Biting spiders and prejudice?

Teagwee

Now that we have a new breed of biting spider in Ireland http://www.independent.ie/world-news/poisonous-false-widow-spiders-spread-across-ireland-29668336.html I have developed a new understanding of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. I never actually liked spiders as a species, but would never kill them and I have a gadget that works at arms length to remove them and relocate them outside.
In the light of this biting variety, I don't think I'll be hanging back trying to identify one little beast from the rest of its benign relatives. Unfortunately, all spiders are now tarred with the one brush, I'm prejudiced against them and will be actively setting out to eliminate them

greedygoblin

Venomous yes. Poisonous no. Article title is misleading. Plus, these little critters are known to prey on the spiders that actually are poisonous (eg. Black widows).

Teagwee

Anything that bites (without my consent) is on my hit list - the poison or venom is just an added incentive to eliminate them.

MadsL

Biting spiders is animal cruelty, m'kay.

wazky

Get yourself a goldfish, and hope that any spiders that enter your home feel suicidal and drown themselves in the fish bowl.

I don't want to bite any spiders

Duff

Got bit by a spider in the States over the Summer. Was praying for super powers but just got a red itchy lump that bled.

Its All Wright

Your more likely to die from choking on a soggy hobnob that fell into your cup of tea than you are from being bitten by one of these spiders

Muise...

I am prejudiced against people who make a big fuss about spiders. They can give you a momentary fright, fair enough, but I'd rather be bitten than listen to shrieking and flibbertigibbeting.

BabyGorilla

Muise... wrote: »

I am prejudiced against people who make a big fuss about spiders. They can give you a momentary fright, fair enough, but I'd rather be bitten than listen to shrieking and flibbertigibbeting.

The real bastards are mosquitos. Theyre the psychological terrorists of insects. Their bite is tiny. But when youre jusssst about to sleep they buzz you with that high pitch buzz meeeeezzzzzzz.
evacuate the whole building, hit it with a tactical nuke. kill em all.

Muise...

BabyGorilla wrote: »

The real bastards are mosquitos. Theyre the psychological terrorists of insects. Their bite is tiny. But when youre jusssst about to sleep they buzz you with that high pitch buzz meeeeezzzzzzz.
evacuate the whole building, hit it with a tactical nuke. kill em all.

Or just wear earplugs and sleep beside someone whose blood they like better than yours.

BabyGorilla

Muise... wrote: »

Or just wear earplugs and sleep beside someone whose blood they like better than yours.

So you're saying to dig around the bins ... hang a few used tampons from the bedroom ceiling.

Good plan. (the voices approve)

NegativeCreep

When you put them house spiders outside, they die anyway. How can you sleep at night?

Washington Irving

Teagwee wrote: »

Now that we have a new breed of biting spider in Ireland http://www.independent.ie/world-news/poisonous-false-widow-spiders-spread-across-ireland-29668336.html I have developed a new understanding of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. I never actually liked spiders as a species, but would never kill them and I have a gadget that works at arms length to remove them and relocate them outside.
In the light of this biting variety, I don't think I'll be hanging back trying to identify one little beast from the rest of its benign relatives. Unfortunately, all spiders are now tarred with the one brush, I'm prejudiced against them and will be actively setting out to eliminate them

Those spiders been around Ireland for a hundred years, just typical sensationalist tabloid (yes, tabloid) shyte.

BabyGorilla

NegativeCreep wrote: »

When you put them house spiders outside, they die anyway. How can you sleep at night?

If they'd pay their rent they wouldn't get evicted.

greedygoblin

BabyGorilla wrote: »

If they'd pay their rent they wouldn't get evicted.

But they do (kind of), by killing flies and mosquitos and stuff.