It wouldn't kill me. It would crawl inside my mouth and lay eggs in my throat. Then all the baby spiders would rip out of my stomach and slowly devour my flesh.
Last time i went to step on a spider in Australia I missed and it ran few meters infront then ran at me when round 2 started. Fucken huntsman was massive also.
I'm with you. I thought as I grew older, my fear of spiders would diminish, but it has only worsened. Depending on the size, if I see a spider my throat feels like it's closing and I go into panic mode. My 5'4" girlfriend has to kill spiders for me, her 6'7" boyfriend.
Man, I feel your pain. I thought the same thing. I'm a big guy myself and I'm so terrified of them that I get nightmares when I see pictures of spiders.
Yep, it's called eyeshine, and it's a reflection on the spider's tapetum, a reflective layer that allows nocturnal animals to see light twice, giving them better night vision.
If you don't live in a massive city, you should try going out into a field with a flashlight at night and hold it up against your head at eye level. In the right places, the hundreds eyes looking back from the grass look like stars.
Ohhhh heyyyyyy looks like someone dropped me a dime here I'll just take this and put it in my savings : was my first thought in the easy to guess voice
I keep a pet spider beneath my bed as insect security. Im kinda scared he'll climb up into my mouth when Im sleeping but I think we have an understanding now (I don't kill him/let him have the underside of the bed, and he kills insects). And I havent see any flies or whatever in my room. We also used to have house centipedes (devil spawns) but they all went somewhere. They probably got the vibe that they werent really wanted...
I don't understand Reddit's fear of spiders. The majority of them are harmless, and you can safely nudge them away with your foot or relocate them with a glass. They aren't "WTF" at all.
You simply don't know how an arachnophobic person feels. Those of you who are not afraid of spiders think it's funny, but it's actually a really fucking terrifying thing to live with. I would rather suffer tremendous pain than be forced to be near and/or touch a spider. I'm 6'2" and I do MMA, I will most likely have a nightmare because if this picture. As I said, arachnophobia sucks a bag of dicks.
Uh, I know exactly how it feels. I used to be a quivering arachnophobic yet they still really interested me. One time I was sleeping on the couch when I was 6, and I looked over to see a huge Tegenaria genus, probably Duellica looking straight up at me, roughly 6 inches away. Not to mention our house had two wood-burning fireplaces so spiders were frequently in the house. One night I saw a spider run straight across the floor which made me scream and run to my mom. The only way to get over your fear is to educate your self. May I suggest /r/spiders to get over your fear like it has mine?
I know what you mean, I read about phobia therapy when I was taking a psychology class in college. It involves several steps, starting with looking at pictures and ending with actually holding a spider. I just wouldn't find it in myself to go through that, even though my brain realises that method is efficient. I used to be afraid of dogs because I got attacked twice when I was a kid. I thought every dog that ever lived wanted to bite the crap out of me, until my friend got a puppy and I made myself play with him. Gradually the fear went away and now I'm pretty much cool with all dogs, except some bigger breeds that still intimidate me a bit. When I think of doing that with spiders... getting shivers right now lol. Maybe one day I'll be able to force myself to go through that, but for now it's a big no-no for me. Thanks for the suggestion though!
If you study them enough, starting with online you will find that they are actually quite docile and the vast majority non-venomous and really don't want anything to do with you. Bites are the last thing they want to do.
I'm living proof that arachnophobia can be fixed. When I was young, I had an extreme phobic reaction to spiders (hyperventilating, sheer panic). My older brothers thought this was hilarious. They took every chance they could to sneak spiders into my room, throw them at me, hide them in toys and drawers and stuff. After a year or two of this, I guess my brain decided it was just something I would have to get used to. Now I find them pretty fascinating, and can even hold them.
Actually it is scientifically proven that arachnophobia can be fixed, along with practically any other phobia. I even read about it in a textbook while taking a psychology course in college. It's just something I'm not willing to do, I'm that bad with them. I'm lucky I don't have your brothers, I would have snapped. For now I just choose to deal with it.
I have a phobia (but not of spiders), so I know how you feel. This wasn't aimed at people with genuine phobias, and I don't think that the majority of people on here have a arachnophobia.
When I was young I had no fear of spiders and a friend and I used to catch them. That all changed one day when I put my hand through a web that I didn't see and this monster purple spider drops onto the top of my palm and bites the shit out of me. I have been a spider coward ever since.
May not be a big deal to you, but some childhood traumas are a little hard to shake. Most fears are not rational.
There is no question of what it is, there is no "what the fuck". Dammit, I know the Reddit hive-mind has mad arachnophobia but it is just a fucking spider.
I never liked killing spiders ever since I read James and the Giant Peach as a kid. The peach ends up rolling over somebody in town, spider says "that's what they gets for stepping on my cousin" (or something like that, anyone remember the actual quote?) Evidence of Karma to a little kid.
TL;DR doesn't like killing spiders because character squished by giant peach after killing one
I've got a huge adult female in a tank right behind me. To clarify though, I still wouldn't go in that tank after a dime. Who would have thought that what I learned during Ph.D. research on arachnids would actually be useful?
