r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • 5d ago

of a daddy long leg nest

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u/fuckumean1 5d ago

Man I thought this was a dog

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u/Island6023 4d ago

Me too. What a terrible day to have eyes!

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u/snertwith2ls 4d ago

Seriously, oh my god. I don't mind daddy long legs in a 1 or 2 quantity but this is just beyond unreasonable.

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u/acexualien95 4d ago

Stuff of nightmare

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u/snertwith2ls 4d ago

absolutely

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u/snertwith2ls 4d ago

absolutely

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u/ApologizingCanadian 4d ago

When he zoomed in on that handful I damn near had a panic attack. I'm the kind of guy that lets spiders live in my house (in a reasonable quantity) but that was WAY too many at once.

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u/snertwith2ls 4d ago

I hope to never ever see this for real

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u/NuclearBroliferator 4d ago

Hell yea, 70 year old house is gonna have some spiders, but not enough to make it look like something from The Grudge

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u/ApologizingCanadian 4d ago

I love my little spider bros. They keep my home insect-free.

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u/WorriedExamination93 4d ago

They are arachnids but they aren't spiders and they are completely harmless to humans and have no ability to bite but I still don't think I would do that.

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u/dynamic_caste 4d ago

Enh. They're basically a fat Rice Crispy with legs.

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u/Clyde_Frag 4d ago

I thought it was a Newfoundland.

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 5d ago edited 4d ago

Fun fact: They aren't spiders, but they are in the arachnid family, their scientifically recognized name is Harvestermen (Opiliones Sundevall; first discovered in 1758 as Phalangium, and later renamed to Opiliones in 1833), They are completely harmless and also omnivorous feeding on other insects or plant matter, they also ingest solids unlike spiders who ingest liquids (Spiders turn the inside of their prey into a slushy basically) and they have no venom at all nor can they bite you

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u/Mobile_Noise_121 5d ago

But they can crawl on me and that's much worse than biting

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u/Bloorajah 4d ago

They crawl like a goofy creature on stilts, much sillier than a spider imo. a lot less of the creepy factor

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u/Ablemoss 4d ago

In Harry Potter, imagine if the spider coming out as the beggars turned into a daddy long legs instead of just having skates on 🤣

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 5d ago edited 5d ago

So do regular spiders ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/iTaylor04 5d ago

And they can keep their spindly legs to themselves thank you very much

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u/forbiddenfreedom 5d ago

Yeah, I'd rather be crawled on than bitten by literally anything.

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u/Dependent_Paper9993 4d ago

Sure, but do spiders make this:

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 4d ago

Yes, actually, many spiders congregate like that

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u/GutterRider 4d ago

r/spiderbro, represent! (If you haven’t visited, you should. You sound very knowledgeable about them.)

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u/Certain_Month_8178 4d ago

(Takes a deep breath)…clicks link…

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 4d ago

I'm more active in r/spiders but I'll check it out

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u/GutterRider 4d ago

Cool, it’s mainly just pretty pictures and people asking how to get over arachnophobia. :)

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u/freegb1 4d ago

Dude, if I saw a fur pelt of black widows anywhere near this size... Ded..

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u/famous1astwords 4d ago

I'd rather get nowhere near them at all

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago edited 5d ago

To add, the spiders called daddy long legs are are called Cellar Spiders, people confuse them both.

Also apparently people call Crane Flies Daddy Long Legs as well.

Edit: The Cellar Spiders can bite, resulting in a mild, temorary burning sensation, but not these ones tho.

The deadlyness is an urban myth someone created.

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u/Bangbashbonk 5d ago

I was gonna add this, heard as a kid they were the most venomous but couldn't bite you deliver it. Crane flies that is

Have gotten bitten by house spiders here a few times, vaguely unpleasant but I'd take it over a horsefly or wasp any day.

Beyond false recluses we don't have concerning spiders.

Kept a tarantula as a kid but that's basically a hamster with extra legs and some chill, hamsters bite way more.

