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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have deep-seated arachnophobia and deeply appreciate the grotesque, and I still feel so bad for the spiders, c'mon! I at least hope they died of natural causes well before someone decided to try using them as a grabber toy... Like, at least that!

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you missed the "Euthanize spider" slide with a little snowflake icon.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I haven't seen that one, no!:( It just starts with the spider gripping a raspberry:(

Edit: can't really say having them euthanised makes this any better, tbh...

[–] tribut@infosec.pub 14 points 1 week ago

You missed the part where the first step was

a) Euthanize Spider

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I guess you missed the memes about what we do to horseshoe crabs

And will continue to do so, yes! Aw, nuts, this thread made me sad :-<

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

You didn't just miss "euthanize spider" but also the very "humanely" way of slowly freezing it to death for 5 days. And I share your thoughts. I really really really hate spiders, but I love them. As they're fascinating creatures with incredible abilities. If that makes sense. Also very useful.