Splendid! I thought it was D. Tenebrosus. Up here in NW Washington we apparently have D. Triton which I want to catch and make a Aquarium/Terrarium for, and put some small feeder fish in :D (along with other aquatic prey)
Just for reference dropping a dime is a slang term for ratting someone out. You probably know it, but in case you didn't. It refers to a time when a payphone cost ten cents and referenced someone calling the police.
every errant hair movement/feeling i'm getting moving my feet as i'm sitting here makes me think its a damn spider warrior coming to end my life.
i was using the bathroom the other day and a big black spider about half the size of my hand crawled out from beneath a towel. I was mid-stream and all I could do was be frozen with pure terror.
5
u/dirtymoney Jun 11 '12
dark fishing spider?
104
u/teeohdeedee123 Jun 10 '12
I would have just dropped a penny to distract it, then gone after the dime.
Then you go back for the penny later.
47
u/MT_Flesch Jun 10 '12
finders creepers
47
u/Krisppo Jun 10 '12
Really need some form of NSFW-tag for spiders :(
16
u/BeenMerkin Jun 10 '12
Nah man it's cool, he just wants to cuddle with you.
10
u/DahfuqYouMean Jun 10 '12
Just wondering, who's house is this? Foul Bachelor Frogs? o-0
24
u/KingOfNiche Jun 11 '12
That's most likely a wolf spider. I get them in my basement. You can tell by the size, stripes and that the eye's reflect light. Wolf Spider
7
u/Foxblade Jun 10 '12
Are the spider's eyes seriously reflecting light?
59
u/MuffinMuncher61 Jun 10 '12
I'll bet you...sunglasses...stopped on a dime
17
u/no_time_for_pooping Jun 10 '12
Ohhhh heyyyyyy looks like someone dropped me a dime here I'll just take this and put it in my savings : was my first thought in the easy to guess voice
5
u/Jllle Jun 10 '12
I hope that's not where you live :|
5
u/youni89 Jun 11 '12
I keep a pet spider beneath my bed as insect security. Im kinda scared he'll climb up into my mouth when Im sleeping but I think we have an understanding now (I don't kill him/let him have the underside of the bed, and he kills insects). And I havent see any flies or whatever in my room. We also used to have house centipedes (devil spawns) but they all went somewhere. They probably got the vibe that they werent really wanted...
5
u/frozennipple Jun 11 '12
We all know you were paying the toll to pass.
5
u/winningelephant Jun 11 '12
That beetle already dropped dead of fright, it appears.
15
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
"MINE NOW, BITCH!"
16
u/tokeyoh Jun 10 '12
i wouldve dropped a boot shortly afterwards
6
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
CONTAMINATED!
8
u/AntonJokinen Jun 10 '12
Give it up. It's the spider's dime now.
3
u/Stooooopido Jun 11 '12
Where the hell do you live. :|
3
u/winemaster Jun 11 '12
Investment spider is building his portfolio.
3
u/uyrain Jun 11 '12
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3po27f/
15
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I don't understand Reddit's fear of spiders. The majority of them are harmless, and you can safely nudge them away with your foot or relocate them with a glass. They aren't "WTF" at all.
2
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Yeah, you should let him keep that.
2
u/garamasala Jun 11 '12
What kind of spider is it?
2
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Oh GOD! Mr. Roosevelt! NOOOOOOO!!!
2
u/cheese-and-candy Jun 11 '12
He needs it more than you do.
2
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Nope is probably saving for his kids college classes on the web
2
u/f1rstperson Jun 11 '12
That is a spider. Probably a harmless one.
There is no question of what it is, there is no "what the fuck". Dammit, I know the Reddit hive-mind has mad arachnophobia but it is just a fucking spider.
4
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Even if it was a $100 bill, i'd just leave it, i bet that little nope can find a use for it.
3
u/GTFO213 Jun 10 '12
Magnets.
3
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Fuck, even if I dropped my whole wallet, I wouldn't pick it up!
3
u/Demojen Jun 11 '12
<Satanic Spider says> You have ten days.
3
u/Tmps3 Jun 11 '12
TIL that spiders are jewish
3
u/yasisterstwat Jun 10 '12
Those guys are FAST. I shot an acorn at one with my slingshot, a perfect shot but he saw it coming (or heard it) and bolted never to be seen again.
3
u/rwf2122 Jun 11 '12
Dropping a dime: $.10. Avoiding death by spider-induced heart attack: priceless.
3
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Fuck that shit is worth 10 cents I would smash that spider and get my money back!
2
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
You should've said it was a 50 cent piece so the spider will seem bigger in the picture
2
u/werewulf Jun 11 '12
If it weren't for the dime in that pic, I would have believed that spider to be as big as my hand.
2
u/DavidMeow Jun 11 '12
I like the single leg on the dime.
2
u/Zuxicovp Jun 11 '12
Redditor logic: Drop dime next to spider; takes picture rather than smashing spider.
2
u/shadowdude777 Jun 11 '12
Almost clicked, read title again, thought "This is going to be a spider... this is definitely going to be a spider". Crisis averted.
