Meh. I have been bitten by venomous spiders twice. Reactions that severe are the exception rather than the rule. Only one created a hole about as big around as a nickel. Some antibiotics and packed gauze and I was good as new in short order. Sadly, my acl scar covered it up pretty good.
Spiders and centipedes don't bother me unless they surprise me. I was working in my shop last night and grabbed a small box off a shelf... with a spider on it. I think my dog jumped higher than I did after my reaction.
I hate bees, wasps, or anything that makes a buzzing sound while it stings you. Those pictures are fucking terrifying. Since we are on the topic of nightmare fuel, I submit this: Bee truck overturns on highway, unleashing millions of bees on motorists. "Each truck carried upwards of 17 million bees -- 700 hives apiece, with about 25,000 bees per hive, Bauer said. It was unclear how many bees escaped." There are very few calls I'd tell dispatch "Fuck you. I'm not going." That's one of them.
We all know you edited that article to put that in there. But hey, if you want to claim cockroaches have at it.
Some spiders people are rightfully scared of. I imagine anyone here wouldn't scoff at the idea of getting bit by a black widow or brown recluse. Fuck Palmetto bugs, I lived in Florida for a bit and got to experience my share. They are fucking huge, and they fly. I also think people have an appropriate fear of snakes. I'm not talking about the non venomous kind, rat snakes, king snakes, gopher snakes etc are all great. But you can't tell me that people don't have a right to be afraid of a Pacific Rattler or maybe the Mojave with its neurotoxic venom. Above all though, what still makes me uneasy are mountain lions, fuck those fucking things to hell. I saw one close at night once and the thought still fucks with me. When I go hiking I'm absolutely paranoid about getting attacked by one. I know I shouldn't be though, because they prefer women and children and dogs.
The victim in that story was a former roommate of my sister. Fucking terrifying. Wanna know a fun way to almost fall out of a tree stand? Climb up into it and see this next to you: Spoiler It's a good thing this happened in late November.
At the zoo, a mountain lion keyed onto my daughter and did nothing but drool like a Pavlov experiment and purred the entire time. It straight-up wanted to eat her and nobody else, she was maybe two at the time. Malevolent cats, they are.
I all for conservation except when it comes to animals that actively hunt humans. Wolves, great, bears, lovely, mountain lions, they need to be controlled.
You don't get to choose a three-wolf shirt. It chooses you. And if you're not right for it, it eats you like the Cave Of Wonders.
See I got a .44 magnum that will perforate any of those like butter. I am a man and all other creatures will bow before the .44. Insects don't play by those rules. Which is what freaks me out. Plus the animals you mention aren't as far of evolutionary wise, all being mammals and such, than fucking hornets and spiders. Fucking spindly legged exoskeleton beast. Fucking gross.
Hornets and wasps are my one phobic fear. I can stand on the roof ledge of a 600 foot building.....nothing. A wasp buzzes my head and there's nothing left of me but a Roadrunner cloud of my silhouette.
Somebody should update the boobie thread What about dinosaur shirts? Is that also a mystical vision-type purchase?
I bought the purple version of that shirt and a Joe Dirt style wig and some cutoff jean shorts and that was my costume for last Halloween. I found the shirt at WalMart and when I picked it off the rack an old woman that worked there commented that, "it's so beautiful".
The problem with that is that mountain lions attack from behind. So I guess if you're going to shoot it, you'll have to shoot it while its chomping down on your neck. They don't walk up and charge you, they jump on your back. As for bugs, so what. Unless its killer bees, a black widow or brown recluse who cares.
Re: Somebody should update the boobie thread The dinosaur is what's funny? Not the Top Gun bald eagle right next to it? I'm laughing my ass off here.
Something similar happened to me as a kid. I was having a sleep-over with some friends and we were playing super nintendo kinda loud late at night. And my dad angrily came to the room because he was woken up. He barged in wearing only his loose-fitting tighty whities. His left nut was hanging out and the more he screamed the more it shook. It totally undermined his message.