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TIL the 'Daddy Long Legs' harvestman group together in massive numbers to avoid climatic harm/predators (i.imgur.com)

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[–]FlatulentWhispers 436 points437 points ago

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I would be willing to drive my car into this and sacrifice myself for all of man-kind

[–]Tehelee 87 points88 points ago

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Up-voted for future sacrifice.

[–]bananaKAI 51 points52 points ago

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You sir, are a man among men and wont be forgotten :'[

[–]Chyrch 34 points35 points ago

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A Man among Men? That's quite a compliment ....

[–]usernamethatiseasyto 15 points16 points ago

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Yeah, you'd be surprised how many women there are among men... it's like half I think. :o

[–]manlymershaq 7 points8 points ago

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Actually it's disputed to be around 101 men to 100 women. Come on bro.

[–]PFCDoofles 1 point2 points ago

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A myth, perpetuated by the one guy out of a hundred that can't ever get a date but never admits it. "The proportions must be off!"

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    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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    NEED PSI STORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    [–]chartedlife 3 points4 points ago

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    or colossi

    [–]nihilistyounglife 2 points3 points ago

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    extended thermal lances would do the trick here

    [–]DrDan21 19 points20 points ago

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    Really? Out of all the spiders ever I'd say Daddy Long Legs are proablly the one most people AREN'T afriad of

    [–]faggotoni 13 points14 points ago

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    It's not a spider.

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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    I HATE daddy long legs. The ones in our area give off a horrible smell when they're scared, and if I get a whiff of that scent it freaks me the fuck out (because it usually means there is one on me, gah!)

    [–]DoTheDew 34 points35 points ago

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    How fucking close are you putting your face to spiders??

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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    Lol, but no, the smell is pretty strong.

    Plus, years ago I was lying in bed half asleep, and I drowsily brushed something away from my face. Then I got a whiff of that horrible smell and it hit me.... A SPIDER WAS ON MY FACE!

    I had trouble sleeping after that.

    [–]goinunder0390 -1 points0 points ago

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    Does those daddy long legs look like this? If so I think you're confused.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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    Nah, from Wikipedia:

    Harvestmen have a pair of prosomatic defensive scent glands (ozopores) that secrete a peculiar smelling fluid when disturbed, confirmed in some species to contain noxious quinones.

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      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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      PIPE BOMB OUT!!!! BEEP BEEP BEEEP BEEEEEEP arGGGH ARGGH BRAGGGGHHH!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!

      utter silence

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        [–]Paging_Juarez 185 points186 points ago

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        Guys relax, Daddy Long Legs are completely harml

        [–]Aqualung90 57 points58 points ago

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        //\(ಠಠಠ_ಠಠಠ)//\

        [–]Jon46 87 points88 points ago

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        Why did you stop wri

        [–]CurrentlyTrollingYou 65 points66 points ago

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        Oh shit, what the hell is goi

        [–]iamapizza 76 points77 points ago

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        ╚(•⌂•)╝

        [–]SwitzAK 17 points18 points ago

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        ┐('～')┌

        [–]electronicdream 28 points29 points ago

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        （╯°□°）╯︵ ┌(,～,)┐

        [–]steve_carell 19 points20 points ago

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        （- °□°)╮ ︵ ━∈（╯°□°）╯︵ ┌(,～,)┐

        [–]NotSelfReferential 35 points36 points ago

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        Why did you press "save" after the sp

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        [–]white_russian 11 points12 points ago

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        Blast them with piss before it's too late.

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          [–]Baard_Kristian 5 points6 points ago

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          I never finish anyth

          [–]danzwang 1 point2 points ago

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          jumanj

          [–]spvvvt 1 point2 points ago

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          They came from behi

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            [–]fifa10 14 points15 points ago

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            THEN WHO WAS SAVE BUTTON......

            [–]jaze321 108 points109 points ago

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            I found this out the hard way. A few years ago while reroofing a garage on a lake house and had a nest full of daddy long legs fall on head while I was on a ladder two stories in the air. I was pulling off the soffits and there was a nest full of thousands of these little guys which then happened to plummet directly into my face. While I knew they were not poisonous it still creeped me the hell out. The rest of the guys I work worked with gave me crap for the longest time because I screamed bloody murder when it happened.

            [–]nanananaboner 62 points63 points ago

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            I'd have looked like those people after they watch The Ring if this happened to me.

            Or at least I'd poop myself. And I haven't pooped since June.

