencies. It is used to get attention to call for help of nearby people. If you're in an office or a public place and scream from something so small, you're essentially crying wolf.

Why do people scream or startle so easily? It feels forced and a little childish to me. Obviously I'm not talking about kids, but fully grown adults. If you're an adult and the lights go out or something and yet you still jump out your chair and scream like you're about to be murdered... You need to sort yourself out. That isn't a natural response to something so small. It really does scream (ayyyy pun pun pun) of attention seeking and immaturity.

Wow I was just attacked out of nowhere. Nice one op.