Just for laughs...

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[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Unless you are in Australia most spiders cannot hurt you at all, and even most of the ones that can bite you will not kill you. There is no good reason to fear them.
We should stop killing animals just because we don't like how they look. I just keep a jar and a piece of paper around so I can throw them out of my house if they are in the way.

Same - I used to use a postcard and a cup to remove arachnid visitors too, but now I’ve upgraded to a special bug-catcher:


Simply pull the slider back with your finger to open the green plastic trapdoor, place the capsule over the bug and push the button forward again to slide the trapdoor under the bug’s feet so that it’s captured. Then slide it back again once you’re outside to release the bug back into the wild!

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

I live in Denmark, and oh I will gladly annihilate any spider in my house, it shouldn't be there in the first place, so I'm just defending my home. They can be outside, they should just stay away from me (generally along with most other insects thank you very much).
Now I know they cannot really hurt me physically but I really can't handle a big spider, I cannot get myself to get close to it, and I have a very hard time going to sleep for several hours after I've seen it, so I would say that it hurts me mentally, and at least if I kill it, I know it will not appear somewhere else.
I do see your point and it is very valid and I applaud it, but where spiders are concerned I just won't budge, they gotta die if they get in the house.

While you are correct in that most can't hurt you, that's precisely what makes is a phobia. It is an irrational fear.


I agree. When outside, I leave them alone whenever I can. But as soon as they get inside the house...

Just be grateful we don’t live in the Carboniferous period - in those times there were giant trapdoor spiders the size of a human head, with a lethal set of poisoned fangs...

 

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[ASSASSIN_NR_1]

While you are correct in that most can't hurt you, that's precisely what makes is a phobia. It is an irrational fear.

Right you are, and it's hard to deal with an irrational fear, you can't really use logic, because logic was never really part of it in the first place.

I agree. When outside, I leave them alone whenever I can. But as soon as they get inside the house...

That is epic, I will have that playing in my head next time I see a spider indoors

Just be grateful we don’t live in the Carboniferous period - in those times there were giant trapdoor spiders the size of a human head, with a lethal set of poisoned fangs...

Eww - I knew there were big insects back then, I didn't know about spiders that big though. May we never have that much oxygen in out atmosphere again.

 

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[Infinity Turtle]

Just be grateful we don’t live in the Carboniferous period - in those times there were giant trapdoor spiders the size of a human head, with a lethal set of poisoned fangs...

I just realised that’s these pictures are from a DVD I used to watch with my brother when we were little... forever Rest In Peace animated lizard friend <3

(Would definitely recommend watching the “walking with...” series)

 

[spawning of Bob]

I've enjoyed your spider whimpering, as usual.

On Friday, I needed to drain my pool onto the lawn, flooding it to top off grass depth. Every wolf spider in Christendom emerged onto the surface and started moving in the same direction (roughly towards my house- like Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets in reverse). There were a lot, around four per square foot. It led me to comment to daughter of Bob that yes, there are a lot of spiders in Australia.


BTW, wolf spiders are great - the mothers carry their egg sacs until hatching, and then carry the babies on their backs after.
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/409.htm

 

[ASSASSIN_NR_1]

(Would definitely recommend watching the “walking with...” series)

The Walking with dinosaurs is great.

http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/409.htm

I'm not following that link

 

[Killer Angel]

I'm not following that link

...not even with a flamethrower?

 

[ASSASSIN_NR_1]

...not even with a flamethrower?

Maybe if I can find a big one , but then I'd have to go out shopping for a new screen afterwards, and the spider will just be resurrect with each new screen, so I'll rather step down from a battle I can't win - Unless of course I learn how to hack and use the hacking equivalent of a flamethrower to make the link disappear forever

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

BTW, wolf spiders are great - the mothers carry their egg sacs until hatching, and then carry the babies on their backs after.
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/409.htm

I'm not following that link

..not even with a flamethrower?

Only one viable solution...

 

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