What is it with spiders?
I made this!
I effing hate them.
Also, I get a little sweary because I DON'T LIKE GODDAMN SPIDERS. NSFW if harsh language is not allowed.
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intesvensk can't recall when I last checked the newsletter, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 20:15,
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I too hate spiders
It's an evolutionary trait, anything that looks even remotely like a spider trigers an ancient mechanism in the mammalian brain that wants you to get the fuck away from it, because most spiders were poisonous and wouldn't mind taking a tasy bite out of some monky ass
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That's one theory...
However it has been disputed that back when we'd have evolved this trait there were far more deadly predators/threats to worry about which would have taken priority and spiders were not as prominent in the areas where we evolved as other nasty wee critters.
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vix0r was not Matthew on, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 1:11,
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Ouch
feckin spiders.
My mate moved to USofA couple of months ago. She sent me an e-mail with two new friends she found this week.
Spider in cupboard and snake in a mailbox. Lovely.
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MrGomez and David Bellamy's big pubey beard, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 20:48,
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I saw a spider saunter into my room a couple of hours ago and don't know where it went..
I thought it was a mouse at first it was so big.
I now have the hoover set up ready waiting for it appearing again!
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 20:51,
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I was working for my old university
and had to do a walkthrough of the dorm rooms the night before check-in and discovered one room had been overrun with gigantic black spiders... seriously, a minimum of 50.
I jumped outside, composed myself after a spinal shakedown and then, armed with a vacuum, went in there and obliterated those disgusting creatures. I still shudder to think of that room. That particular building has since been torn down.
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intesvensk can't recall when I last checked the newsletter, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 21:10,
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Christ, well if you weren't arachnaphobic before that incident
then that must be what set you off.
I live in Glasgow, so when I see a big spider then it's probably a tenth of the size of the ones you dealt with. And 50 of them?? *Shudders*
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 21:18,
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i like spiders!
they keep the fly population down.
I also dislike people who kill them. *narrows eyes*
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I think maybe
you're failing to acknowledge that this was a BIG FUCKING BLACK WIDOW
next to my couch. in my living room. think about it. would you want to watch a movie in there? knowing it was less than a meter away?
and anyway, why do you have so many flies?
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intesvensk can't recall when I last checked the newsletter, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 22:51,
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I love spiders.
I'm lucky to live in a country where they're not at all deadly, plus they keep down the fly population and they're really cool. One time I watched a big spider being reeled in while it was stuck in the web of a tiny spider, it was so big you could hear its legs scrabbling against the floor. Also the webs make attractive decorations if you want to make stuff in your room look old-timey. And in the winter when they all die, you can pile up their tiny bodies on a coffee table or small pillow, as an interesting and engaging conversation point.
Spiders are awesome!
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one of my favourite past times is
shooting spiders with an air rifle
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 23:17,
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spiders and vaginas
it's like snake phobia. or horse love. fact.
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harryfreeze Ignore, Hide, I like this!, Reply, Thu 4 Sep 2008, 23:21,
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