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{ "@context": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "https://poa.st/schemas/litepub-0.1.jsonld", { "@language": "und" } ], "id": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica/collections/featured", "orderedItems": [ { "@context": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "https://poa.st/schemas/litepub-0.1.jsonld", { "@language": "en" } ], "actor": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "attachment": [ { "blurhash": "MHJi@L-W^l-qsG0]RkRPM{E1-;NGE1R*Io", "height": 512, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/52562defb6c3f00464ce1aeb100094c3140014611482a4e237b5e8ffa8ca4e2a.png", "width": 768 }, { "blurhash": "MYI;x2_3y?_3pI%LxayDxuxaozR*NGRjV@", "height": 512, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/ebcbbb954166672ce601cb2a4e1234dbd80fd62266467ce854700d258a385ecb.png", "width": 768 }, { "blurhash": "VTP?aE%Ls:%2_2-:oej[WB%L_2ofWCs:NG~Vofayt7IV", "height": 226, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/670f2aa82424a91eeacdc3e90aeb06d643d70b23f901a64cb5131553f2bb2b71.png", "width": 318 } ], "attributedTo": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "cc": [ "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica/followers" ], "content": "Time to migrate another schizo thread of mine.<br/><br/>Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)<br/><br/>Photo 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?<br/><br/>You can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don&#39;t actually believe anyone&#39;s been bitten by one (within certain caveats).<br/><br/>So you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.<br/><br/>Searching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn&#39;t tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)<br/><br/>Then there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn&#39;t it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it&#39;ll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)<br/><br/>This looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)<br/><br/>&quot;Okay!? But how about this one!?&quot; Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)<br/><br/>First, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was &quot;pissed off&quot;. To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of &quot;mouths&quot;. The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their &quot;mouths&quot; swig side to side, and they &quot;pinch&quot; their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)<br/><br/>Since Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It&#39;s legs are restrained, and so it&#39;s trying to use its powerful mouth to move.<br/><br/>Not only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.<br/><br/>That said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it&#39;s from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as &quot;true spiders&quot;, while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it&#39;s the best kind of cope.<br/><br/>But what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)<br/><br/>This is actually how nearly all real &quot;bites&quot; occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. It&#39;s like literally walking into someone else&#39;s sword.", "contentMap": { "en": "Time to migrate another schizo thread of mine.<br/><br/>Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)<br/><br/>Photo 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?<br/><br/>You can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don&#39;t actually believe anyone&#39;s been bitten by one (within certain caveats).<br/><br/>So you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.<br/><br/>Searching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn&#39;t tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)<br/><br/>Then there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn&#39;t it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it&#39;ll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)<br/><br/>This looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)<br/><br/>&quot;Okay!? But how about this one!?&quot; Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)<br/><br/>First, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was &quot;pissed off&quot;. To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of &quot;mouths&quot;. The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their &quot;mouths&quot; swig side to side, and they &quot;pinch&quot; their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)<br/><br/>Since Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It&#39;s legs are restrained, and so it&#39;s trying to use its powerful mouth to move.<br/><br/>Not only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.<br/><br/>That said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it&#39;s from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as &quot;true spiders&quot;, while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it&#39;s the best kind of cope.<br/><br/>But what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)<br/><br/>This is actually how nearly all real &quot;bites&quot; occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. It&#39;s like literally walking into someone else&#39;s sword." }, "context": "https://poa.st/contexts/66ab6e21-5f88-43ef-a5a5-e514686ff029", "conversation": "https://poa.st/contexts/66ab6e21-5f88-43ef-a5a5-e514686ff029", "formerRepresentations": { "orderedItems": [ { "actor": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "attachment": [ { "blurhash": "MHJi@L-W^l-qsG0]RkRPM{E1-;NGE1R*Io", "height": 512, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/52562defb6c3f00464ce1aeb100094c3140014611482a4e237b5e8ffa8ca4e2a.png", "width": 768 }, { "blurhash": "MYI;x2_3y?_3pI%LxayDxuxaozR*NGRjV@", "height": 512, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/ebcbbb954166672ce601cb2a4e1234dbd80fd62266467ce854700d258a385ecb.png", "width": 768 }, { "blurhash": "VTP?aE%Ls:%2_2-:oej[WB%L_2ofWCs:NG~Vofayt7IV", "height": 226, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/670f2aa82424a91eeacdc3e90aeb06d643d70b23f901a64cb5131553f2bb2b71.png", "width": 318 } ], "attributedTo": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "cc": [ "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica/followers" ], "content": "Time to migrate another schizo threat of mine.