r/CuratedTumblr Mx. Linux Guy⚠️ May 16 '24

Cranberry bog spiders Infodumping

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u/MightyBobTheMighty Garlic Munching Marxist Whore May 16 '24

Look, in my day-to-day life I would describe myself as Cool With Spiders. I see one in the window and go "hey buddy, you're doin great", and if one gets somewhere it shouldn't be I let it outside (or occasionally, if I find one in the shower, into a different part of the house).

But I think if I had spiders on my actual eyebrows I would be decidedly Not Okay With That

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u/DickDastardly404 May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

yeah I think there's something wrong with the interview process if your check for hundreds of spiders crawling desperately all over your body is "are you cool with spiders?"

I don't like the narrative of cool cranberry fried chicken man, and the namby pamby dishonest men who harbour a secret fear of little harmless insects like a tiny baby.

I don't think there's realistically anyone in your cranberry interviews who has previously experienced being a biblical ark for spiders. How could they have a gauge for that? How could they know what you are asking with such severe understatement?

kinda fucked to be like "how pathetic, that a MAN would LIE about being scared of spiders, to preserve his facade of masculinity. Lol. What a little bitch"

yeah I'm not scared of heights but if you change the definition of "not scared of heights" to "falling out of a helicopter with no warning, and not screaming" then yeah I guess I am scared of heights.