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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
 

Thanks to the commentator who provided an uncensored version - have a bonus meme

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 166 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Took the existing uncensored fuck and copy/pasted it over the engagement bait censorship

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wow my feed just had back to back censored posts.

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

That's it. The last 'FUCK' was one too much. I am now lost and deeply rotten forever, no longer able to live as a normal human being. The 'FUCK' is now a part of myself. This is, what all the demure people have warned me about. /j

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[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Shoutout to the censored version censoring the word Fuck but not Fucking.

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[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i wish i could communicate with spiders electronically through an application adjacent to direct messaging or group chats on social media. visually and physically they freak me out but if i could have casual conversations with them without having to look at them i would indeed be interested in being friends if the platonic chemistry were right. i would also happily tell them about where i see flies that bother me and places where their webs would be safe from my unintended interference.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I assume the best you can do is behavior capture and selective breeding. Feed the most inoffensive ones. Kill the ones that violate the treaty. In a few years, you could have a household of nearly invisible spiders that are somehow also always nearby.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

A black spider set up house in the corner of my bathroom next to the automatic nightlight at the start of summer. He/she(?) has been quite successful at hunting flies. There is a pile below the web of about 15 or 20 tiny black packages, neatly wrapped. I almost never see flies in the house, I don't know how the spider has caught so many--yes, I understand those two things are related, but it seems like I'd see them flying around before they got caught in the web. Also, I'm not certain they're flies, but they all look the same and are about the right size, and I don't know what else they could be, I don't see any other bugs in the house.

Anyhoo, I'm debating what I should do about the spider, if anything. One is fine, but I do not want hundreds more.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Spider bro!

[–] remon@ani.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Also, I’m not certain they’re flies, but they all look the same and are about the right size, and I don’t know what else they could be

When a spider is done with it's food quite often all that is left is a crumpled up ball of chitin, so you usually can't tell afterwards.

Anyhoo, I’m debating what I should do about the spider, if anything. One is fine, but I do not want hundreds more.

I occasionally have egg sacs hatching in my flat and it's not a problem. Most spiders commonly found indoors only produce egg sacs with few dozen eggs. They will usually disperse within a day or two. Maybe crack a window to allow more of them outside ... but most will just die and mix into your regular household dust.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You sure those aren't mouse droppings?

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[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Good luck to the spiders trying to learn the routine I don't have.

[–] philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

Your spider will be scheduling an ADHD diagnosis appointment for you soon.

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[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The spiders that live in our houses are also often unsuited or unable to live outdoors.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If y'all spiders are going to live in my home you need to stay where the bugs are. Not on the ceiling directly over my pillow. And not in the bed! Under the bed, you'll probably never be noticed and you're welcome to eat the dust bunnies and bogeymen. Under the oven range, sure. I can't reach down back there and you're probably doing good work. But dude, there's no food for you in the shower, and you're gonna drown, just stay out!

[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, they're eating all the bugs that try to crawl into your nose and mouth while you sleep.

[–] remon@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

That's not quite true. Take cellar spiders for example. They are evolved for living in caves, which put a great constraint on where they could live. But we came along and covered that planet in perfectly good "caves" for them and now they are one of the most widespread spiders there are.

So they are quite capable of living outdoors (unless you count caves as indoors), but without us there would be a lot fewer places for them to live.

Other spiders might use the indoors to extend their life span. Tegenaria spp. for example are mostly seasonal in the wild (meaning, they only live for one year and only the offspring makes it to the next year) but indoors some have been reported to be up to 7 years old.

So it's not like that they unsuited to live outdoors, it's just that indoors suits them much better. We usually call these spiders "synantropic".

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[–] bassad@jlai.lu 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Love spiders. They clean my home of bugs, flies, roach. But some damn mosquitoes are still out there, should I bring in more spiders?

[–] Phunter@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You're on the free tier subscription. To reduce mosquitos, you have to upgrade.

Edit: wrong thing.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

I need to know what the edit was

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Maybe you have the wrong kind of spider. If you have too many spiders they might be too preoccupied eating themselves. I have a huge ass spider at home that looks like a wolf spider, but i doubt it. About once a week i pull him out of a web and have to untangle his feet

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I kinda miss the wolf spider that lived in my bathroom window. Such a chill little roommate. It just kinda showed up one day, set up its little web, and we each just minded our own business.

I kept my showers short, never opened the window, and if I swatted a fly in the kitchen, I'd deposit it in its web. Never gave me much in return. But that's fine. I was just happy to have its company.

