scientist who discovered giant spider gets death threats - Polidicks

I really can't fucking handle bugs. I don't like killing them because I think it's kind of a douchey thing to do, but I will if they get too close and I get panicky. I even get freaked out by fucking butterflies. Let me guide you through my illogical fear. Butterflies are just fucking colorful moths. Colorful creepy crawlies in nature usually indicates "stay back motherfucker, I'm toxic as shit". Moths already creep me the fuck out, they make me think of the things from Evolution that lands on the black guy and digs under his skin. They also have these long fucking mouth things, which makes me think of mosquitos and sucking your blood. Worst of fucking all, any flying insects that makes contact with my body or tries to land on me makes me think of botflies that have been known to lay eggs below peoples skin. I fucking hate butterflies.

[QUOTE=Simski;46401280]I really can't fucking handle bugs. I don't like killing them because I think it's kind of a douchey thing to do, but I will if they get too close and I get panicky. I even get freaked out by fucking butterflies. Let me guide you through my illogical fear. Butterflies are just fucking colorful moths. Colorful creepy crawlies in nature usually indicates "stay back motherfucker, I'm toxic as shit". Moths already creep me the fuck out, they make me think of the things from Evolution that lands on the black guy and digs under his skin. They also have these long fucking mouth things, which makes me think of mosquitos and sucking your blood. Worst of fucking all, anything flying insects that makes contact with my body or tries to land on me makes me think of botflies that have been known to lay eggs below peoples skin. I fucking hate butterflies.[/QUOTE] this is actually a really logical take on an irrational fear

If the Covenant or some other alien race existed, they will be laughing at this article of people complaining about killing a single animal.

[QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;46401462]If the Covenant or some other alien race existed, they will be laughing at this article of people complaining about killing a single animal.[/QUOTE] mainly because they'd be joking about how they're going to do the same to us

[QUOTE=Cataclysmic_47;46398959]Bet you no one would give a fuck if we still had spiders the size of house cats and he did that. tbo if we still had spiders of that size it'd be a challenge to take down one of those. Think of the speed of that thing charging you.[/QUOTE] i'd be more concerned about the poison cloud of fuzz that they can emit when provoked, he mentioned in his first article that he started choking up when it did that, and i'm sure he's not asthmatic or anything

Can't even discover a new animal without idiots threatening you. I think we're getting dumber as a species.

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;46395489][URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-IFYtp8chM#t=494"]Relevant: QI on how to work out the age of a lobster.[/URL] (Continues through a fact about giraffes, and onto relevant counting the legs of millipedes.) "It's the same thing with all these things. Before they count the legs, [I]they kill it[/I]. So the legs are very still." I think we've reached the point that society itself is now a special snowflake. Biologists can't even fucking do their jobs without concern trolls sending death threats.[/QUOTE] The internet is at once a great marvel and great embarrassment on society.

[QUOTE=Brobattington;46399822]We've never actually had giant spiders. Just large insects like dragonflies and millipedes. [sp]Note: I'm using the term 'large' incredibly loosely, especially with the millipedes.[/sp][/QUOTE] Dragonflies used to be the size of birds, millions of years ago, because the atmospheric oxygen concentration was much higher. As the oxygen level dropped towards modern levels, they evolved into smaller, more efficient creatures to avoid suffocating on their own inadequate circulatory systems.

[QUOTE=Simski;46401280]I really can't fucking handle bugs. I don't like killing them because I think it's kind of a douchey thing to do, but I will if they get too close and I get panicky. I even get freaked out by fucking butterflies. Let me guide you through my illogical fear. Butterflies are just fucking colorful moths. Colorful creepy crawlies in nature usually indicates "stay back motherfucker, I'm toxic as shit". Moths already creep me the fuck out, they make me think of the things from Evolution that lands on the black guy and digs under his skin. They also have these long fucking mouth things, which makes me think of mosquitos and sucking your blood. Worst of fucking all, any flying insects that makes contact with my body or tries to land on me makes me think of botflies that have been known to lay eggs below peoples skin. I fucking hate butterflies.[/QUOTE] I'm not the only one in the world who thinks this. Thanks fuck.

Those big furry spiders don't bother me as much as these assholes [img]http://www.bigeastern.com/eotp/ep_argio.jpg[/img] And I mean they arne't assholes and make cool webs but they gross me out more than those fluffy ones. I actually think jumping spider are adorable [img]http://terrifictop10.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/red-faced-jumping-spider.jpg[/img]

If I killed that spider, I would be proud of it. Like I killed a dragon. [i]Lo, I did vanquish the spider. Scaling its lair above the clouds, mine sword did indeed plunge into it breast, slaying the beast with the blessings of christ[/i]

[QUOTE=Glitchman;46402662]Those big furry spiders don't bother me as much as these assholes [img]http://www.bigeastern.com/eotp/ep_argio.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] orbweavers are chill buggers and come in a handful of different colorations (you probably see more of the stocky brown ones around houses) but they're goddamn massive compared to other species they live around and build webs along nature trails at face-height don't ever go walking in a field at night [editline]e[/editline] in hindsight this post isn't very helpful but hey those guys aren't aggressive unless you mess with them. Most aren't, for that matter

