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SamuraiX

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Posted on 02-05-07 07:21 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sweet Kassy Molassy
Originally posted by SamuraiX

I know it's silly to speak of fear as something rational, but there are lots of things in our backyard that could just as easily inhume us.

I fear spiders because they're something over which I have no control.

Are you afraid of life, and everything in it then?
BooUrns

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Since: 05-07-06
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Posted on 02-05-07 07:24 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Shadic
They're attracted to me more than others, if I'm outside at dark, I'll be bitten by a mosquito, ALWAYS. (Usually more than once)

Quoted for truth,

I AM A MOSQUITO MAGNET. And I hate it. I always come in with more mosquito bites than anyone else (well, with the possible exception of my dad). They attack my ankles most of all.
SamuraiX

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Posted on 02-05-07 07:28 AM Link | Quote
I have no such affinity towards bugs, arachnids, or any such critter that you guys seem to have. So I can't speak out of experience.
Sweet Kassy Molassy
Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now.








Since: 06-17-06
From: LoozeeAnna

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Posted on 02-05-07 07:30 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by SamuraiX
Originally posted by Sweet Kassy Molassy
Originally posted by SamuraiX

I know it's silly to speak of fear as something rational, but there are lots of things in our backyard that could just as easily inhume us.

I fear spiders because they're something over which I have no control.

Are you afraid of life, and everything in it then?


Don't be a douche =P *that was probably uncalled for* Obviously that's not how that was meant.
Are you afraid of strange infectious diseases? Of course you are. Why? Because they can hurt you even though you can't see them. Same thing with spiders. I'm not afraid of the plane crashing when I fly (and obviously I can't control that,) but that's a big deal and it should certainly be able to kill me. Some little tiny organism shouldn't be able to kill me.

*edit

(edited by Sweet Kassy Molassy on 02-05-07 01:39 AM)
SamuraiX

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Posted on 02-05-07 07:52 AM Link | Quote
I don't think I hold a fear of the incomprehensible, if that's what you're saying.
emcee

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Posted on 02-05-07 07:57 AM Link | Quote
Most people with arachnophobia aren't only afraid of poisonous spiders. I think the real issues that they're so foreign. It's all the legs and eyes. The same way the lack of legs makes people afraid of snakes.

I'm not really afraid of spiders. But I would still be pretty freaked out if I rolled over in the middle of the night an saw a massive tarantula in front of my face, even though I know they're harmless.
SamuraiX

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Posted on 02-05-07 08:06 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by emcee
Most people with arachnophobia aren't only afraid of poisonous spiders. I think the real issues that they're so foreign. It's all the legs and eyes. The same way the lack of legs makes people afraid of snakes.

I'm not really afraid of spiders. But I would still be pretty freaked out if I rolled over in the middle of the night an saw a massive tarantula in front of my face, even though I know they're harmless.

Phobias don't make very much sense, now do they?
Kasumi-Astra

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Since: 11-18-05
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Posted on 02-05-07 04:32 PM Link | Quote
There's not much in the UK or northern Europe that compares to insects that live in the more tropical places in the world. Up here it's too cold and wet for 'em. The spiders I see are mostly pathetic and tiny. Even the tree spiders I see from time to time (a large variety where I live) are harmless. I have been attacked by a 1 inch hornet though, that freaked me out.

I feel like I've been so poorly prepared for the rest of the world. I swear when I travel the world I'm going to be a big wuss when I see anything with more than four legs

(edited by Kasumi-Astra on 02-05-07 10:33 AM)
Sweet Kassy Molassy
Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now.








Since: 06-17-06
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Posted on 02-05-07 10:34 PM Link | Quote
I've never been stung by a hornet, but I've been popped by a few wasps and bees before, and I once stepped into a yellow jacket nest while push-mowing the yard. I'd have been in big trouble if I'd not been wearing jeans even in the middle of summer.
Sparx

Waddle Doo








Since: 11-18-05
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Posted on 02-06-07 01:24 AM Link | Quote
My worst one was itchy. Then the skin actually looked like a million little bubbles. Filled with air. And there was like a hole in the middle, and pus kept bubbling out. It was really weird.
ZidaneIX

Red Goomba








Since: 01-31-07
From: LV-426

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Posted on 02-06-07 02:15 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sin Dogan
I got bit by a radioactive spider once. And my name was Peter Parker.


