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[–] ouRKaoS 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I really hope these things live in a different hemisphere than I do

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 7 points 2 hours ago

Don't worry, it lives in Australia (because of course it would)

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Hundrends of documented parasites who can literally eat us from the inside, but no ...spiders are the fucking problem.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I think spiders are cool. I also have a completely irrational fear of them. I don't understand it, I don't have any clue where it came from, but spiders cause me to feel fear in a way unlike anything else in this world. I took it completely in stride when a doctor told me I "might not be ok" while looking at my xrays after a car accident in if I see a spider crawling across the bathroom floor while I'm pooping I'll break out in cold sweats. I like to think that I'm a pretty rational person so this drives me crazy.

[–] RevengeOfTheFallen@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I will always be at at your side in this journey of fear of spiders.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 37 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

And here's more pixels of the joke, if that's your thing

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 hours ago
[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 48 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Don't worry, they're only 5-9 mm big and are generally chill

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 47 minutes ago

Mangos for scale

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 hours ago

That's about 5-9 mm too much.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 54 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

When you encounter things like this, God has abandoned you.

Fire hasn't, though. Fire has no fickle loyalties. All can burn.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 30 points 13 hours ago

Praise Prometheus!

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

At least one person will come away from reading this post with a new sexual fetish.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

No fetish, but I wanna pat it.

Do you think it likes chin scratches? Does it have a chin? Can I stack them for convenience?

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A 2 second Google search of "so spiders have chins?" has revealed that sadly they do not

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Unfortunately, we’re the only ones with true chins, but I still scratch my cat’s undermouth area and call it a chin.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

it's me hello i want to pretend to be a stick

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 14 points 13 hours ago

wraps around stick

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 18 points 14 hours ago

Australia

Should've guessed

[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

Reach Around Spider was rejected as a possible name.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This spider has found one trick that makes humans very angry

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago

Clickbait spider! Enragement tracking functions, activate!

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

I'm so glad I'm not a tiny bug.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Unacceptable.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 11 hours ago

Nature’s Rizla.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 1 points 8 hours ago

Cute little guy

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This shit is the consequence of sin yo.

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Amazing powers of camouflage and body manipulation are the consequences of sin? I best get sinning like a mother fucker then!

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Imagine you're climbing a tree and you get to the top and grab this mfer

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago

Hopefully at that point it continues its charade as a stick! :-P

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

This shit needs to stay in movies

[–] Plagiatus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are we gonna talk about the "tree limbs"?

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

What about it? Except the surprise sentient bark of course.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

BRB, burning down every tree within 50 miles.

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Satan has worked his magic during creation when god had his back turned, and now we suffer from it