<br/><br/>Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)<br/><br/>Photo 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?<br/><br/>You can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don&#39;t actually believe anyone&#39;s been bitten by one (within certain caveats).<br/><br/>So you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.<br/><br/>Searching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn&#39;t tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)<br/><br/>Then there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn&#39;t it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it&#39;ll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)<br/><br/>This looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)<br/><br/>&quot;Okay!? But how about this one!?&quot; Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)<br/><br/>First, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was &quot;pissed off&quot;. To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of &quot;mouths&quot;. The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their &quot;mouths&quot; swig side to side, and they &quot;pinch&quot; their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)<br/><br/>Since Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It&#39;s legs are restrained, and so it&#39;s trying to use its powerful mouth to move.<br/><br/>Not only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.<br/><br/>That said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it&#39;s from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as &quot;true spiders&quot;, while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it&#39;s the best kind of cope.<br/><br/>But what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)<br/><br/>This is actually how nearly all real &quot;bites&quot; occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. It&#39;s like literally walking into someone else&#39;s sword.", "contentMap": { "en": "Time to migrate another schizo threat of mine.<br/><br/>Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)<br/><br/>Photo 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?<br/><br/>You can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don&#39;t actually believe anyone&#39;s been bitten by one (within certain caveats).<br/><br/>So you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.<br/><br/>Searching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn&#39;t tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)<br/><br/>Then there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn&#39;t it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it&#39;ll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)<br/><br/>This looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)<br/><br/>&quot;Okay!? But how about this one!?&quot; Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)<br/><br/>First, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was &quot;pissed off&quot;. To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of &quot;mouths&quot;. The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their &quot;mouths&quot; swig side to side, and they &quot;pinch&quot; their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)<br/><br/>Since Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It&#39;s legs are restrained, and so it&#39;s trying to use its powerful mouth to move.<br/><br/>Not only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.<br/><br/>That said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it&#39;s from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as &quot;true spiders&quot;, while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it&#39;s the best kind of cope.<br/><br/>But what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)<br/><br/>This is actually how nearly all real &quot;bites&quot; occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. It&#39;s like literally walking into someone else&#39;s sword." }, "context": "https://poa.st/contexts/66ab6e21-5f88-43ef-a5a5-e514686ff029", "conversation": "https://poa.st/contexts/66ab6e21-5f88-43ef-a5a5-e514686ff029", "published": "2023-02-27T08:22:27.996192Z", "sensitive": false, "source": { "content": "Time to migrate another schizo threat of mine.\n\nSpiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)\n\nPhoto 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?\n\nYou can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don't actually believe anyone's been bitten by one (within certain caveats).\n\nSo you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.\n\nSearching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn't tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)\n\nThen there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn't it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it'll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)\n\nThis looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)\n\n\"Okay!? But how about this one!?\" Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)\n\nFirst, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was \"pissed off\". To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of \"mouths\". The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their \"mouths\" swig side to side, and they \"pinch\" their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)\n\nSince Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It's legs are restrained, and so it's trying to use its powerful mouth to move.\n\nNot only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.\n\nThat said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it's from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as \"true spiders\", while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it's the best kind of cope.\n\nBut what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)\n\nThis is actually how nearly all real \"bites\" occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. It's like literally walking into someone else's sword.", "mediaType": "text/plain" }, "summary": "", "tag": [], "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "type": "Note" } ], "totalItems": 1, "type": "OrderedCollection" }, "id": "https://poa.st/objects/51e8d17a-358a-434e-8766-8c82ea298562", "published": "2023-02-27T08:22:27.996192Z", "repliesCount": 1, "sensitive": false, "source": { "content": "Time to migrate another schizo thread of mine.