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vealesy said:
Hillarious.

People that kill spiders because theyre scared of them are useless.

Same sort of people that beat up women, only fight men physically weaker than them, and rape children.

All lumped into the 'Bitch' stereotype in my eyes.

Its not about being a 'hard ****' its about being in control of your fears and knowing that ur a million times bigger than this tiny little creature.

Don't threaten its home or life and it won't bite you.
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This can apply to many other animals too. :thumbsu:
 
Schism said:
It's us or them
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That's quite a simplistic way of looking at things, and in most cases it is not even true.

Personally, if an animal was threatening me I would kill it. But I'm not one to kill just out of fear alone. And I'm a guy who is not very fond of spiders either... I used to have severe arachnophobia but once a friend of mine caught a huntsman. He insisted that he put it on my arm, even though I was freaked out by the prospect. So... he did. For some inexplicable reason, my fear wasn't there. Maybe deep back in my mind there was that fear of being bitten, but it did not radiate out as it once did.

Funnily enough, this same friend was petrified of rats until I showed him my pet ones. He turned out liking them, well, them specifically I suppose. A large chunk of the population get a little too paranoid with some of their fears, especially when it comes to animals. Most are harmless on their own, but some can get into certain situations where they present a potential danger either directly or indirectly. Would said paranoia be justified in those situations? Depends on how hysterical the person is.
 
Thrawn said:
That's quite a simplistic way of looking at things, and in most cases it is not even true.

Personally, if an animal was threatening me I would kill it. But I'm not one to kill just out of fear alone. And I'm a guy who is not very fond of spiders either... I used to have severe arachnophobia but once a friend of mine caught a huntsman. He insisted that he put it on my arm, even though I was freaked out by the prospect. So... he did. For some inexplicable reason, my fear wasn't there. Maybe deep back in my mind there was that fear of being bitten, but it did not radiate out as it once did.

Funnily enough, this same friend was petrified of rats until I showed him my pet ones. He turned out liking them, well, them specifically I suppose. A large chunk of the population get a little too paranoid with some of their fears, especially when it comes to animals. Most are harmless on their own, but some can get into certain situations where they present a potential danger either directly or indirectly. Would said paranoia be justified in those situations? Depends on how hysterical the person is.
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I'm a simplistic person
 

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Schism said:
I'm a simplistic person
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Aint that the truth.
Illogical paranoias of animals/insects/invertabrates shit me to tears.
Kill, kill, kill is the general unthinking response.

It illustrates perfectly mans total disconnection with nature.
 
GeorgeGrljusich said:
Aint that the truth.
Illogical paranoias of animals/insects/invertabrates shit me to tears.
Kill, kill, kill is the general unthinking response.

It illustrates perfectly mans total disconnection with nature.
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Hate to break it to you but death, killing and being killed are perfectly natural and nature relies on all of those things
 
Schism said:
Hate to break it to you but death, killing and being killed are perfectly natural and nature relies on all of those things
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*sigh* I'm an ecologist, ok!

Yes in the natural ecological world you are, indeed correct.

However you are not part of that life chain/food cycle.

You are just a whiny little bitch that is scared of creepy crawlies, and your default emotion is to kill.
Hate to break that to you prinny.:rolleyes:
 
GeorgeGrljusich said:
*sigh* I'm an ecologist, ok!

Yes in the natural ecological world you are, indeed correct.

However you are not part of that life chain/food cycle.

You are just a whiny little bitch that is scared of creepy crawlies, and your default emotion is to kill.
Hate to break that to you prinny.:rolleyes:
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Clearly if i step on a spider with the sole purpose of consigning it to oblivion, i am part of that "life chain/food cycle" whatever the **** that is.

I am an APEX PREDATOR.

APEX



PREDATOR



DEAL WITH IT
 
Schism said:
Clearly if i step on a spider with the sole purpose of consigning it to oblivion, i am part of that "life chain/food cycle" whatever the **** that is.

I am an APEX PREDATOR.

APEX



PREDATOR



DEAL WITH IT
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Careful George, you are dealing with an idiot.

Let's just say that I was innocently walking past your house and your dog raced out and bit me.
I happen to have a hammer in my back pocket, and smash its head in.

I am the apex predator who killed an animal which was just doing its thing.

No food chain, no life cycle. just a bogan point of view.

Is it sinking in yet?
 