            [–]NoxiousNick 5 points6 points ago

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            Why haven't you pooped?

            [–]HeatKiller 4 points5 points ago

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            To busy having a boner

            [–]NoxiousNick 1 point2 points ago

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            I understand.

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              [–]metalick 32 points33 points ago

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              I found this out too, but I was 11. Opened the trap door to my tree house and quickly climbed in, excited to be in my tree house for the first time after a long winter. Then I noticed that every surface in my treehouse was completely covered with daddy long legs (way more than in OP's picture), and so I just let my body go limp and fall out the trap door to the ground. My parents saw me fall and I told them I did it on purpose because of spiders, but my Dad thought I was being a pussy so he climbed up there and fell down the ladder too, but not on purpose.

              [–]ididntwantausername 7 points8 points ago

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              This made me laugh. Your RES tag is now "Guy who fell out of treehouse becauses of spiders" for me.

              [–]ZeroKrysis 1 point2 points ago

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              THATS CRAZY! I saw one little spider in my room, took forever to fall asleep. A million would have caused a heart attack.

              [–]AnotherDamnPassword 9 points10 points ago

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              I've gone outside with my dogs early in the morning and seen this on my garage door. I'm not an "eek kill it!" kind of person, but BLEH.

              [–]thInc 5 points6 points ago

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              I will never ever do any sort of demolition in my house again.

              [–]YouAccidentlyAWord 1 point2 points ago

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              ಠ_ಠ

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                [–]lotlizard[S] 43 points44 points ago

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                According to Wikipedia, the order of arachnids called Opiliones frequently gather together in groups of "more than 70,000 in certain Eupnoi. This behavior is likely a strategy against climatic odds, but also against predators, combining the effect of scent secretions, and reducing the probability of each individual of being eaten."

                I didn't have my camera with me (this isn't my picture), but needless to say, I saw one of these "nests" and it is truly unsettling.

                [–]covenant 12 points13 points ago

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                Thank you for the citation.

                [–]opossumfink 1 point2 points ago

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                I have a small cave on my property that you REALLY would not like to stick your head into.

                Thousands of these critters. At dusk they come pouring out over the ground and nearby trees.

                Sleep well.

                [–]aconcernedconsumer 3 points4 points ago

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                Fuck everything about this.

                [–]cobaltmetal 47 points48 points ago

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                NOPE NOPE NOPE

                [–]CherryVimto 1 point2 points ago

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                He's stuck in an infinite loop!

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                  [–]antonbruckner 11 points12 points ago

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                  http://i.imgur.com/vZEG3.jpg

                  [–]iexplainreferences 2 points3 points ago

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                  Oh my god...just wow. Wow...

                  [–]triviaqueen 9 points10 points ago

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                  Can confirm this from personal experience. While climbing through a deep narrow cave some distance underground, suddenly noticed some kind of strange "moss" on the walls of the cave. "Huh, I wonder how this moss survives with no light of any kind," I thought, and went to have a closer look, only to find the mass of moss.....moving. Then had to climb right through the spider-moss in order to proceed on my way through the cave. NOT fun.

                  [–]thInc 5 points6 points ago

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                  Thanks, I needed some new nightmares.

                  [–]audiofreedom 5 points6 points ago

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                  This made me want to cry...

                  [–]mellolizard 39 points40 points ago

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                  Fuck you. I was about to go to sleep but any itch I feel on my body I will think it is a spider.

                  [–]lotlizard[S] 29 points30 points ago

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                  Well definitely don't watch this video then.

                  [–]mellolizard 13 points14 points ago

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                  I will have my revenge on you.

                  [–]lotlizard[S] 8 points9 points ago

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                  I wouldn't expect that from a fellow lizard. (usernames relevant)

                  [–]mellolizard 17 points18 points ago

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                  There can be only one!

                  [–]brokenlizard 19 points20 points ago

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                  I'm not even going to dignify myself with a response to that.

                  [–]high_lander 11 points12 points ago

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                  THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

                  [–]Thoughtonomic 9 points10 points ago

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                  hey man what are you doing with that stick hey WAIT DUDE DON'T DO THAT

                  [–]Rudahn 3 points4 points ago

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                  KILL IT WITH FIRE.

                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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                  ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

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                      [–]Airazz 51 points52 points ago

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                      Lighter and a can of deodorant. If you do it in short bursts, you won't even have to burn the house down.

