cm0002No thanks, I'll continue my policy of termination on sight.
Just_Pizza_CrustMy stepdad used to tell me about “spider karma” when I was little. Basically, all spiders are a part of a gang, and if you squash one they’ll just think he must’ve stepped out of line or something. However if you squash 3 or more, the spiders will all start talking to each other and plan out attacks on you when you’re most vulnerable. Sleep attacks are the most common, but occasionally they’ll get so pissed they choose to hide in a jacket or shoe and sacrifice everything just to inflict a little pain and terror for killing their mums or siblings.
I used to actually believe this btw.
I just started believing it… 😳
Listen, all I’m saying is that I’m not 100% sure I’d exist if I didn’t believe in spider karma. Better safe than sorry, especially when it costs you nothing.
Judging by all the spiders I’ve killed at this point in my life I’m probably on the most wanted (non-exterminator) board LMAO
I downvoted because of the title's implication that OP kills spiders for no reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“Termination on sight”, being seen in my house is the reason, I leave them alone if they’re outside and away from entrances
If it moves, kill it.
It applies to spiders, millipede, mimics…etc
House centipedes are the friendliest of home bugs. And they have a million legs!
Tiny eldritch horror!
They way they move is so freaky. Especially since they are always in my bathtub. One time i opened my door for a package bam came right in the front door.
Hahaha heck yeah. They’re insane, leggy terrors who don’t want to/can’t hurt me. I had a pet one when I lived with my folks a million years ago, u der their chest freezer. I named him Petey. He was missing one of his million legs. I loved him.
Very wholesome.
How impulsive of you.
I’m terrified of everything and violence is the default. I blame my mom for watching so many horror movies when I was a kid.
One time I was work and saw a shadow scurry by my foot, panicked, and immediately stepped on it. Was a mouse.
Okay but adults can choose to undo a bad habit. It doesnt take that long, maybe a month. It helps to learn about the bugs and what they do, how they live.
If I were in your shoes I think the accidental mouse killing would have been a catalyst for that. Ive never killed an animal though and I’m already vegan, so theres no way to know for sure.
No Way takes a month. Took me 6 months to set the towels the way my partner wants it. And the socks? I still miss it up if I’m not paying attention.
So fun fact, The first childhood house was infested. Apparently I suffer massive trauma from a large number of bugs falling on me from weak ceiling that I mentally blocked out. Mom thinks its why I destroy them on sight with Astartes zeal. Frankly, is this way better than when I was a child. I remember crying at the sight of a bug until about elementary. Couldn’t even see a animated 2d bug without minor panic attacks. Then fear turned to a purification crusade*. *(while Im inside, outside is all them unless mosquito, wasps, ticks…etc)
It can range in time for people thats for sure. Theres also different quality of learning. Its very important not to accidentally learn mistakes. It takes time and effort to build a habit.
I think you are trying to make the statement here that you have a justifiable fear of bugs, and that you are permitted to kill them on sight because of it.
This is essentially the justifiable racism defense but with bugs. Would you argue the same way about say a minority group if you had been victimized by minorities repeatedly as a child?
Obviously you aren’t saying racist things here, but you are saying there is a whole group of living things that you kill on sight because you had some bad experiences with them many years ago.
Justify, not really. Just saying after all the Child Therapy the impulse to destroy them for me is an improvement over the crippling fear.
Based on my slow improvement with other phobias I going to need a really strong motivation to change any behavior.
From my perspective, nothing is lost if every bug/rodent is removed from my home. Since there is a whole job market to remove them from homes.
I guess the question I have to ask is why let them live?
Well mainly because most bugs aren’t doing anything harmful. Those removal services are to prevent damage or harm that can occur. A spider hanging out in the rafters is not hurting anyone. If the visual of a spider and a web is a problem then relocating them seems to be most reasonable.
If you have a line of ants show up, figure out where they are coming from and plug it, and then trap the ants and put them out side.
The question shouldnt be why let them live, in my opinion. It should be why should we kill that specific bug or five bugs or ten. Even a lot of those businesses that remove bugs and animals will do so non-lethally if possible. They can move whole nests in some cases
I understand you have a fear but it can’t be healthy to alleviate that fear by killing the cause of it whether its justified or not.
