[MIMIC]

Might as well say it: yes, I'm watching Friends, dammit! It's on Nick @ Nite. In the episode, Ross wanted Rachel to overcome her fear of swings and that put her on the spot. So she in turn wanted Ross to get over his fear of spiders. So she picked one up and told Ross to hold it while she got on the swing.

Now as a kid, I was a total bug/small animal nerd, picking up every butterfly, snake, caterpillar, etc. that I could get my hands on. I collected spiders, but I NEVER touched them with my bare hands. They bite! Or was I just being irrational?

EDIT: With your hands?

[LiK]

sure, when i crush them.

[Fisticuffs]

only jumping spiders. They are cute and friendly ^-^

[Log4Girlz]

If we hit it off sure.

[Atilac]

Of course I do, along with their guts in a napkin.

[NateDrake]

Just had a spider walk across my carpet. Captured it in a bottle and put it outside.

[weekend_warrior]

In the tissue after I crush the life out of them.

[Bombadil]

When I was 10 years old, I watched my (female) cousins, also 10, torture a black widow spider by trapping it in a bottle of bleach and shaking it up.

Spiders have a behavior fairly consistent with sociopaths like Ted Bundy.

[Psychological Intellect]

Of course I do, along with their guts in a napkin.

this applies to cockroaches as well. though i hardly find spiders big enough that when i crush them they leave behind a mess big enough that would warrant a napkin cleanup.

[Mumei]

only jumping spiders. They are cute and friendly ^-^

Absolutely!

[Kitsunebaby]

Hell fucking no!

Even once they're dead I still only handle them with a paper towel. Somehow, I'm afraid they're just faking it and they'll spring back to life, crawl up my arm, and into my ear.

[Spring-Loaded]

I let them do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKsohBN60dQ#t=0m40s

[shintoki]

There is only one answer.

[Bombadil]

Absolutely!

If they actually said those things and played mini-drums I'd call them cute. As it stands, they're only "internet cute," just like all those myspace angle girls on my facebook page.

[MIMIC]

I don't think I've ever seen the ones in the pics in person. I only saw 3 or 4 different ones...mostly the ones in my old garage: brown with the huge asses.

Hell fucking no! Even once they're dead I still only handle them with a paper towel. Somehow, I'm afraid they're just faking it and they'll spring back to life, crawl up my arm, and into my ear.

This cracked me up.

[blame space]

not only do I protect spiders, I also go out of my way to save them.

[Mumei]

Bombadil, they're real life cute, too!

Hell fucking no! Even once they're dead I still only handle them with a paper towel. Somehow, I'm afraid they're just faking it and they'll spring back to life, crawl up my arm, and into my ear.

(All due credit to Dennis4K)

[kswiston]

Sure. They are not any different than other bugs. Most are harmless and can't do any damage to you. Not sure if I would pick up something like a Brazilian bird-eating spider with my bare hands though.

The worst insect handling mistake I ever made was picking up a water boatman (awater bug which as two paddle legs to propel itself across the water surface). I was 14 or so and didn't know at the time that they bite hard. Felt like I was stung by a wasp. I'd rather be covered in spiders than hold another one of those.

[THE NO LIFE KING]

[Bombadil]

not only do I protect spiders, I also go out of my way to save them.

Would like to join my club? It's called SSSSS. The Society for the Support of Securing Safety for Spiders.

Our symbol is a snake.

[Kitsunebaby]

Bombadil, they're real life cute, too! (All due credit to Dennis4K)

That story was a confirmation of all my worst fears. Man, fuck spiders.

[SapientWolf]

.

[shintoki]

Thread needs to be NSFW. Scary shit happening.

[JohnLacke]

Hell fucking no! Even once they're dead I still only handle them with a paper towel. Somehow, I'm afraid they're just faking it and they'll spring back to life, crawl up my arm, and into my ear.

Your fear isn't unfounded. I crushed a spider with my shoe a few weeks back, and I hit it hard. It was stuck on the bottom of the shoe, and I was looking at it as I was preparing to wipe it off with a piece of paper towel. I thought to myself that it didn't look very smooshed, considering how hard I hit it. At that moment, it lurched off the shoe to the floor, and attempted an escape. So I hit it again... and again, and again. I wasn't making the same mistake twice with that little bastard.