                      [–]blualpha 7 points8 points ago

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                      cats love spiders http://youtu.be/8m-uu-gYw1g

                      [–]bleeeker 16 points17 points ago

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                      Harvestmen aren't spiders. They are arachnids though, so they're closely related.

                      [–]xgnarf 5 points6 points ago

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                      TIL Daddy long Legs aren't spiders, my post originally was going to be why say harvestmen instead of spider. Thanks for giving me another brain fold bleeeker.

                      [–]GarbleFramdamble 1 point2 points ago

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                      I've never once heard someone refer to it as a harvestman. "Hey, there's a harvestman in the closet!"

                      [–]korgy 2 points3 points ago

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                      That is a really cool looking cat! Is that yours?

                      [–]ididntwantausername 1 point2 points ago

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                      I've had quite a few visible spiders in my house recently (3-4) and I half-squish them and my cat finishes the job. I can't bear to kill things. He's a good cat.

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                          [–]kyle90 7 points8 points ago

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                          Man, if we could get spiders to herd together like that, we could farm them for silk.

                          [–]RawrCupcakes 1 point2 points ago

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                          ...or we could farm them to die since they creep almost everyone out

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                            [–]furlaurelelise 13 points14 points ago

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                            /r/nosleep

                            [–]CaptainEyeBleach 12 points13 points ago

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                            Here you go fellas

                            ...and ladies.

                            [–]cheestaysfly 6 points7 points ago

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                            Not even gonna look at this picture. Nope.

                            [–]niamhish 4 points5 points ago*

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                            In Ireland we call these daddy long legs. I'm fucking terrified of them. It's daddy long leg season at the mo so they are everywhere.

                            [–]LabiaLobsters 3 points4 points ago

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                            Mosquito hawk :)

                            [–]niamhish 1 point2 points ago

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                            Your username sounds terrifying! Labia lobsters shall be haunting my dreams tonight!

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                              [–]GalacticNexus 4 points5 points ago

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                              Likewise in England.

                              What the OP posted are just called harvestmen here.

                              [–]sodappop 1 point2 points ago

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                              Those are leather jackets here.

                              Oh yeah, and it's duck season!

                              [–]sincon 6 points7 points ago

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                              I believe this is why the flamethrower was invented

                              [–][deleted] 23 points24 points ago

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                              AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

                              [–]xrmrct45 50 points51 points ago*

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                              tl;dr AHHHHHHHHH......!

                              [–]khoury 21 points22 points ago

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                              You missed the exclamation point. I feel like it really tied it all together.

                              [–]takishan 17 points18 points ago

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                              Well that's just like, your opinion man.

                              [–]Sodfarm 6 points7 points ago

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                              Well, if we were doing average values, it would probably look more like this "HHHH"

                              [–]xrmrct45 1 point2 points ago

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                              will do

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                                [–]IWantAnE55AMG 23 points24 points ago

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                                I think the constipated guy finally took a shit.

                                [–]lotlizard[S] 14 points15 points ago

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                                I scrolled to the end.

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                                  [–]Tehelee 4 points5 points ago

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                                  I now have something else to plan for other than a zombie apocalypse.

                                  Thank you for the sleepless nights.

                                  [–]RaidersOfTheLostRx 8 points9 points ago

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                                  They are the slendermen of arachnids.

                                  [–]Brandation 3 points4 points ago

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                                  ಠ_ಠ

                                  [–]Pixel64 3 points4 points ago

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                                  I knew I wouldn't like what I saw... But I clicked anyway.

                                  Damn my curiosity.

                                  [–]tai1983 3 points4 points ago

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                                  Wax those ceiling pubes.

                                  [–]zvinny1 2 points3 points ago

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                                  Burn the house, nuke the town, move to Antarctica... there's no spiders there right? Right?!?

                                  [–]Mythnam 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Wrong.

                                  [–]bobloco76 4 points5 points ago

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                                  why you got Robin Williams chest on you wall?

                                  [–]GamerUntouch 3 points4 points ago

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                                  Whatever mate sleeping is for chumps anyways.

                                  [–]lx_white 3 points4 points ago

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                                  Well, I need a new brain. This one's done.

                                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                  Shit needs a mana and health bar.

                                  [–]Vinc3ntPh4m 4 points5 points ago

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                                  Brix, I shat them.

                                  [–]SonOfMogh89 6 points7 points ago

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                                  http://www.jeboavatars.com/images/avatars/295133179066professorrage.jpg

                                  [–]HonorAmongSteves 2 points3 points ago

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                                  Well... time to find my hand grenade.