[–] remon@ani.social 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

set up its little web

Then it wasn't a wolf spider. They don't build webs* and are active prowling hunters that won't stick around in one place for long. Window sills are usually prime funnel-weaver (Agelenidae) real estate.

*There a few exceptions like Sosippus bit it's only a handful out of over 2500 wolf spider species that build webs.

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[–] AnalogAllamma@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

At one point in my life I was living in a dank California basement room, spending 99% of my time in bed due to a severe mental health crisis, 2 years straight.

One night I saw a spider chilling at the bottom of one of my bedposts. I took a picture of it and went back to bed.

8 years later I used image search to identify what kind of spider it was.

It was a brown recluse the size of my hand.

[–] remon@ani.social 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The problem with that story is that there are no brown recluses in California. They have some desert recluses in the south-east, but they barely interact with humans.

It was a brown recluse the size of my hand.

They also don't get this big. You most certainly misidentified some other brown spider.

If you still have the picture feel free to send it to me or post it to !spiders@lemmy.world and I'll take a look.

[–] AnalogAllamma@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually, it bit you and you died. Welcome to hell.

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

can learn our routines

The spiders in my room are very concerned about how little sleep I'm getting and how irregular my bedtime is

[–] Klear@piefed.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks to the commentator who provided an uncensored version - have a bonus meme

Don't just thank them replace your shitty censored version with it

[–] needanke@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No need to be rude about it.

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[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm terribly sorry to my spider friends. You see, I'm an ADHD creature and that means there aren't really much of routines to learn. Must be frustrating for them!

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Give yourself some credit, you're rarely walking on the ceiling

[–] makou@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

I would 100% prefer seeing spiders in my home than mosquites and cockroaches, but then again I dont live in Australia and spiders are tiny asf

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Every year it takes a few times of walking through a web near the house entrance before they keep the webs only up in the corners. Not sure if it's adaptive or the ones who get webs destroyed by my face die off but somehow they always figure it out.

[–] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

September is typically spider time (in western Europe). I suppose young spiders haven't learnt their spider etiquette yet, or they just use their spider wire to fly around more than big spiders I assume.

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Autumn is mating season for spiders, it's when a lot of them come out of hiding in search of some sexy times.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

House spiders are almost exclusively harmless and gain a terrible reputation. Down here in the south east we have an abundance of orb weaver spiders.

Absolutely gorgeous and, for the most part, totally harmless. I genuinely don't understand why people are so terrified of these things. Spiders are one of the reasons we're not completely overrun with insects and other pests, and most species would much rather avoid us than have anything to do with us.

The brown recluse and black widow should obviously be treated with respect, but even they are highly misunderstood. Neither species is particularly aggressive toward humans, and bites are relatively uncommon. They generally bite only when threatened, trapped against the skin, or otherwise disturbed. Their reputation is considerably worse than their actual behavior.

Spiders aren't out looking for people to bite. They're predators doing an extremely useful job of keeping insect populations under control. Unless you have a medically significant species in your home, there's usually very little reason to be afraid of them and quite a few reasons to appreciate them.

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

We build some pretty ballin caves

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Spiders are great. Just today my husband cheered me up while I'm sick by saying a new spider moved in on the porch last night and it caught a huge bug. I oozed my way outdoors so I could view it's work.

People need to start learning and stop being such babies. They are small in comparison to you and most can't or don't want to hurt you, only biting when you try to squish them.

Note: Australia is exempt from all that. You do you, boo. Note2: excellent webwork and indeed a large bug

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I had to evict the jumping spider that lived in my curtains for 2 years because I was moving, I felt terrible. That little lady worked hard and earned her place, I offered to bring her to the new apartment, but she declined, I wish her the best.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I love having spiders in my residence. Sometimes I find them stuck in the bathtub or sink and I save them and let them go free. Like yes my spider bro, keep eating the fruit flies and other annoying bugs. I like the little creepy centipede looking bugs also because they eat bedbugs and other insects. (Spiders and other natural predators of bedbugs will not mitigate an active bed bug infestation.)

[–] wh90b@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

My cat was getting into the basement at my exes house, and the spiders SENT A FUCKING MESSAGE. They got their biggest guy to come up and perch on the toilet paper in the bathroom. I decided I didn't need to pee and secured the basement door better from then on.

[–] dismay3915@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have figured cockroaches do the same

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[–] lemmygarden@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

I scold the spiders in my home and tell them, "Do your job!!" when there are flying bugs in my home

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