\n\nSpiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 1)\n\nPhoto 1 was staged by Gil Wizen(1,2). Using a molt of a Brazilian Wandering Spider, he made it look like he was being attacked. Curiously, can you find a real video or photo that shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, someone being bitten by a spider?\n\nYou can do it for almost any animal. you can even easily find videos of insects as innocuous as locus and cicadas biting people, but spiders? Very few, and almost none are convincing. I don't actually believe anyone's been bitten by one (within certain caveats).\n\nSo you googled it now, and this picture of a person getting attacked by a huntsman spider came up(3). This image might be real, but again, these photos are easy to stage as previously shown. Honestly, getting a photo of the exact moment a spider bites like this would be crazy hard to pull off.\n\nSearching YouTube for videos of it gives sparse results at best. For example, Here is one where a guy is not even sure if he was bitten. Think about that, he couldn't tell. If anything, he psyched himself into thinking he was attacked. (watch?v=4yV2XI5C3JU)\n\nThen there’s this one. Is it a bite? Seems like an attempt was made. But it not only didn't it hurt, he laughed. (Remember this one, it'll be important later.) (watch?v=gpNh5nmoSZ8)\n\nThis looks like a near bite, but then it let go when it realized he was not food. Notice how it ignored his finger afterwards. You should also notice that these are all fairly large spiders so far. Are you still afraid of that little jumping spider? (watch?v=f6LPrD7eCwY)\n\n\"Okay!? But how about this one!?\" Actually, this is not a bite. Let me explain (watch?v=DQvoVGMonKg)\n\nFirst, watch as they struggle to get the spider to bite him after insisting that it was \"pissed off\". To really understand what really happened, you need to understand spider mouths. Spiders diverged into two groups millions of years ago, the difference being in their mouths. They can have one of two types of \"mouths\". The most common is the Araneomorphae. Basically, their \"mouths\" swig side to side, and they \"pinch\" their prey. Most spiders fall into the group today. The other type is primative Mygalomorphae. They move up and down. (Also, spider fangs are no more a mouth than your teeth are). These are rarer, usually only Tarantulas and other ground spiders are like this.(3)\n\nSince Mygalomorphae fangs move up and down, they can actually use them to help them move or to hold onto something (like if they are falling, which is dangerous for them). What you are seeing is the spider trying to move. It's legs are restrained, and so it's trying to use its powerful mouth to move.\n\nNot only that, we cannot properly bite when held like this! A true bite by a Mygalomorphae requires a full upward motion of its body. Basically, they were being chewed on in a struggle to escape.\n\nThat said, a Mygalomorphae can bite you if it wanted to, and whether it's from mechanical tearing, or from the poison of the Funnel Web, it is a painful bite. But remember how I said spiders diverged millions of years ago? Araneomorphae are also known as \"true spiders\", while Mygalomorphae are not. Are they still considered spiders? Yeah kinda. Is this a cope? Kinda, but it's the best kind of cope.\n\nBut what about Araneomorphae? Sometimes true spiders do bite in this position. Here is a video of a man intentionally getting bitten by a woodlouse spider. The thing to notice, again, is how this bite occurs. He had to press it against his skin. (watch?v=Lz6pirQT_5o)\n\nThis is actually how nearly all real \"bites\" occur. Often, they are trapped and put in a situation where their fangs pierce the skin through external pressure. 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Because it&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider &quot;bit&quot; him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That&#39;s right! It&#39;s not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.<br/><br/>Now you are worried. &quot;But, wait. Wasn&#39;t you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.&quot; Let&#39;s deal with that claim...<br/><br/>Many American&#39;s claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it&#39;s necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)<br/><br/>Not only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it&#39;s actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it&#39;s related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It&#39;s been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.<br/><br/>What about the Hobo spider? It&#39;s ranger is larger, and it&#39;s supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it&#39;s not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).<br/><br/>&quot;But the doctor said it was a bite!&quot; Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It&#39;s easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.<br/><br/>False identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don&#39;t bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it&#39;s a spider bite, he&#39;s being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.<br/><br/>As for Brown recluse bites, unless it&#39;s around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it&#39;s not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don&#39;t have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they&#39;ve crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? (3)<br/><br/>This guy explains the details on this better (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFBTqqL_Xs\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube.com/watch?v=HoFBTqqL_Xs</a>).<br/><br/>Here is another thing to ask yourself, why are there no myths about people being bitten by spiders? No one seemed to think they were a problem hundreds of years ago. Only now, today, in the modern age, are people afraid of them.<br/><br/>And before you bring it up, the Tarantella thing is a bit of a modern myth too. The dance isn’t named after the spider, but the other way around. And both were named after Taranto Italy. Two spiders carried the “tarantula” name, the mediterranean black widow which was renamed and Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider not even native there. Neither were ever considered an explanation for the dancing mania except for the short time in the 16 and 17 centuries.