[QUOTE=Simski;46401280]I fucking hate butterflies.[/QUOTE]First, holy shit bro, second, butterflies love to slurp up the juices from decaying flesh so they're actually the most flamboyantly metal insects out there. You should fear them, for they merely are waiting until you are dead so they can feast upon your corpse. Sometimes they do feast upon that delicious meat sack you call a body, your perspiration is [i]delicious.[/i] I say fight fire with fire, next time you see a butterfly: [i]violently bite it, then swallow it to prove you are the apex predator.[/i]

[QUOTE=Glitchman;46402662]Those big furry spiders don't bother me as much as these assholes [img]http://www.bigeastern.com/eotp/ep_argio.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] We get plenty of golden orb spiders in the bush around here, some of them reaching pretty massive open hand sizes. I find them repulsive and frightening. They are spindly spiders like daddy long legs, but since they are scaled up their spindly legs still look quite thick and threatening. And their gold and black legs remind me of those generic danger colors so I steer the fuck away from them. Tarantulas and jumping spiders are pretty cool, but christ just keep those awful hazard tape colored spiders away from me.

[QUOTE=Mitsudigi;46395455]More like mentally unstable[/QUOTE] Acting like a bigman behind a keyboard doesn't make you mentally unstable, it just makes you a jerk

[QUOTE=Simski;46401192]The bigger they get, the more sluggish they get. If I remember right really giant spiders are an impossibility because they would not be able to support the weight of their own bodies. I'm really not very well educated on the subject though so I'm not really gonna go into more detail.[/QUOTE] Yep. They wouldn't be able to breathe and eventually they'd get so heavy their own weight would cause them to collapse on themselves. [quote] evolve [/quote] nah. Spiders used to be ginormous cause A they were in the water or B the atmosphere had WAY more oxygen and was far denser. Same reason we can't have dinosaurs now. They'd suffocate.

I swear there's a central somewhere that just pumps out deaththreats to every single person included in a news story

[QUOTE=Nemisis116;46398003]Phobias are so dumb Its really annoying how uncontrollable the fear is, I would like to look at spiders closely and touch them but part of my brain doesn't give a shit what the rest of it thinks and flips out They are interesting and terrifying at the same time[/QUOTE] I have the exact same problem. I think it's the phobia coupled with really strong senses of morbid curiosity. One time a spider about the size of my palm crawled onto the curtain next to my computer. As soon as I noticed it, I jumped back, but then proceeded to stare at it for a good five minutes while becoming exponentially more horrified. I do the same thing with anything that either should or actually does scare me. I keep finding myself studying things like wasps or sharks within that-shit-gon-fuck-me-up distances while being in varying degrees of "holy fuck why am I doing this". That said, it's by no means enjoyable. More impulsive.

I'm surprised that no-one here has talked about Ogre-Faced Spiders.

[QUOTE=metalhand;46405657]I swear there's a central somewhere that just pumps out deaththreats to every single person included in a news story[/QUOTE] It's called Twitter. [editline]4th November 2014[/editline] Or Tumblr.

In Florida we have these cute little buggers! [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Spiny_backed_orbweaver_spider.jpg/250px-Spiny_backed_orbweaver_spider.jpg[/IMG] You can handle them and they never bite, but they do get frightened pretty easy and shuffle away from you. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Close_Up_Of_Spiny_Orb_Weaver_Spider_Eating_a_Butterfly.jpg/220px-Close_Up_Of_Spiny_Orb_Weaver_Spider_Eating_a_Butterfly.jpg[/IMG] I was reading and apparently they do bite you if you fuck with them, but in my experience they've never bit me and I pick them up all the time to get a close look.

[QUOTE=dai;46401214]well, if a spider got to massive size thorugh natural evolution, one would assume they'd have developed an effective way to not only hold themselves up, but effectively pursue prey (provided they don't become lazy asshole camping trapdoor spiders)[/QUOTE] They'd need to massively change how they work, they use hydraulics to move, their hearts would need to be impossibly strong to deal with the volume and pressure of a spider the size of a toddler.

[QUOTE=RetaDepa;46395722]I honestly don't get the hatred for spiders and tarantulas. They're like miniature battletanks that help rid you of your fly revolution when was the last time you saw a cat ate a fly those lazy fucks at least spiders give themselves a purpose to stay with you.[/QUOTE] Hey, my cat does a fine job of killing flying insects. I find a moth or something, I grab my cat, place it near the moth and then wait a couple of seconds for him to get his jump just right. He eats the insect afterwards too which is just brilliant! [editline]5th November 2014[/editline] I have to say, spiders got a whole lot more fun since I found out the damage an airsoft gun can actually do to them They freaking explode! How brilliant is that.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;46415353]i mean i know theyre just spiders bt that thats sort of fucked up dude[/QUOTE] I only kill the ones that manage to crawl into my house. I used to just use the vacuum.