People like you annoy me somewhat.
PLY: "AARGH! A spider!! Getridofit getridofit gedridofit!!"
Shinyscalp: Splat! "There you go; no more scary spider!"
PLY, suddenly all anthropomorphic: "Aw, I didn't want you to kill it".
Shinyscalp: *facepalm*

The big hairy scary ones are house spiders, and they're called House spiders for a reason. Taking them outside to "get rid of them" is like throwing a cat into a swimming pool; all they're going to do is come straight back, and when they get here they'll be just as scary and possibly even a bit annoyed.

They aren't endangered, and there's no point in saying they wouldn't kill you if they had the chance; they're predators, not vegetarians, and they certainly would kill you if they had fangs big enough to pierce your skin (their venom is very toxic), either to eat you (very slowly) or just to stop your flappy screeching whenever you're in their vicinity.

By all means have healthy respect for the natural world. But don't pretend that you can live in harmony with it. Even vegans don't let locusts eat all their crops if they have a chance.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 10:30, 1 reply)

I refrain from killing spiders.
It is not because I care about spiders. It is so I don't have to clean up dead spider.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 14:30, closed)