<br/><br/>So now for the big question: why? Why have we all been lied to for all this time? The answer is simple - Someone out there wants you to be afraid of spiders. Being afraid of spiders is a trillion dollar industry. People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.<br/><br/>But why are you afraid? Spiders don&#39;t even get into your food. They don&#39;t like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It&#39;s like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So don&#39;t be stupid, don&#39;t be afraid of spiders", "contentMap": { "en": "Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 2)<br/><br/>A quick note: why is it YouTube&#39;s resident goofball and hambone, &quot;coyote&quot; Peterson, has not filmed himself being bitten by a spider, despite being stung by literally everything else? Because it&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider &quot;bit&quot; him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That&#39;s right! It&#39;s not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.<br/><br/>Now you are worried. &quot;But, wait. Wasn&#39;t you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.&quot; Let&#39;s deal with that claim...<br/><br/>Many American&#39;s claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it&#39;s necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)<br/><br/>Not only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it&#39;s actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it&#39;s related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It&#39;s been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.<br/><br/>What about the Hobo spider? It&#39;s ranger is larger, and it&#39;s supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it&#39;s not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).<br/><br/>&quot;But the doctor said it was a bite!&quot; Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It&#39;s easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.<br/><br/>False identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don&#39;t bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it&#39;s a spider bite, he&#39;s being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.<br/><br/>As for Brown recluse bites, unless it&#39;s around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it&#39;s not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don&#39;t have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they&#39;ve crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? (3)<br/><br/>This guy explains the details on this better (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFBTqqL_Xs\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube.com/watch?v=HoFBTqqL_Xs</a>).<br/><br/>Here is another thing to ask yourself, why are there no myths about people being bitten by spiders? No one seemed to think they were a problem hundreds of years ago. Only now, today, in the modern age, are people afraid of them.<br/><br/>And before you bring it up, the Tarantella thing is a bit of a modern myth too. The dance isn’t named after the spider, but the other way around. And both were named after Taranto Italy. Two spiders carried the “tarantula” name, the mediterranean black widow which was renamed and Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider not even native there. Neither were ever considered an explanation for the dancing mania except for the short time in the 16 and 17 centuries.<br/><br/>So now for the big question: why? Why have we all been lied to for all this time? The answer is simple - Someone out there wants you to be afraid of spiders. Being afraid of spiders is a trillion dollar industry. People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.<br/><br/>But why are you afraid? Spiders don&#39;t even get into your food. They don&#39;t like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It&#39;s like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So don&#39;t be stupid, don&#39;t be afraid of spiders" }, "context": "https://poa.st/contexts/0daafda7-4eff-4808-98f7-67917fa50ef4", "conversation": "https://poa.st/contexts/0daafda7-4eff-4808-98f7-67917fa50ef4", "formerRepresentations": { "orderedItems": [ { "actor": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "attachment": [ { "blurhash": "VTRMYq?b?b%LM_?ct7axWBjs?aj[D%xut7~qj[ayxuay", "height": 606, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/e3ebe4201fa26f829f70062152ee81e6c9e50b6a63e5c1629ea80480dd966324.png", "width": 805 }, { "blurhash": "VdRVnW%Myr-Vrq?vofR5bFX8.moJQ-o}Sg-VRjpIs;sA", "height": 686, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/f22c6c9b4bf730ed43279a942bbc4e6f770d053e11566b5d59d0146b8ae07f5d.png", "width": 1000 }, { "blurhash": "VaRMPSsRx]?b%M%LM{azt7kC.8ozRjfjR%~qxufkV@M{", "height": 555, "mediaType": "image/png", "name": "", "type": "Document", "url": "https://i.poastcdn.org/1fc0fe10b088d403cdf3aeca73689c6705737320f200bb34445f94a5b2fcee7b.png", "width": 708 } ], "attributedTo": "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica", "cc": [ "https://poa.st/users/Elliptica/followers" ], "content": "Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 2)<br/><br/>A quick note: why is it YouTube&#39;s resident goofball and hambone, &quot;coyote&quot; Peterson, has not filmed himself being bitten by a spider, despite being stung by literally everything else? Because it&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider &quot;bit&quot; him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That&#39;s right! It&#39;s not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.<br/><br/>Now you are worried. &quot;But, wait. Wasn&#39;t you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.&quot; Let&#39;s deal with that claim...<br/><br/>Many American&#39;s claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it&#39;s necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)<br/><br/>Not only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it&#39;s actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it&#39;s related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It&#39;s been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.<br/><br/>What about the Hobo spider? It&#39;s ranger is larger, and it&#39;s supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it&#39;s not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).