                                  [–]joeylou 2 points3 points ago

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                                  me: I'll just have one last wee browse of reddit before bed... what is that? seconds later* no, no, no, NO, NO, NO 1000 TIMES NO!

                                  It's ok reddit, it is winter here in New Zealand, I am ok with surrounding my bed with fire.

                                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                  I've woken up to the feeling of one lightly tap my eyelids and then walk over my mouth. I usually let all predatory insects and arachnids roam my house because they are useful, but the moment that one moved from my face to my pillow I threw the pillow on the floor and the nearest book on it. Then another book. And another.

                                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                  WHO'S LEG IS WHOS!?

                                  [–]raffytraffy 2 points3 points ago

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                                  i had this happen one time when camping - about 20 of them gathered at the peak of my tent (for airflow, they could get to the mesh part at the top) and chilled there while it rained. i was petrified.

                                  [–]Glen843 2 points3 points ago

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                                  I am surprised that people have not tried to use this as a hair replacement system.

                                  [–]brokenloop 2 points3 points ago

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                                  (c) Daddy Hair Wig

                                  Void where prohibited. All sales are final. Keep away from open flames.

                                  [–]rcoberle_54 2 points3 points ago

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                                  Grab a fucking flamethrower...now!

                                  [–]TeCuervo 2 points3 points ago

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                                  That wall needs to shave that.

                                  [–]ilikewc3 2 points3 points ago

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                                  *picks feet up off floor.

                                  [–]Sir_Derp_Herpington 7 points8 points ago

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                                  This shit... Fuck everything about this shit.

                                  [–]pydnar 7 points8 points ago

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                                  My first thought was "what is this? It looks like somebody's pubes...OH JESUS WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS PICTURE"

                                  [–]TheJoePilato 12 points13 points ago

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                                  Referring to this?

                                  [–]pydnar 4 points5 points ago

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                                  Hadn't seen that before...but yes, that sums up my train of thought quite nicely.

                                  [–]TheLittleKicks 1 point2 points ago

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                                  It's actually really fun and amusing to stick your hand into one of these bunches. They freak out and go everywhere. :)

                                  [–]bobby45 1 point2 points ago

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                                  FUCK YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT?!. I have those quite a bit, so that means there's a nest of probably more than 328947238429 thousand in my house. Greeat.

                                  [–]c_megalodon 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I'm terrified of this but I want to see a higher resolution pic. For science.

                                  [–]amgwolf 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Flamethrower.

                                  [–]rxninja 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I know what I'm going to have nightmares about the next time I fall asleep...if I can ever sleep after seeing this.

                                  [–]firemelon0 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Well guess who isn't sleeping tonight.

                                  [–]nickmarx12345678 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Where the hell is my gasoline

                                  [–]ZeroShift 1 point2 points ago

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                                  For once, a YouTube comment got it right:

                                  NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

                                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                  NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

                                  [–]Cristina_Vancouver 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I will never sleep again.

                                  [–]Pop-X- 1 point2 points ago

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                                  CANNOT UNSEE ç_ç Oh god.

                                  [–]upboat_express 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Why did I click on it? Why!?

                                  [–]mehp12345 1 point2 points ago

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                                  all it would take is 1 blue flame hellion

                                  [–]knestleknox 1 point2 points ago

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                                  FFUUUUCCKKKING FFUUUCCCKK!!!! KILL ITTT!!!!!!!

                                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                  ..... And I was looking forward to sleeping tonight.. Damn.

                                  [–]twztch 1 point2 points ago

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                                  That is fucking terrifying

                                  [–]Derpatronator 1 point2 points ago

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                                  ಠ_ಠ ...bring me my flamethrower (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻~~~~

                                  [–]midnightbean 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Theyre also the most poisonous I believe , but their fangs are too small to bite most things or people.

                                  [–]dirtybomb 1 point2 points ago

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                                  They love to hang out in the cracks of rocks in the mountains here. You can often find these huge clumps if you look.

                                  I didn't know this until sitting on a rock, angering the swarm, resulting in hundreds of them crawling over me while I sat there oblivious to them. It didn't help that I was on mushrooms.

                                  It wasn't until my friend said my skin was crawling, looking down and seeing my arm brown in appearance all the way up to my elbow. I ran like a mad man for what felt like miles, swinging my arms wildly and screaming at the top of my lungs.

