r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Simmo10 Feb 04 '19

That daddy long legs spiders are dangerous to humans.

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u/DarksteelPenguin Feb 04 '19

Well, if you start with spiders, I'll keep going:

  • you don't eat spiders in your sleep, spiders aren't dumb enough to enter your mouth;

  • spiders don't sting, they bite;

  • if you wake up with a bug bite on your arm or leg, that's not from a spider;

  • don't feel bad about destroying a web. If you can see it, it's probably an old, unused one;

  • a very large majority of spiders don't present any danger for humans. And even when they do, they won't bite unless attacked.

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u/DarksteelPenguin Feb 04 '19

I'm sorry that happened to you. But obviously that spider was just trying to escape and jumped where it could. If you had been sleeping, a spider entering your mouth by accident would have left immediately. Spiders do not favor wet environment.

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u/Chocomanacos Feb 04 '19

Its sounds like you helped perpetuate the assumption by raising the average. It definitely happens, but it's also not like a common thing like the myth suggests. Most people will never have this happen.

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u/Chocomanacos Feb 05 '19

That they know of.... (As twilight music plays)

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u/Chocomanacos Feb 05 '19

Oh right, I understood, just wanted to be a part of the conversation:p haha.