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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Exactly. Why do people think killing the spider is what you should do? If they do that, they also cant complain if someone kills them for no reason.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not all spiders are buddies who will just keep to their website and kill pests. Many are aggressive roaming hunters that just go around biting shit to see if it is edible. And that includes you just sleep or sitting still.
    Also, even the nonvenomous spiders have some seriously bad oral hygiene and carry bacteria that causes deep infectious wounds that take months to heal.
    Even with all that, if they were just slow or stupid I might take the time to catch and release, but given that the majority are stupid fast, and/or actively trying to leap at me... they gotta die.
    Having said that I don't fuck with them outside, especially the banana spiders, because banana spiders are instantly easy to identify and aren't interested in starting trouble.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I guess it depends on what spiders you have there. We have like house spiders here, nothing big or toxic. Harmless.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ya, we used to have more of the little fat slow white ones (orb weavers I think) around when I was a kid, and other than cobwebs all over the place, they never gave us trouble. I generally try not to mess with them though, or I'll do a catch and release. But between the Brown Recluse bite I got as a teenager that took almost an entire year to heal and the other non-poisionous bites I have gotten while asleep or watching tv that take 6 weeks to heal, it's insta-death if any others are found inside my house.
    I just realized that I am a spider racist. White and yellow get the gentle touch, but black and brown are going down.

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