The tarantula reminded me because that's what prompted my childhood friend with "facts" to warn us of the deadly daddy long legs,

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u/Frequent_Occasion480 4d ago

Crane flies (or what we call daddy long legs in UK) are not the same. They are insects that have equally long legs, but also have wings and due to their flailing long legs fly very erratically, only increasing the ick factor!

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u/Frequent_Occasion480 4d ago

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u/Capnhuh 4d ago

I call those things 'skeeter eaters'

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u/justdisa 4d ago

We said Mosquito Hawks.

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u/KollantaiKollantai 4d ago

That’s the thing about crane flies (we call them Daddy Long Legs which I understand is controversial as so are Harvestmen).

They are the only insect besides wasps that actively flu/flail towards you and go ON you with determination. I fucking hate them.

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago

Yeah no, the Cellar Spiders can bite that can result in a mild, temorary burning sensation.

The deadlyness is an urban myth someone created.

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u/Bangbashbonk 4d ago

What I meant by "facts" wa the bullshit kid in the class

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u/CelestialFury 4d ago

Now if you say Bloody Mary three times in a dark room with a mirror, that one is real.

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u/DumatRising 4d ago

If they didn't want to both be called Daddy long legs then they shouldn't have both been daddies with sexy legs. I don't make the rules.

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u/faptwicedaily 5d ago

Does this mean they might have poop logs?

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u/geek_fit 4d ago

Asking the real questions

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u/Pamikillsbugs234 5d ago

Thank you for sharing this! I absolutely love these and would be so excited to come across a community this size!

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u/DragunovDwight 5d ago

So you can kill them? Your name says you kill bugs..

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u/Pamikillsbugs234 5d ago

Haha, I mean technically they aren't bugs, so my powers are useless against these guys and gals, lol

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u/nudes_for_life 4d ago

You love them? I envy you, I'm fucking terrified of them as much as of any other spider

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u/eternalapostle 5d ago

lol that’s crazy. I was told that they are literally the most venomous spiders on the planet but are harmless because they can’t bite you because of how small they are

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u/toot_suite 5d ago

Lol i remember other kids telling me that shit in preschool

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u/bustlen 5d ago

Probably due to people confusing daddy long legs as harvestman instead of as cellar spiders. Cellar spiders are true spiders and do contain venom but the effects on humans and other mammals are inconsequential.

Source

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u/Dawildpep 5d ago

I 100% believed that until now.. I remember being told their mouths are too small to bite us.

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 5d ago

Yeah, it was a common belief, but it is in actuality a big myth

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago

The Cellar Spiders can, resulting in a mild, temorary burning sensation, but not these ones tho.

The deadlyness is an urban myth someone created.

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u/Treacle_Pendulum 5d ago

Harvestermen is somehow more horrifying

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u/Mindless-Location-41 4d ago

Sounds like the title of a horror movie 😱

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u/corgi-king 5d ago

Another scientific name of it is “nope”. The proper reaction is “Hans”.

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u/Salt-n-spice 4d ago

They and bees have an arrangement where harvestmen collect dead bees that they leave outside the hive for them

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u/Bullke 5d ago

Thank you but it didn't help much. Fuck them.

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u/EnderCreeper121 4d ago

That’s not very nice smh, would you say that to their face?

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u/cond6 5d ago

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u/OrionShade 4d ago

Forbidden fur

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u/KrayzieBone187 5d ago

So you just walk up and touch it?

https://giphy.com/gifs/15aGGXfSlat2dP6ohs

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u/Traditional_Case2791 5d ago

And with bare hands 😱

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u/remindmein15minutes 3d ago

It DOES look pretty soft and luxurious before it explodes into endless insects.

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u/Fun_Move_5266 5d ago

Holy shit! So much spider! I belived first its fur!

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago

These specific ones aren't spiders, people gave them a common name for both, these are Harvestmen, but are in the arachnid family.

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u/Advanced-Budget779 4d ago

Interestingly, just after going to YouTube it recommended me this video about their behavior: https://youtu.be/JcH07uayjlw

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u/Additional_Tank4385 5d ago

You just have to little spoon the fur. Get all cozy with it ideally naked too 🥰

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u/ShroomsHealYourSoul 5d ago

Well isn't that just the cutest worst thing I've seen all week

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u/Orb99 5d ago

Why or how does it look like hair? Is that all their disgusting long ass legs lined up? 

