I must be weird cause spiders are bros. I always help em out and move em elsewhere whilst telling em to keep on killing the enemy bugs.
Spiders are awesome especially the jumping varietals.
Spiders are usually Bros, but sometimes they’re assholes.
Had one in the bathroom, whilst I was showering. What did he do with all the hot steamy air? Why, crawl towards it of course. Never mind the frequent misteps that threatened to drop him on the floor because, oh I dont know, the ceiling is wet - no - crawling precariously to the danger is the most reasonable response…
Later that day, I’m just chilling on the toilet with my phone, and he wants to drop by to say hello. How does he do it? Hang down slowly and land in front of me? Lower himself onto the toilet cistern so as not to disturb me?
Hell no! Fucker decides to lower himself next to my ear and tickle it, so that I immediately respond with a hand slap that sends him into pieces.
I miss him in a weird way, but he was a real asshole.
Spiders are always welcome in my garden. They come with free pest control.
I’m from Australia.
Some spiders are absolutely bros.
Others seem to exist only to fuck you up.
Once you know the difference you’re fine, but I don’t blanket assume that every spider I find is a friend.
Your continent is the perpetual exception to the rule. Least in north America there aren’t a ton of spiders that pose a huge threat past this 8 legged trauma people have. Most of our spiders are lil jumpy boys. And web ones but they are pretty obvious. The ones I’m not overly keen on are the daddy long legs. Legs for days but they just seem like sea spiders on land.
I mean, just a short time ago, there were no humans in space. Maybe the spiders have their own space travel now.
I’m certain the dolphins and mice do, we’re just not quite there yet.
No spiders in space yet!
Imagine infestation with 🛏️bugs.
Giant alien sliders are no joke!
Project Hail Mary and the Firefall duology immediately come to mind. At least one of those kinda was a joke ;)
Gotta use that Anti-bio Beam
You have lost [crewmember]
Wouldn’t a giant slider be just a burger?
Damn typo
Somebody need to put spiders in space already…
Did anybody see what happened to the spider experiments box over near the airlock? I could have sworn that was where I left it.
They went down to the planet and enslaved the ants that live there.
Portia approves of this message.
You’ll have to remind me, was that the leader or the rebel?
EDIT: Wait, without looking it up, I just realized they only gave a name to the leader. Is that right?
She was the main character, she was a high priest, warrior who “defeated” the ants, hunter, etc. Portia was the name given to the main guy of the story.
Yeah, but isn’t that name passed down? It has been a while since I read Children of Time (haven’t read the rest of the series). I swear there are multiple spiders over the span of the plot that are given the name.
I think it’s the name given by the author for the reader’s sake and not their “real” name. I think he says in the beginning, let’s call her portia . Their names are said in taps of their limbs. And are probably different for different portia over the history of the series. I may be mistaken.
Guess I have a reason to continue the series.
I understood that reference.
Not before the ants danced at a rock
I might need to split my mind in two and wait a thousand years to get this one
It was a common Understanding
Portia didn’t like that
That is until you learn that space spiders are invisible
No spiders yet.
Except when there are: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-spiders-webs-in-space
That was a very cool read, thanks!
Now, a study of orb spiders (Trichonephila clavipes) in space has revealed that these smart arachnids can orientate themselves with light when there is no gravity to tell them which way is ‘up’.
So you’re telling me they are already adapted to space, a place where they wouldn’t be size-constrained by gravity…
Oh, shit.
Pretty sure their size-constraint isn’t gravity anyways, it’s oxygen. Assuming arachnids ‘breathe’ like insects, anyways
Yeah you are probably right. i vaguely remember giant dragonflies in that Earth age with more oxygen.
I’ll burn the script then… Although a space station with broken scrubbers…
but what if they’re were, adam sandler would like a word
Friendly, loving spiders. Kindly.
I think maybe a spider wrote this.
I for one welcome our new lint overlords.