Still, he was a worthy and cunning adversary.

[blame space]

Would like to join my club? It's called SSSSS. The Society for the Support of Securing Safety for Spiders. Our symbol is a snake.

consider me joined

[Leynos]

Would like to join my club? It's called SSSSS. The Society for the Support of Securing Safety for Spiders. Our symbol is a snake.

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

For all but the most ornery of spiders (and other creepy-crawlies), I will use my hands to safely cradle the cute little bugger and release it outside.

[Quick]

Sure do.

My spider crushing shoe.

[yn-neko hates a cat]

I'm not going to cast stones here because who amongst us is without sin. Not you LiK. Not you Mimic. Not even you Log4Girlz (and that ain't saying much). I won't judge you for the blood on your hands, in your napkin, on your shoes... on your floor. No, I won't judge you but let me ask you this: When does the killing stop? When the spider speaks, when the spiders stand tall and proclaim their freedom? When we are the spiders take up arms and both sides, be it human or spider, have lost so many lives that we finally grow sick of death and murder? Do we seriously wish for a small life, a mother carrying her children and every one of those ill-fated children to wail in the eerily-unfamiliar tone of blood-drenched souls who are having their life cut so short in a cold, unaware manner? Is this or legacy as we stand at the apex of the evolutionary pyramid? Can we not allow our souls to be filled with compassion for the lives which grow amongst us with the same nurturing benevolence which has led us in to our adulthood? Can we not help? Is our will to live in the service of others be it man or beast such a strange concept? Can we not accept life as ours as our own? Must we kill bits of our self without understanding who they are? We love life and we will to live so why; why can't we will and realize the need for others to live as we do?

Can we no longer love?

[Bombadil]

I'm not going to cast stones here because who amongst us is without sin. Not you LiK. Not you Mimic. Not even you Log4Girlz (and that ain't saying much). I won't judge you for the blood on your hands, in your napkin, on your shoes... on your floor. No, I won't judge you but let me ask you this: When does the killing stop? When the spider speaks, when the spiders stand tall and proclaim their freedom? When we are the spiders take up arms and both sides, be it human or spider, have lost so many lives that we finally grow sick of death and murder? Do we seriously wish for a small life, a mother carrying her children and every one of those ill-fated children to wail in the eerily-unfamiliar tone of blood-drenched souls who are having their life cut so short in a cold, unaware manner? Is this or legacy as we stand at the apex of the evolutionary pyramid? Can we not allow our souls to be filled with compassion for the lives which grow amongst us with the same nurturing benevolence which has led us in to our adulthood? Can we not help? Is our will to live in the service of others be it man or beast such a strange concept? Can we not accept life as ours as our own? Must we kill bits of our self without understanding who they are? We love life and we will to live so why; why can't we will and realize the need for others to live as we do? Can we no longer love?

[Amvient]

yes, to let them go outside. I can pick up almost any animal, insect, arachnids with my bare hands, it doesnt bother me at all.

[kutthoat5150]

used to when I was younger, not anymore though, the moment I see one I won't be comfortable until I personally kill it

[weekend_warrior]

I'm not going to cast stones here because who amongst us is without sin. Not you LiK. Not you Mimic. Not even you Log4Girlz (and that ain't saying much). I won't judge you for the blood on your hands, in your napkin, on your shoes... on your floor. No, I won't judge you but let me ask you this: When does the killing stop? When the spider speaks, when the spiders stand tall and proclaim their freedom? When we are the spiders take up arms and both sides, be it human or spider, have lost so many lives that we finally grow sick of death and murder? Do we seriously wish for a small life, a mother carrying her children and every one of those ill-fated children to wail in the eerily-unfamiliar tone of blood-drenched souls who are having their life cut so short in a cold, unaware manner? Is this or legacy as we stand at the apex of the evolutionary pyramid? Can we not allow our souls to be filled with compassion for the lives which grow amongst us with the same nurturing benevolence which has led us in to our adulthood? Can we not help? Is our will to live in the service of others be it man or beast such a strange concept? Can we not accept life as ours as our own? Must we kill bits of our self without understanding who they are? We love life and we will to live so why; why can't we will and realize the need for others to live as we do? Can we no longer love?

Ah jeez, don't tell me you fuck spiders too?

[Bombadil]

Ah jeez, don't tell me you fuck spiders too?