<br/><br/>&quot;But the doctor said it was a bite!&quot; Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It&#39;s easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.<br/><br/>False identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don&#39;t bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it&#39;s a spider bite, he&#39;s being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.<br/><br/>As for Brown recluse bites, unless it&#39;s around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it&#39;s not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don&#39;t have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they&#39;ve crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? (3)<br/><br/>Here is another thing to ask yourself, why are there no myths about people being bitten by spiders? No one seemed to think they were a problem hundreds of years ago. Only now, today, in the modern age, are people afraid of them.<br/><br/>And before you bring it up, the Tarantella thing is a bit of a modern myth too. The dance isn’t named after the spider, but the other way around. And both were named after Taranto Italy. Two spiders carried the “tarantula” name, the mediterranean black widow which was renamed and Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider not even native there. Neither were ever considered an explanation for the dancing mania except for the short time in the 16 and 17 centuries.<br/><br/>So now for the big question: why? Why have we all been lied to for all this time? The answer is simple - Someone out there wants you to be afraid of spiders. Being afraid of spiders is a trillion dollar industry. People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.<br/><br/>But why are you afraid? Spiders don&#39;t even get into your food. They don&#39;t like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It&#39;s like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So don&#39;t be stupid, don&#39;t be afraid of spiders", "contentMap": { "en": "Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 2)<br/><br/>A quick note: why is it YouTube&#39;s resident goofball and hambone, &quot;coyote&quot; Peterson, has not filmed himself being bitten by a spider, despite being stung by literally everything else? Because it&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider &quot;bit&quot; him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That&#39;s right! It&#39;s not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.<br/><br/>Now you are worried. &quot;But, wait. Wasn&#39;t you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.&quot; Let&#39;s deal with that claim...<br/><br/>Many American&#39;s claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it&#39;s necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)<br/><br/>Not only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it&#39;s actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it&#39;s related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It&#39;s been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.<br/><br/>What about the Hobo spider? It&#39;s ranger is larger, and it&#39;s supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it&#39;s not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).<br/><br/>&quot;But the doctor said it was a bite!&quot; Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It&#39;s easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.<br/><br/>False identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don&#39;t bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it&#39;s a spider bite, he&#39;s being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.<br/><br/>As for Brown recluse bites, unless it&#39;s around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it&#39;s not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don&#39;t have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they&#39;ve crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? (3)<br/><br/>Here is another thing to ask yourself, why are there no myths about people being bitten by spiders? No one seemed to think they were a problem hundreds of years ago. Only now, today, in the modern age, are people afraid of them.<br/><br/>And before you bring it up, the Tarantella thing is a bit of a modern myth too. The dance isn’t named after the spider, but the other way around. And both were named after Taranto Italy. Two spiders carried the “tarantula” name, the mediterranean black widow which was renamed and Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider not even native there. Neither were ever considered an explanation for the dancing mania except for the short time in the 16 and 17 centuries.<br/><br/>So now for the big question: why? Why have we all been lied to for all this time? The answer is simple - Someone out there wants you to be afraid of spiders. Being afraid of spiders is a trillion dollar industry. People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.<br/><br/>But why are you afraid? Spiders don&#39;t even get into your food. They don&#39;t like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It&#39;s like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that&#39;s impossible.<br/><br/>So don&#39;t be stupid, don&#39;t be afraid of spiders" }, "context": "https://poa.st/contexts/0daafda7-4eff-4808-98f7-67917fa50ef4", "conversation": "https://poa.st/contexts/0daafda7-4eff-4808-98f7-67917fa50ef4", "published": "2023-02-27T08:22:32.345658Z", "sensitive": false, "source": { "content": "Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 2)\n\nA quick note: why is it YouTube's resident goofball and hambone, \"coyote\" Peterson, has not filmed himself being bitten by a spider, despite being stung by literally everything else? Because it's impossible.\n\nSo remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider \"bit\" him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That's right! It's not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.\n\nNow you are worried. \"But, wait. Wasn't you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.\" Let's deal with that claim...\n\nMany American's claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it's necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)\n\nNot only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it's actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it's related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It's been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.