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[iljasono]

You know what I managed to go twenty-two years without encountering when I lived in Seattle? You know what I found just sitting in the middle of my kitchen just now while I wandered in to get some water before hitting the official hay?

thisYeah, those of you who know me, know how I feel about eight-legged freaks--you can imagine how I reacted to

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[moojew]

Fuck that noise.

I grew up learning to be more afraid of snakes than spiders. Then moving up to Seattle, it turns out it's the other way around.

My boss at Old Navy was bitten by a Brown Recluse and they found a whole nest in the Men's bathroom.

Things so small have no right to be so dangerous.

[kermie_sutra]

be lucky it wasn't a brown recluse. see, if a widow bites you, there's only a 1/25 chance that you'll die. if a recluse bites you, you're flesh melts off, and will continue to do so until you die.

sleep well! (also don't worry, recluses aren't native to washington).

[moojew]

Brown Recluses may not be native to here, but they do exist. Also, he doesn't live in Washington anymore.

But, yeah, Black Widows (5% chance of death) are much worse than Brown Recluses (1.5% chance of death). And the Recluse thing where your skin will melt off is actually really rare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_widow

[audiblesigh]

And black widows are usually in very obvious places and don't move around that much. From my experience, you have to be a complete dumbass, or the most unlucky person in the world, to get bitten by one.

[bluesgal]

I officially hate spiders...

I have some kind of bug bite on my eyebrow (not a mosquito) and it's probably a spider bite... ugh.

But if I ever EVER found one of those in my house I'd probably leave or call someone else to take care of it because no way am I gonna try to get rid of it...

[seckzee]

yikes! I totally know how you feel. EEEEk! I hate bugs of all kinds and especially don't like killing them. In my old apartment, we had this big ant problem with big black ants. They were harmless, but there were tons of them that came in through the walls and balcony and you'd be watching tv in the living room and they'd be crawling on your arm! I had the management send a bug guy, but it was pretty bad and I had to have them spray a few times...

[fyrepixie]

Yeah that's why California sucks... in addition to the over abundance of brown.

[kermie_sutra]

five of them attacked me while i was cleaning out the garage. luckily i had handy dandy raid with me at the time.

but deadly spiders is but one of the many many many reasons why california sucks.