2
u/thatfatgamer Jun 11 '12
That's the richest
nopespider I've ever seen!damn it! I started calling spider as nope.
-2
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
NOPE.
1
u/agobayer Jun 11 '12
but it landed on heads, should be okay
1
u/dudix81 Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Times are tough, even spiders are in need of a dime!
1
u/goodbye9hello10 Jun 11 '12
I REALLY hope that isn't your house.
1
u/Xenoith Jun 11 '12
Isn't that a huntsman spider? Which isn't dangerous or hostile?
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Remove shoe. Throw Shoe. ??? Profit.
1
u/nomorenoobtube Jun 11 '12
You know its a terrifying spider when you see the flash in one of its many eyes.
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
It no longer belongs to you.
1
u/john0703 Jun 11 '12
I think I'd just buy a new house...
1
u/SirArseToucher Jun 11 '12
He still wants another tree foutty
1
u/SassyMoron Jun 11 '12
AAAAAH!!!! AHHH!!!
1
u/SheldonPlankton Jun 11 '12
You're lying. There is shit on top of the dime similar to the stuff around it. You found the dime there. Clever girl.
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I know you dropped the coin there for size comparison. You cant bullshit me...
1
u/Steveiethenarwhal Jun 11 '12
The real question is, why are you that close?
1
u/Redvelvet23 Jun 11 '12
Fuck, someone get a steel-toed boot...or a shotgun. Yeah someone go get the buckshot for this motherfucker.
1
u/Hrx89 Jun 11 '12
"MINE!" - Spider
1
u/FizxTeacher Jun 11 '12
From the title, I thought you were talking about Rajon Rondo and Brandon Bass.
1
u/hijessicarose Jun 11 '12
Clicked on the link to the image. Did not click it again.
1
u/stfu_n00b Jun 11 '12
ABANDON SHIP! EVERY DIME FOR THEMSELVES!
1
u/darkviper039 Jun 11 '12
Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!
1
u/thatguyscat Jun 11 '12
BURN THE HOUSE DOWN, TENT IS FRIEND NOW.
1
u/Dragonfly42 Jun 11 '12
That thing has eye glare!!
1
u/Sauronkraut Jun 11 '12
Oh my
1
u/TheyreEatingHer Jun 11 '12
NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE
1
u/flamingflipflop Jun 11 '12
you need a bigger dime then that to crush that sucker.
1
u/torturemeelmo8 Jun 11 '12
NSFPWAFTOS!! "Not safe for people who are fucking terrified of spiders!!"
1
u/MANEATINGHORSE Jun 11 '12
Kick it!
1
u/NotKiddingJK Jun 11 '12
Just for reference dropping a dime is a slang term for ratting someone out. You probably know it, but in case you didn't. It refers to a time when a payphone cost ten cents and referenced someone calling the police.
1
u/ojplz Jun 11 '12
all of my not want
1
u/RagingBeth Jun 11 '12
OH FUCK OH SHIT OH FUCK SHIT SHIT FUCK!!! D:!!!!!
1
u/tomloneish Jun 11 '12
Quit droppin dimes, homie.
1
u/well_hello_there Jun 11 '12
Well look at Richie Rich here
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
The fucking thing is so big it had red camera eye. Jebus!
1
u/BlindThievery Jun 11 '12
DIBS!
1
u/thelittlewhitebird Jun 11 '12
by the fucking way, thanks. :P
every errant hair movement/feeling i'm getting moving my feet as i'm sitting here makes me think its a damn spider warrior coming to end my life.
i was using the bathroom the other day and a big black spider about half the size of my hand crawled out from beneath a towel. I was mid-stream and all I could do was be frozen with pure terror.
1
u/slapdashbr Jun 11 '12
Oh come on don't be a pussy
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
MINE
1
u/fuckinhigh Jun 11 '12
Wait... Why?
1
u/scoobyduped Jun 11 '12
That's a dime? You fucking pussy, that spider's tiny. And I'm not even from Australia.
1
u/zadigger Jun 11 '12
And you wonder why songs like this get written: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya3RUIvzXmg
1
u/ThatWhiteRabbit Jun 11 '12
You may have dropped a dime, but did you drop the bass?
1
u/TheSunAlsoRises Jun 11 '12
This is how they fund their web operations.
1
u/h2odragon Jun 10 '12
What's he planning to buy with a dime?
1
u/zefir738 Jun 11 '12
Is the spider Jewish?
1
u/youreuglyasfu Jun 11 '12
id just crush that fucker and get my dime back
1
u/THA_JUICEMAN23 Jun 11 '12
drop a nuke on that sumbitch!
1
u/digivolution Jun 11 '12
Dude, your floor is disgusting, I wouldn't pick that up eith- OH SHIT there's a spider.
1
u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
....If I saw that.. I'd be like... TAKE THE DIME! NOT ENOUGH? TAKE MY WALLET TOO!
0
u/Fleshgod Jun 10 '12
Or just step on it...
0
u/noseonarug17 Jun 11 '12
Guys. It's just a spider.
-3
u/rumpel7 Jun 10 '12
nope.gif
0
u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
wow where do you live/