Schism said:
Clearly if i step on a spider with the sole purpose of consigning it to oblivion, i am part of that "life chain/food cycle" whatever the **** that is.
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I wouldn't consider that a predatory action at all. Were you to actively hunt and devour the spider, then yes, you'd have a point. But in a natural setting animals kill other animals to eat. They don't kill other animals for the "sole purpose of consigning it to oblivion", that's just a man made action warranted by a conscious decision. Or would a human/cow be a predator/prey relationship? I would say no. Most of us don't hunt, rather, we breed and slaughter to sustain ourselves. Another way? Yeah, but would you call it natural? Fishing and hunting for game would be as natural as it comes.

We've gone beyond being predators, but only because we have the tools to do so. Strip those artificial means away however and we are very lousy predators - we don't have claws, are not overly strong or fast.
 
Considering lots of spiders are poisoinous, and the human fear of spiders is pretty widespread, I'd say all signs point to an aversion to spiders as being pretty natural. Evolved, even.

(see also: Snakes).
 

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GeorgeGrljusich said:
Irrational fear is a learned behaviour.
Evolution has nothing to do with it at all.
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It is logical - spiders can kill humans, and they can do it stealthily. If you want to be a hippy and put the spider in a jar and throw it outside, cool. I prefer to kill them. But then, i don't suppose you've been bitten in your sleep and ended up with a gaping,seeping hole in your arm like i have.

And oooh he brings out the bogan "insult"...standard bigfooty douche baggery, like water off a ducks back ;)
 
Schism said:
It is logical - spiders can kill humans, and they can do it stealthily.
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So this spider was actively hunting you, was it?
I better watch my back then as those redbacks in the meter box are surely plotting my demise.:rolleyes:
You idiot, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nothing more, nothing less.
 
Darwinian or not, irrational fear or learned behavior or not, every single even slightly dangerous spider I see ends up dead, often in a firey blaze as I burnt it's arse with a McGyver-esque mix of Rexona and the lighter the missus uses to kickstart the stove.

Not only do I kill them, but I enjoy it. I have been known to kill two of a group of 3 and leave one alive, bartering that his life has been saved on the understanding he will pass on the horrors of the murders to other spiders.
 
NorthBhoy said:
Not only do I kill them, but I enjoy it. I have been known to kill two of a group of 3 and leave one alive, bartering that his life has been saved on the understanding he will pass on the horrors of the murders to other spiders.
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:D

Likewise, I kill and enjoy that the little ****er is dead.
 
CrazyQ said:
:D

Likewise, I kill and enjoy that the little ****er is dead.
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You know what they say about people who enjoy torturing and killing small animals?

PEDOPHILES!!!

BRING IN AN INTERNET FILTER!!
 

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GeorgeGrljusich said:
So this spider was actively hunting you, was it?
I better watch my back then as those redbacks in the meter box are surely plotting my demise.:rolleyes:
You idiot, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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In my bed, at night ?

You're a nasty piece of work, i would appreciate it if you stayed out of our otherwise civil spider thread.

I shall hunt and destroy 3 spiders tonight just to spite you, and nature, and your god.
 
Schism said:
In my bed, at night ?

You're a nasty piece of work, i would appreciate it if you stayed out of our otherwise civil spider thread.

I shall hunt and destroy 3 spiders tonight just to spite you, and nature, and your god.
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Lucky spiders can't read.

They would lay eggs in your ears otherwise.
 
Thrawn said:
I wouldn't consider that a predatory action at all. Were you to actively hunt and devour the spider, then yes, you'd have a point. But in a natural setting animals kill other animals to eat.
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They also may kill to survive, if being attacked or if they're threatened. Your post was a decent one but a few people in this thread have this strange idea that because spiders are smaller than us then they're no threat to us and we should all live happily together because it's natural.

If there's a deadly spider near or inside my house and I find it, it will be killed because I don't want it to kill me or anyone else first. I wont be making any apologies because I don't want to fiddle around with some jar and a lid to catch the thing, wasting my time just so it gets another chance to creep back into my house.

Kill or be killed.
 
DeadlyAkkuret said:
They also may kill to survive, if being attacked or if they're threatened.
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True. Some prey can even kill their predators, but I think this is the exception, not the rule. But remember, people will simply kill for no reason... and that's not really reflective of a predator/prey relationship.
 

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