\n\nWhat about the Hobo spider? It's ranger is larger, and it's supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it's not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).\n\n\"But the doctor said it was a bite!\" Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It's easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.\n\nFalse identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don't bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it's a spider bite, he's being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.\n\nAs for Brown recluse bites, unless it's around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it's not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don't have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they've crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? 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People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.\n\nBut why are you afraid? Spiders don't even get into your food. They don't like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It's like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that's impossible.\n\nSo don't be stupid, don't be afraid of spiders", "mediaType": "text/plain" }, "summary": "", "tag": [], "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "type": "Note" } ], "totalItems": 1, "type": "OrderedCollection" }, "id": "https://poa.st/objects/5287502a-42bb-40cd-bbba-b6f6c0862e30", "published": "2023-02-27T08:22:32.345658Z", "repliesCount": 5, "sensitive": false, "source": { "content": "Spiders do not bite: a conspiracy (Part 2)\n\nA quick note: why is it YouTube's resident goofball and hambone, \"coyote\" Peterson, has not filmed himself being bitten by a spider, despite being stung by literally everything else? Because it's impossible.\n\nSo remember that video where the guy laughed as the spider \"bit\" him? What was going on was the spider physically could not hurt him, even though it wanted it. That's right! It's not a matter of how long the fans are, but how, much force it needs to break your skin.\n\nNow you are worried. \"But, wait. Wasn't you great aunt bitten by a Brown Recluse? She still has issues because of it.\" Let's deal with that claim...\n\nMany American's claim to have been bitten by the Brown Recluse, a spider notorious for it's necrotic venom. This is despite the fact that they live in a fairly small region of the US. Do you not live in the red zone? No? Then it was not a Recluse. (1,2)\n\nNot only that, people are not even sure that their venom causes the infamous necrosis effect. Some believe it's actually caused by an allergic reaction, while some dispute if it's related at all to the spider. Even funnier, we have examples of doctors lying about this. It's been shown that Brown Recluse bites are diagnosed well outside of its region, like in places as far as Maine or Washington.\n\nWhat about the Hobo spider? It's ranger is larger, and it's supposedly just as dangerous, if not more so. Some even claim that it, and not the Brown Recluse, is the one responsible for the necrosis some experience. This claim was based off a study that failed to be replicated. Basically it's not venomous to humans at all (if it even bites watch?v=9gVEAhFBeHs).\n\n\"But the doctor said it was a bite!\" Doctors, it turns out, are not really trained to identify spider bites. Usually, someone walks in with a strange rash, or bump, or necrosis, and they will just blame a spider. It's easier, and gets that asshole out of their face quicker.\n\nFalse identification of spider bites kill more people than actually spiders (which is zero because they don't bite). Strange sores are written off as a bite, when they turn out to be skin cancer or some type of staph infection. Seriously, if a doctor tells you it's a spider bite, he's being lazy and wants you out of his face. Tell him to fuck off and to do his job. That type of negligence gets peopled killed.\n\nAs for Brown recluse bites, unless it's around the chest or groin, medical advice (assuming your doctor isn’t a retard) says that it's not a bite. Why? First of all, they are too small. Like the other spiders shown, they simply don't have enough force to bite you on their own. Brown Recluse bites usually only occur when they get pressed up against your skin, such as when you put on clothing they've crawled inside (and hence chest and groin areas being the most common locations for bites). Seriously, look at how small Brown Recluse spiders are. Are you telling me this thing can hurt you on it’s own? (3)\n\nThis guy explains the details on this better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFBTqqL_Xs).\n\nHere is another thing to ask yourself, why are there no myths about people being bitten by spiders? No one seemed to think they were a problem hundreds of years ago. Only now, today, in the modern age, are people afraid of them.\n\nAnd before you bring it up, the Tarantella thing is a bit of a modern myth too. The dance isn’t named after the spider, but the other way around. And both were named after Taranto Italy. Two spiders carried the “tarantula” name, the mediterranean black widow which was renamed and Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider not even native there. Neither were ever considered an explanation for the dancing mania except for the short time in the 16 and 17 centuries.\n\nSo now for the big question: why? Why have we all been lied to for all this time? The answer is simple - Someone out there wants you to be afraid of spiders. Being afraid of spiders is a trillion dollar industry. People pay for poisons to kill spiders, fearing something that literally only wants to keep your house clean of gross bugs like crickets and moths and cockroaches. Hollywood can make movies where they use big spiders to scare you.\n\nBut why are you afraid? Spiders don't even get into your food. They don't like it. All they want is to do hide in a corner of your house, and be left alone. It's like a cat, only nicer because it won’t bite you, because that's impossible.\n\nSo don't be stupid, don't be afraid of spiders", "mediaType": "text/plain" }, "summary": "", "tag": [], "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "type": "Note", "updated": "2023-02-27T08:32:27.489436Z" } ], "totalItems": 2, "type": "OrderedCollection" }