This buttlust transcends species.

[Wafflecakes]

Never, ever, evereverever.

[picklecannon]

yes, to let them go outside. I can pick up almost any animal, insect, arachnids with my bare hands, it doesnt bother me at all.

Same here. The only insects that are kill on sight for me are mosquitos and wasps. Everything else I'm alright with handling.

[MIMIC]

I'm not going to cast stones here because who amongst us is without sin. Not you LiK. Not you Mimic. Not even you Log4Girlz (and that ain't saying much). I won't judge you for the blood on your hands, in your napkin, on your shoes... on your floor. No, I won't judge you but let me ask you this: When does the killing stop? When the spider speaks, when the spiders stand tall and proclaim their freedom? When we are the spiders take up arms and both sides, be it human or spider, have lost so many lives that we finally grow sick of death and murder? Do we seriously wish for a small life, a mother carrying her children and every one of those ill-fated children to wail in the eerily-unfamiliar tone of blood-drenched souls who are having their life cut so short in a cold, unaware manner? Is this or legacy as we stand at the apex of the evolutionary pyramid? Can we not allow our souls to be filled with compassion for the lives which grow amongst us with the same nurturing benevolence which has led us in to our adulthood? Can we not help? Is our will to live in the service of others be it man or beast such a strange concept? Can we not accept life as ours as our own? Must we kill bits of our self without understanding who they are? We love life and we will to live so why; why can't we will and realize the need for others to live as we do? Can we no longer love?

Only if they're asking for it =p

[yn-neko hates a cat]

Ah jeez, don't tell me you fuck spiders too?

Come on guys... please don't degrade me like this. I just want to have an open and calm adult discussion on the preciousness of life. Please leave whatever misconceptions you have about my stance on a man being arrested for soliciting sex from a dog out of this thread. And never the two shall meet.

[yn-neko hates a cat]

Only if they're asking for it =p

I get it if you feel your life is threatened but we humans are more capable than that. People kill tiny life because they feel it's unpleasant or simply unwanted. It wouldn't beyond our capability to find alternatives to death but to choose not to in the name of convenience is cruel and unjust.

[SPE]

When I lived in England, sure.
Now I live in Australia, no fucking way.

[MIMIC]

I get it if you feel your life is threatened but we humans are more capable than that. People kill tiny life because they feel it's unpleasant or simply unwanted. It wouldn't beyond our capability to find alternatives to death but to choose not to in the name of convenience is cruel and unjust.

I thought the other post was just a joke.

*feels awkward*

[vaelic]

not only do I protect spiders, I also go out of my way to save them.

Parker? Is that you?

[bzm]

Picked one up to put outside the other day and it bit me through the fucking tissue.

[Sethos]

... I crush them where they sit and then I remove their mauled corpse with a tissue.

[Talladega Knight]

fuck no i don't

[Ken]

No. I turn around and run away screaming.

[Avixph]

I let them be or help them go outside.

[yn-neko hates a cat]

I thought the other post was just a joke. *feels awkward*

Let's be honest with ourselves here MIMIC... what's the real joke here? What's the comedy?

comedy: A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.

A man being entrapped by the law which was made to protect you isn’t funny. It's sick. It's a sick thing for our government to do. Allow your citizens the decency to remain human AMERICA!

Sorry. I didn’t mean for your thread to become about this. It seems to follow me around now. I assure you I’m “normal” so let’s get back to the topic at hand.

[Bombadil]

Let's be honest with ourselves here MIMIC... what's the real joke here? What's the comedy? comedy: A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict. A man being entrapped by the law which was made to protect you isn’t funny. It's sick. It's a sick thing for our government to do. Allow your citizens the decency to remain human AMERICA! Sorry. I didn’t mean for your thread to become about this. It seems to follow me around now. I assure you I’m “normal” so let’s get back to the topic at hand.

Sigh. Just tell us what you want your tag to be. Let's stop beating around the bush, here.

[yn-neko hates a cat]

When I lived in England, sure. Now I live in Australia, no fucking way.

Are domestic spiders in Australia mostlly poisonous?

[Fiction]

I grew up where sun spiders are a thing. And tarantulas but those aren't scary. If theres a tarantula in the room, you know it. A sun spider? Fast as shit and nope nope nope.