Does that mean that if you get bitten by a radioactive desk-drawer, you become desk-drawer man? If so, then my name isn't what I think it is.

I have been bitten by so many spiders and by so many different kinds, it ain't funny. I don't even fear spiders anymore. Only ones I'm scared of are the harmless-natured hairy guys, the ones that grow to large proportions and are harmless in nature but fierce-looking in... looks...
Omega

Mole








Since: 04-27-06
From: Los Angeles,CA

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Posted on 02-06-07 02:34 AM Link | Quote
Spiderman? No....

(edited by Omega on 02-05-07 08:36 PM)
Uki-Ki-rby

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Since: 01-27-07
From: New York City

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Posted on 02-06-07 02:36 AM Link | Quote
I love most arachnids. Mostly tarantulas (brown-haired because the black-haired ones lunge at me) and daddy long-legs. I have gotten so many spider bites that I purposely take longer naps when I am bored to compare bites I have had bites up to about 3 inches in diameter of swelling. Btw to those who believe the "Poisonous Daddy Long-Legs Myth" heres the link to disprove or to just say it hasn't been tested.

http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html


Edit: Speaking of bee/wasp related stings my uncle has developed an immunity to the slight toxin of the sting as he has been stung a literally counted 304 times by falling into 3 yellow jacket (or whatever they are) nests when he was lawn mowing himself. Happens at least 1 time every year.

(edited by Uki-Ki-rby on 02-05-07 08:38 PM)
Sweet Kassy Molassy
Out of ice cream and PB. Would KILL for a milkshake right now.








Since: 06-17-06
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Posted on 02-06-07 03:14 AM Link | Quote
Yeah... harvestmen (DLLegs) aren't even arachnids, right?
Uki-Ki-rby

Poppy Bros. Jr








Since: 01-27-07
From: New York City

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Posted on 02-06-07 03:19 AM Link | Quote
If you looked at the link I put up there are 2 species with the name or partial name of daddy long legs one is an arachnid the other isn't
mistershow

Micro-Goomba
Two accounts? No thanks.


 





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Posted on 02-09-07 10:26 PM Link | Quote
I got bit on the arm once and developed this icky hard bump underneath my skin. It freaked me out. Spiders are scary!!!
KP9001

180
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Since: 01-30-06
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Posted on 02-13-07 10:28 AM Link | Quote
I've never been bitten by any spider. I've had them crawl on me, at which point I jump like 6 feet off the fucking floor and strip down to my underpants. I'm not scared of them if I know where they are, just when they crawl on me I flip out.

Hell, I even have a tarantula, his name is Inspector Zenigata.
Dragoshi

Tektite


 





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Posted on 02-13-07 10:49 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by BooUrns
Originally posted by Shadic
They're attracted to me more than others, if I'm outside at dark, I'll be bitten by a mosquito, ALWAYS. (Usually more than once)

Quoted for truth,

I AM A MOSQUITO MAGNET. And I hate it. I always come in with more mosquito bites than anyone else (well, with the possible exception of my dad). They attack my ankles most of all.


ALSO being quoted for truth. It's ANNOYING when that happens. Hell, I have to deal with them inside and outside. Though, i've sometimes been able to swat them away, so I don't have to deal with it too much.

But, on the subject of spiders...Yea. Arachnophobia. I'm usually a little scared of them even from a distance, which makes it a pain in trying to kill them. Hell, one time I tried to kill a spider in the bathroom with toilet paper wrapped over a shoe. ;; I did, but the toilet paper was a little unescesarry. Though, spiders rarely appear...And, i've usually had moths before, but...There've been none since last summer.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Since: 11-18-05
From: Canada, w00t!
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STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^(

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Posted on 02-13-07 11:56 AM Link | Quote
Oh God yes, the way mousquitos (any bug, really) swarm to me you'd swear I was honey glazed.
SamuraiX

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Since: 11-19-05

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Posted on 02-13-07 11:58 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Oh God yes, the way mousquitos (any bug, really) swarm to me you'd swear I was honey glazed.

Perhaps you need more sweetness inside than out?
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