There is no argument in those examples. Though it did make me recall my second house was littered with ants for about a year. Ugh I forgot how bad that was. Pour cereal and bam ants. Which makes sense given grandmas food practices.
For my other phobias I ask myself the question how does my/those around me quality of life improve by getting over this and used that to fight my inner demons. I don’t see the benefits of peace yet. Keep in mind took 2 years of discussion for me to start to move with another phobia. At the very least I’m asking myself what would I need hear to change my position on this. I dk yet.
Yeah the ants are annoying, they seem to come through my house every so many years during summer. You see one and then realize theres a whole bunch of them all over. They can be tricky to deal with.
I won’t defend mosquito’s though, they are the worst.
I just remember the very 2007-ish inverse of this: Look out for your local spider gang, and they’ll look out for you. XD
Ah, it looks like spiders are prepared for ze new world order.
OwlFound OP:
Spiders are the bugs I have a problem with XD
(Preemptive) Stow your prescriptivist semantics, pendants! Spiders are bugs because I say so
Yeah in theory I would love to not kill them, or even relocate outside. But once I see one, it’s fight or flight
Midnight Wolflooks out your backyard window
so that is why you have a helicopter…
I am this crow sometimes ngl
Just to let you know, I just killed a spider in my house in your honor
And I just saved one in yours. I expect for it to come back with his wife and gadzillion kids, making you unable to outweigh the spider I saved with ones that you kill.
making you unable to outweigh the spider I saved with ones that you kill.
I have located a nest, I torched all the spider babies within in your name
I made a donation to a psychiatric help charity in both your names.
I am always this crow. I haven’t intentionally killed a spider in three? years I think. they are my eight legged friends :)
Unfortunately, there are no more spiders in my immediate vicinity to kill in your name. Don’t worry! You’re on the wait-list!
it must be sad to live your life
Good news! You’re off the wait-list, a spider has been killed in your honor!
socsaIt's also just wrong. There's a reason predators like spiders and centipedes are territorial - if there are too many of them and they kill off the food supply they will starve. Spiders generally won't actually make a significant dent in an indoor infestation - they will kind of naturally grow with the insect population but won't eliminate it.
Most indoor spaces aren’t infested. Having a little hunter around helps keep it that way
teftSpiders and lizards get a free pass in my house. They get rid of all the other bugs so I don’t mind them at all.
daggermoonAwwwww, you get lizards? I’ve never seen a house lizard. I’m guessing you’re Australian.
I also got lizards in my home sometimes. Very small ones, we always released them back in the wild.
Same with frogs.
Its also a south thing in america. Florida has as many small lizards running around as squirrels up north.
I’m in colombia. We have 2-3 inch anoles everywhere and I’ve got a colony that lives in my front wall. They’re pretty chill. Sometimes they get frisky and climb onto my laptop but a shout scares them away.
Jumping spiders get a pass. Same with cellar spiders.
Grass spiders die on sight because they leave sticky-ass webs everywhere and have crawled on me randomly multiple times.
Most other spiders and centipedes ofc can get fucked unless they’re outside or in the garage.
potoooooooo ✅️Jumping spiders were my gateway into not hating spiders. They’re pretty adorable and surprisingly interactive. Also learning that spiders are partially pneumatic/use hydraulics to get around, which makes me think of them as nature’s little steampunk robots.
Jumping spiders are just the gateway to spider propaganda!
FenrirIIISadly, I live in an area with brown recluses and black widows. I don’t smoosh, but definitely catch and toss outside
Spiders keep bugs under control
Snakes keep spiders under control
Dogs keep snakes under control
Humans keep dogs under control (sometimes)
Cats keep humans under control
Then who keeps the Cats under control‽
JimboNo one, obviously :3
DUMBASSCthullu
Akatsuki LeviLazyness
Bigger cats all the way up
Big Yarn
Hubris
Anhubris
That’s the neat part, nobody keeps cats under control they control the universe.
The Sun
ddittyIf I can trap and release a spider I will, same with certain non-scary insects. Centipedes immediately get squashed though
centipedes are kos, spiders are cool, spiders can chill