                                  It was exactly at this time I developed a petrifying fear of spiders.

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                                  NEED PSI STORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  [–]dillondoesit 1 point2 points ago

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                                  This is a multi-kill waiting to happen.

                                  [–]goirish2200 1 point2 points ago

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                                  no... no... NOOOOOO!

                                  [–]Koovin 1 point2 points ago

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                                  fuck everything about this.

                                  [–]omnominous 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Looks like Robin Williams' chest hair.

                                  [–]Capissen38 1 point2 points ago

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                                  NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

                                  [–]Warmind 1 point2 points ago

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                                  looks like a comfy knitted sweater .

                                  [–]Silversparrow 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Cause, you know, I wasn't planning on sleeping anytime soon...

                                  [–]BisforBM 1 point2 points ago

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                                  That is a whole wall of NOPE.

                                  [–]JAsherP 1 point2 points ago

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                                  NOPENOPENOPE

                                  [–]SmilingPineapple 1 point2 points ago

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                                  20 bucks if you scoop them into a bowl and eat them

                                  [–]RawrCupcakes 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I instantly just pulled myself up into a ball on my chair. FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.

                                  [–]Slartibartfastibast 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Yes. They also always ride single file to hide their numbers.

                                  [–]mmmmmmmmichaelscott 8 points9 points ago

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                                  KILL IT WITH FIRE

                                  equip flamethrower

                                  [–]mpchwm 2 points3 points ago

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                                  I can see this becoming a horror movie plot. Fuck Arachnophobia, this is a HERD of spiders. OK, non-spider arachnids.

                                  [–]hughman79 2 points3 points ago

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                                  NOPE.NOPE FUCKING NOPE.

                                  [–]passivelyaggressive 1 point2 points ago

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                                  1. Torch house
                                  2. Wait outside with boots on, ready to stomp any escaping harvestmen
                                  3. Buy new house
                                  4. Get Orkin

                                  [–]Spysix 0 points1 point ago

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                                  Thing is, the Daddy Long Legs are extremely harmless and would never bite you, infact its very difficult for them to even try to nib on human flesh.

                                  I cannot for the life of me, understand the general reddit users fear of spiders.

                                  [–]Adzmodean 5 points6 points ago

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                                  Having been bitten by a red-back, I can tell you it's extremely painful. But the instinctive fear and revulsion that I experience around spiders is something that occurs at a much deeper level than "if that bites me it will hurt". I can't explain it either.

                                  [–]CatchACrab 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I remember seeing a long comic on reddit about why spiders are misunderstood and why humans naturally fear them. I think it had something to do with the fact that the structure of spiders' bodies is so far removed from ours. There was a technical term for it, but I forgot that too. Another theory is that our fear of spiders evolved to protect us from accidentally getting poisoned by the more dangerous ones.

                                  For me, anyway, and apparently for much of reddit, the daddy long legs are especially creepy because of their tiny little bodies and abnormally long legs. It's like the slender man or a Tim Burton movie.

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                                    [–]samthefork 0 points1 point ago

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                                    Where's Yao Ming when you need him?

                                    [–]Ammid 0 points1 point ago

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                                    Never sleeping again 0.0

                                    [–]yeliwofthecorn 0 points1 point ago

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                                    What's this? click link FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

                                    [–]nointernalcensor 0 points1 point ago

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                                    Those masses are usually on the ceiling too ! soon

                                    [–]Verify_23 0 points1 point ago

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                                    Can we get an NSFL on this? Jesus...

                                    [–]Rudahn 0 points1 point ago

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                                    Daddy Long Legs are the most pointless creature in the world. Every damn September, my house ends up crawling in the bastards, and nothing you do will get rid of them until mid-November.

                                    Incidentally, are the ones with wings also Daddy Long Legs, or are they a different species to the wingless ones?

                                    [–]Confuzion 2 points3 points ago

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                                    In the UK/Ireland daddy long legs are the ones with wings, crane flys.

                                    They are different species, actually different classes. The winged ones are insects, and the others are arachnids.

                                    [–]APiousCultist 1 point2 points ago

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                                    The name applies to all of them.

                                    [–]Obi_Kwiet 1 point2 points ago

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                                    No, that's a mayfly, that's different. They are harmless and obnoxious. In Mississippi there are times of the year that the grass crawls with them. It is impossible to take a step with out killing a dozen of them.

