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Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#1New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:06:16
They don't eat much, and most aren't poisonous, and not even black widows kill people most of the time.

It's so annoying. One look at a tiny spider, and people run and scream. Get real, people. Just toss it outside and let it be.

I mean come on! Prissy cheerleaders can do neck breaking backflips off of another person's hands, but scream and run from a tiny spider?

It's really stupid.
JustMeAgain On January 03, 2014
Is it fish?





Derby, United Kingdom
#2New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:07:22
Its a phobia.
I am like that with moths. But not butterflies, oddly enough.
JorieJukebox On April 24, 2024
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Right Here, Not There,
#3New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:07:53
THEY ARE CREEPY!!! I don't run and scream or anything, but I've been known to do quite a lil jig if there's one on me... Not just spiders, tho... Just BUGS. *shudders* I can't stand bugs. Even houseflies. Ew!
Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#4New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:08:30
@JustMeAgain Said

Its a phobia.
I am like that with moths. But not butterflies, oddly enough.



Seriously? But they're so cute.
JustMeAgain On January 03, 2014
Is it fish?





Derby, United Kingdom
#5New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:10:39
@Grasshopper Said

Seriously? But they're so cute.



That's what a phobia is, an irrational fear. There is no phobia for the fear of lions, for example because that would be a rational fear.
plebian_angel On April 25, 2012
Intergalactic hussy





a great future,
#6New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:11:02
@JustMeAgain Said

Its a phobia.
I am like that with moths. But not butterflies, oddly enough.



Moths gather at porch lights and attack you when you try to enter the house!
Dragon_pie47 On November 24, 2010




the moon, Massachusetts
#7New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:11:27
@JustMeAgain Said

Its a phobia.
I am like that with moths. But not butterflies, oddly enough.



I do not like bugs OVERALL. Butterflys are pretty tho
JustMeAgain On January 03, 2014
Is it fish?





Derby, United Kingdom
#8New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:12:26
@plebian_angel Said

Moths gather at porch lights and attack you when you try to enter the house!



Its the big buggers that petrify me. Anything bigger than a milk bottle cap, and I'm outa here.
Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#9New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:13:43
@JustMeAgain Said

Its the big buggers that petrify me. Anything bigger than a milk bottle cap, and I'm outa here.



Then you'd have a panic attack after seeing the grasshoppers in our garden.
Dragon_pie47 On November 24, 2010




the moon, Massachusetts
#10New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:14:19
@JustMeAgain Said

Its the big buggers that petrify me. Anything bigger than a milk bottle cap, and I'm outa here.



Anything bigger then a fruit fly... I'm already gone. or standing on a chair yelling for my dad to kill it.
JustMeAgain On January 03, 2014
Is it fish?





Derby, United Kingdom
#11New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:15:01
@Grasshopper Said

Then you'd have a panic attack after seeing the grasshoppers in our garden.



I'm OK with grasshoppers, its just moths. Oh, and hieghts. Not too good with hieghts either.
Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#12New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:16:43
@Dragon_pie47 Said

Anything bigger then a fruit fly... I'm already gone. or standing on a chair yelling for my dad to kill it.



They make fly swatters for a reason.
Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#13New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:17:44
Cute!

JorieJukebox On April 24, 2024
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Right Here, Not There,
#14New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:18:49
I think my extreme hate of bugs, ANY bugs may have stemmed from being a kid... and my Uncle called me over and had something in his hand and held it out like he had a surprise for me... I reached my hand out and he handed me this huge dead bug! I don't think it was a spider, but I can't remember specifically what it was. Frikkin' RUINED me!!!
sister_of_mercy On March 11, 2015




London, United Kingdom
#15New Post! Aug 26, 2010 @ 18:19:36
@Grasshopper Said

They don't eat much, and most aren't poisonous, and not even black widows kill people most of the time.

It's so annoying. One look at a tiny spider, and people run and scream. Get real, people. Just toss it outside and let it be.

I mean come on! Prissy cheerleaders can do neck breaking backflips off of another person's hands, but scream and run from a tiny spider?

It's really stupid.



Psychologically speaking, people are more prone to fear animals that look ugly, move quickly and are abrupt in their movements (unpredictable). It's also why a lot of people fear snakes and rats.
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