I'm kind of sick of this arachnophobia on DU

[leftofthedial]

we have insipid Little cute kittie pictures out the friggin wazoo and plenty of "I love my dog" crap. We get birds, hamsters, gerbils, ferrets, fish and even snakes fercrisake.

But do we ever get any nice furry 8-legged closeups of our arachnid friends? Huh? Do we?

You arachnophobes make me sick.

[Sparkle]

1. LOL!

Cute.

[Spinzonner]

2. Personally, I'm tired of hearing complaints from you exo-skeleton-philes

Get some backbone

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Pa dum pum............ crashhhhhhhhhh!

[leftofthedial]

that was really bad

in a really good way.

[chickenscratching]

3. hey!

i am an arachnophobic, so I"VE BEEN THERE BUD! if i had to see spider pictures here on DU, i think i'd have to kill myself.
christ.
:nopity:

[Jamastiene]

10. They posted spider pictures

and at least one was poisonous too. Quick. Got a newspaper to roll up. :P

[chickenscratching]

12. are you kidding me?!

though i'm scared to death, i cannot kill a spider...maybe a karma thing? i just wouldn't want the spiders buddies to gang up on me or anything.

[chickenscratching]

and it's not even that

the one time i killed a spider, (i couldn't do it directly) i killed it with some kind of cleaner (in a spray bottle) and i sprayed and i sprayed and i sprayed until the spider was dead...i felt so horrible, it still haunts me...im such a bad person

[Jamastiene]

23. You gotta be

shitting me. I sure can. It's them or me. That's that. I'll save you. <crinkle crinkle crinkle> Although, I have to admit, the tarantulas may with their owners present be pettable possibly, assuming their owners don't sic them on me. I think that is why I hate spiders to this day. I had that happen once and have never forgiven spider owners since.

[chickenscratching]

28. is bad for my karma...

if i dont kill spiders, but i ask people to come and do it for me is that still going to ruin my spider karma?

[Jamastiene]

32. No, well,

I don't know. I stoppped thinking about karma when my dogma got ran over and my catma started purring. Too bad my cats are no kill cats...

[Spinzonner]

4. Stop crabbing

[CoffeeCat]

5. Fight the discrimination!!!

I share your outrage.

People on this site care about the poor, the homeless, and the middle class--but you're right--they don't give a damn about spiders.

It makes me sick.

[B0S0X87]

6. here you go...

I hope you're happy now.

[leftofthedial]

16. where'd you get the pic of Condi

without her fright wig and "La Maitresse" boots?

[Walt Starr]

7. Nothing wrong with spiders

[Spinzonner]

8. The last one is really cute

[InternalDialogue]

13. So we get spiders all over DU

and nearly every one of them is facing downward. Sheesh, doesn't anyone post happy spiders anymore?

[chickenscratching]

15. eEEK!

NOOO! you just made me cringe...anyone have any advice on how to get over my fear?

[InternalDialogue]

17. Quick, think of Sesame Street!

Remember that fuzzy, felt spider that showed up in Kermit's investigative report of Little Miss Muffet? Wouldn't hurt a flea. Might actually be nice to snuggle up to in bed.

[Spinzonner]

19. Get on Fear Factor

I'm sure they can come up with some aversion therapy

[chickenscratching]

21. ewww

or they might just make me eat spiders.

[leftofthedial]

20. now they come out of the closet

all of you who are so eager to show us that you are not arachnophobes are obviously trying to compensate for the true loathing and repulsion you feel.

You make me even sicker than the spider haters who aren't afraid to admit it.

(Great pix, BTW! :thumbsup:)

[WilliamPitt]

22. Smush, smush, smush and smush

[Jamastiene]

9. Sorry

They just creep me out unless someone else who can wrangle them is in the room with me. On edit: And my cats are no help. Anything they catch they bring to me alive. When we first move here, there was a mouse, they didn't kill it. They brought it to me and set it on my foot. And there are spiders around here the size of tarantulas. Oh God, I have no kill cats. Wouldn't you know it?..<slaps forehead>

[otohara]

14. I Never Kill Spiders

they are our friends...