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                                      [–]LobsterRageFist 0 points1 point ago

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                                      AHHHHHHHHHHHH

                                      YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT PICTURE'S REAL???

                                      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Nope.

                                      [–]APiousCultist 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Ha ha ha. No.

                                      [–]gopens71 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Did anyone else instantly get goosebumps?

                                      [–]avnunley 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I've seen these things before. Somebody toss them some little candy stars!

                                      [–]upvoteforyouhun 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I still hate spiders with a passion, but at least you know they can't bite you. Source

                                      [–]Wocka_Wock 0 points1 point ago

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                                      That picture is pure nightmare fuel. Almost as scary as ants being able to survive floods by doing something similar.

                                      [–]behaaki 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Hmm... as far as Kill It With Fire goes, they make an easy target..

                                      [–]ShitsSoBoomhauer 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Dang ol' spiders meng all up and meng just pilin and crawlin.

                                      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                      that looks semi-pornographic for some reason.

                                      [–]MoistTowlette19 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I only clicked on it cuz it looked like a pubic patch. Ya, i'll admit it.

                                      [–]caf823 0 points1 point ago

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                                      When I was a teenager, me and my family went to camping in oklahoma. There are some caves in there, and while walking around my dad sat on a boulder in one of these caves to rest. a BALL OF FREAKIN DADDY LONG LEGS FELL ON HIS SHOULDER AND SPREAD OUT ACCROSS HIS BODY. I ran screaming like a little six year old girl.

                                      [–]RCrocket 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Relevant

                                      [–]zengenesis 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I shuddered.

                                      [–]Plumerian 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Well, if you spoke Longish you all would realize they just really enjoy hanging out and being social.

                                      [–]Spants23 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Looks like the monster from Ju-on

                                      [–]Tuxeedo 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Holy fucking shit, you have no clue how scared I was when I saw this picture at first. No, my heart beat literally increased for like 5 minutes. I thought this was a picture of a spider egg hatching and there were millions of little spiders surging out.

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                                      A kid from our youth group found one of these in the eve of a barn. Then he got them on a stick and threw them at his sister, who is deathly afraid of bugs. Awesome.

                                      [–]LumpyWhales 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Since I might not be the only one here who's absolutely fascinated by this- here you go:

                                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWASwBWyUXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-YMhdY6Cmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vELIyXQEY8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9prbpDK6A4

                                      Daddy long legs are awesome! Completely harmless.

                                      [–]Booty_Juice 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I saw a huge cluster of Daddy Long Legs on the roof of a cave in west Texas once. It was pulsating. It wasn't really scary though, because Daddy Long Leg spiders are completely harml

                                      [–]SHKEVE 0 points1 point ago

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                                      FIESTA

                                      [–]realwords 0 points1 point ago

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                                      NOPE.

                                      [–]jocgame 0 points1 point ago

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                                      nope nope nope nope nope

                                      [–]PeterPetePeters 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Its really cool to see it when the group starts to break up and move. The cluster starts to beat like a heart. Its really creepy.

                                      [–]mshimoura 0 points1 point ago

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                                      NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.

                                      [–]bicyclelifestyle 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I was at the river, jumping across rocks. I saw a patch of moss to jump onto as the rock were hot. As soon as my foot hit it, all the moss seemed to scurry away... and I just realised I had just stepped on a carpet of spiders. It was the most confusing and frightening thing ever at the same time.

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                                      That's not what I thought that thumbnail was.

                                      [–]golsk 0 points1 point ago

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                                      Instantly got chills looking at this. God damn.

                                      [–]MantraSurvive 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I used to like daddy long legs... until I saw this.

                                      [–]strangef8 0 points1 point ago

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                                      What? What am I looking at?

                                      lotlizard WHAT THE FUCK AM I LOOKING AT?!

                                      [–]queek 0 points1 point ago

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                                      I was in a place they called Crystal Cave that should have been called My Nightmares. There was several clumps of these bad boys spaced around the cave in peaks and crooks. It looked like some sort of plant or fungus until I stood under them and got my face just a few feet away. I'm going to guess this cave about the size of a large living room had something like a million spiders in it. Not one single crystal.

                                      [–]mitravelus 0 points1 point ago

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                                      There's a Shoggoth on the roof!

                                      [–]Gammachan 0 points1 point ago

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                                      My sister accidentally sat on/in one of these spider-piles once. Thank goodness we were right next to a river. She might have had to set herself on fire otherwise.

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