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[Vault Dweller 111]

If God didn't want me to kill spiders then he shouldn't have made them look like that. A cute little creature could be more than capable of killing flies, mosquito's, etc. in the house, but no, eight legged and creepy. Blame God.

Irrational fear of spiders as long as I can remember. Quote all the facts you want, doesn't mean shit when I see one crawling on my wall right before I'm about to fall asleep.

And I've never even had a really bad spider experience. Yea they'e always been around. But I've never had to deal with a 'huge' spider inside the house, mostly small with a couple medium sized ones. I honestly don't know what I'd do if something like this:

When I was living in Japan for a year I was in the living room late one night watching a movie. The only light was the tv glow and me sitting there on a cushion watching. Out of the corner of my eye on the left something moved. It was big. I jumped up. I switched the room light on and then behind the tv up the wall this fucker climbed up. Was the size around of a dinner plate. I ran upstairs and grabbed some mosquito spray ran back down and sprayed it. It dropped to the hardwood floor and started skittering across the room. I'll never forget that sound. It was big enough that it made noise and I heard its feet hitting the floor as it ran across. thumpthumpthumpthumpthump. I grabbed a broom that was nearby and squashed that sonofabitch as hard as I could. And I left it there shut the movie off and went to bed. In the morning I went downstairs and it was gone. My hostmother had gotten rid of it. That was probably one of the scariest moments in my life. From what I could recall, eyeballing it, it was either a wolf spider or a brown recluse. That thing was the size around of a dinner plate. Fuck spiders forever.

Happened. If I saw that fucker on the wall I'm gone forever. I'm sure as hell not coming back downstairs to engage in combat with it. That room and perhaps the entire house are now unlivable for me. I'm sure smashing a giant spider with a broom would help cure a stupid fear of basically any kind of spider, but I couldn't do it. I've often toyed with the idea of letting one of the smaller ones just crawl around my arm for awhile so I can see that it's not so bad. But as soon as I see the fuckers I know it's not happening.

I don't really have any problem with them outside in nature. Not saying I wouldn't side step a tarantula on a hiking trail, but the spiders that would freak me out int he house, don't bother me outside. It's just the setting. Seeing a spider crawl over my blankets is just not a place where I want to see this eight legged thing, or a large white wall, and here's this gross looking bug in the middle. It's just so unnatural.

At this point I'm just living my life for the next however many years hoping to avoid an encounter with a truly huge spider in my living space. Because it might just end me.

 

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I bet anyone in this thread ten bucks somebody posts that gif with the girl letting one out of her mouth.

I'll report you to Amirox immediately.

 

[MattKeil]

Hey, if you like spiders, good for you. I consider them to be a detriment and do not want them inside.

There are dozens of them inside with you right now. Most people are never more than 10 feet from a spider in their lives outside of air travel. And without them you'd be drowning in way more detrimental creatures.

 

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There are dozens of them inside with you right now. Most people are never more than 10 feet from a spider in their lives outside of air travel. And without them you'd be drowning in way more detrimental creatures.

I totally get that. And I respect them for that. But when they get bold or stupid enough to run right in front of me, on the floor or whatever, sorry, they crossed the line.

 

[JimiNutz]

I live and let live unless they are in my bedroom because I don't want to risk them crawling in my mouth while I'm asleep.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

I bet anyone in this thread ten bucks somebody posts that gif with the girl letting one out of her mouth.

I'll report you to Amirox immediately.

Amirox? What year is this

 

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Amirox? What year is this

I like to still give him props.

 

[Amalthea]

I usually have those jumpy little guys, I think they are cute. Sometimes I thump my finger on the ground/walls close to them so they hop around a bit. lol

 

[Toxi]

When I was living in Japan for a year I was in the living room late one night watching a movie. The only light was the tv glow and me sitting there on a cushion watching. Out of the corner of my eye on the left something moved. It was big. I jumped up. I switched the room light on and then behind the tv up the wall this fucker climbed up. Was the size around of a dinner plate. I ran upstairs and grabbed some mosquito spray ran back down and sprayed it. It dropped to the hardwood floor and started skittering across the room. I'll never forget that sound. It was big enough that it made noise and I heard its feet hitting the floor as it ran across. thumpthumpthumpthumpthump. I grabbed a broom that was nearby and squashed that sonofabitch as hard as I could. And I left it there shut the movie off and went to bed. In the morning I went downstairs and it was gone. My hostmother had gotten rid of it. That was probably one of the scariest moments in my life. From what I could recall, eyeballing it, it was either a wolf spider or a brown recluse. That thing was the size around of a dinner plate. Fuck spiders forever.

Brown recluses aren't that big. You probably saw a huntsman. Huntsman spiders can grow enormous, but they're completely harmless. Wish we had them here.

I usually have those jumpy little guys, I think they are cute. Sometimes I thump my finger on the ground/walls close to them so they hop around a bit. lol

Jumping spiders are adorbs.

 

[BumRush]

Unless you live in an area where spiders are especially deadly...and you can confirm that said spider is deadly...why kill it? GAF gets so uptight about spiders.

 

[Oppo]

I have a deal with the spiders.

If I see them anywhere but the bathroom or my desk or bed, I nod, and say Carry On Soldier.

If they go out of bounds... the penalty is severe.

 

[Alric]

Dude you were in a basement. It was saving you from Cave Centipedes. If you kill the spider you'll be over-run with them. Is that what you want OP, because that's how you get cave centipedes.

 

[GhaleonEB]

That's a giant huntsman spider. They are scary looking but actually docile and kinda cute.

Dude you were in a basement. It was saving you from Cave Centipedes. If you kill the spider you'll be over-run with them. Is that what you want OP, because that's how you get cave centipedes.

House centipedes eat lots and lots of bugs. I let them be even more so than spiders. Freaky looking fuckers, though.

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

i kill it with fire

 

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When I was living in Japan for a year I was in the living room late one night watching a movie. The only light was the tv glow and me sitting there on a cushion watching. Out of the corner of my eye on the left something moved. It was big. I jumped up. I switched the room light on and then behind the tv up the wall this fucker climbed up. Was the size around of a dinner plate. I ran upstairs and grabbed some mosquito spray ran back down and sprayed it. It dropped to the hardwood floor and started skittering across the room. I'll never forget that sound. It was big enough that it made noise and I heard its feet hitting the floor as it ran across. thumpthumpthumpthumpthump. I grabbed a broom that was nearby and squashed that sonofabitch as hard as I could. And I left it there shut the movie off and went to bed. In the morning I went downstairs and it was gone. My hostmother had gotten rid of it. That was probably one of the scariest moments in my life. From what I could recall, eyeballing it, it was either a wolf spider or a brown recluse. That thing was the size around of a dinner plate. Fuck spiders forever.

Terrifying.

 

[MugiwaraCole]

I can afford to do this with spiders. They don't threaten me much.

Now, a roach? *dies*