[Trailrider1951]

24. LOL, I hate them, but I don't kill them either

I live in the southwest (Houston) where roaches run rampant, in EVERYONES home. Anything that kills roaches without poison is a friend of mine!

[Walt Starr]

25. Kiling spiders is BAD spider Karma!

And leads to spider bites!

[ginnyinWI]

18. bring it on, dude! n/t

[ultraist]

26. spider webs are very cool

I love spider webs, they are beautiful little creations.

[Jamastiene]

27. It is beautiful, but, but,

where's the spider that built it? Get him off of me! Get him off of me! <Jamastiene invents a new dance coming to dance floors near you>

[Walt Starr]

30. Did you ever see the spider web drug studies?

A normal Spiderweb:



A web of a spider on Peyote:



A web of a spider on LSD:



A web of a spider on Marijuana:



A web of a spider on Caffeine:



A web of a spider on Benzadrine (Speed):



A web of a spider on Chloral Hydrat (sleeping pills):

[Q3JR4]

37. Those pictures are cool.

Where'd they come from?

[Walt Starr]

39. Here

http://www.missblackwidow.com/drugs.html

[leftofthedial]

38. we haven't had crickets here at DU all summer . . .

dun dun dunnnn!

[TWiley]

29. I am rather fond of crustaceans myself.

Octopuss are cool too.

[Walt Starr]

31. The plural of "Octopus" is "Octopi" n/t

[Jamastiene]

33. Now those I like.

When I had an aquarium, I thought about getting one, but I learned they are notorious Houdinis in the tank...

[TWiley]

35. Yep,

they can squeeze through any hole the size of their eye.

[TWiley]

34. They are too cool though. They have HUGE brains.

An Octopus can perform 8 different, and delicate, tasks simultaneously with each of it's tentacles. At the same time, the Octopus can control each skin cell as though it were a pixel.

They scan their environment with their eyes, and change their skin to colors to blend in at the same time. They really are amazing. And the babies? Well, those little potlickers are just tooo cute!

[chickenscratching]

40. are you kidding?

thats very awesome...i admit i know nothing about these crazy dudes, but thank you for enlightening me! :)

[TWiley]

52. I just learned that on a Discovery Channel program.

They have a show about Squid and Octopus that is really far out. You can actually see them turn colors right in front of you, and then they disappear into the background.

One actually molded itself around this hunk of coral, and PRESTO! He disappeared. The disguise was so convincing that a crab came along and tried to hide underneath.

[Just Me]

36. I don't hate all things that spin.

:eyes:

[porphyrian]

41. The last spider I dated tried to kill me after sex.

I'm done with those bitches.

[Spinzonner]

45. Do humans treat you any differently ?

[porphyrian]

46. Now that you mention it...

...I sometimes catch them looking at me funny from the corner of my upper eyes.

[Tactical Progressive]

42. My friend had a tarantula back in high school

His mom didn't like it at all. Boa too.

The spider got out of its tank and disappeared. They didn't tell their parents.

He and his brother found it a few months later, dead behind a wall.

Which was lucky for them.

[Walt Starr]

47. I had a pet tarantula in high School, too

He wa a Mexican Brown.

I called him Fred.

[Tactical Progressive]

48. Why 'Fred'? n/t

[Walt Starr]

49. He just seemed like a Fred

:shrug:

[many a good man]

43. Do you mean Akronaphobia???

[Califooyah Operative]

44. haha, yea, it's a major problem around here. nt

[welshTerrier2]

50. actually, properly prepared, spider meat tastes like chicken

[megatherium]

51. I'm sorry, but I just can't get past Shelob. nt

[KitchenWitch]

53. You start, dude!

[Rhiannon12866]

54. I am fine with our eight legged friends. I just don't happen to have any

As close companions, as I do my dogs and cat. But, if you do, I'd love to see them.:-)