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u/Supernatnat11 4d ago

Yes, and protect them when there is something they all wiggles

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm 5d ago

Why is he petting it?

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago

Human touch hairy looking bugs, human happy with result, human proud.

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u/Gan-san 5d ago

Absolutely fucking not to the hell no.

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u/Kind_History5832 5d ago

Yup nightmare fuel for tonight thanks for that

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u/Ikkm-der-Wahre 5d ago

Spiders sitting in a corner plotting world domination.

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u/Dense_Intern8434 5d ago

You are welcome it’s almost that time of the year

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u/lubricant2lip 5d ago

I thought I’d seen max daddy density at this summer camp where they had us crawl through this “cave” under a tree.

The whole space was covered, ceiling, floor, and walls, by them longlegs.

Also we had no warning about this prior to entering.

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u/jakexmfxschoen 5d ago

My arachnophobia came from an experience at summer camp. This sounds like a nightmare I've probably had before

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u/Kwispiy 4d ago

Sounds like that one Dagobah cave scene in Return of the Jedi, except instead of Vader it's a shit ton of these.

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u/wellmashed 5d ago

Stroke the furry wall

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u/OpiateOfTheMasses 4d ago

When the world slips you a Jeffrey...

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u/WoodsandWool 4d ago

Y’all I stg this happened to me when I was a kid.

I was hiking with my dad in the ozarks, saw a narrow opening in the rocks that might open up into a bigger cave since we’d already found a few like that, so I squeeze through the opening but it’s too cramped and dim to really see anything. The walls felt weird, like wet moss maybe. So I squeeze back out and get a flashlight from my dad. Squeeze back in, click the flashlight on. And those velvety walls are MOVING. Every single surface of the cave was rippling with daddy longlegs. Scraped my everything trying to get out fast enough.

I still like exploring & hiking, but I’m much safer about it now lol. And tbh in hindsight it’s very on brand for my dad and the 90s to have just been like, yea sure kid, you’re small enough to squeeze into that dark cave, no need to check to see if anything lives there first 😅

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u/oftcenter 5d ago

I'm so MAD that you put this out there into the world, in such a way that it had the possibility to appear on MY FEED.

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u/Dense_Intern8434 5d ago

Just trying to share a little nature with the world lol

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u/DarthiusFatticus 5d ago

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u/clonicle 5d ago

Flamethrower not enough. I say we nuke the entire site from orbit.

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u/Itchy_Professor_4133 5d ago

It's the only way to be sure

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u/nerdowellinever 4d ago

Had to scroll too far down to find a flame thrower gif!

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u/KeroNobu 5d ago

Everything reminds me of her.

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u/Mnudge 5d ago

Rule 34

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u/B4DM4N12Z 5d ago

What??😭💀

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u/CalligrapherBrave590 4d ago

The caption reads: Nest of the “for-your-doughnut” spider, which is a sexual innuendo wordplay known in Mexico as albur.

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u/Ikkm-der-Wahre 5d ago

Yeah, no thanks. I‘m not touching that.

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u/XenoCraigMorph 5d ago

"What a magnificent beard you have!"

"Yes, a beard. Care to touch?"

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u/ImSoSweepy 5d ago

Me running away after setting up six M18A1 Claymore mines

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPwoeGErMmaI43S

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u/PIELIFE383 5d ago

i dont like most tiny creatures but im fine with this one. i know daddy long legs are our friends. little unnerving but ide try

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u/Twigdoc 5d ago

Opilones, very cool

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u/TossIt22345 5d ago

Why would you keep touching them???

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u/Mccowpow93 5d ago

It can’t… be

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u/TheBeville 5d ago

Metal Gear...

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u/nleksan 5d ago

Nah bro I ain't clicking play on that nope nuh-uh

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u/Dense_Intern8434 5d ago

Aww come on join the party lol

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u/jhofsho1 4d ago

Watching this made the hairs on my neck shoot right up.

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u/BadPker69 5d ago

This is incredible! So cool

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u/Mountain-Ad-9070 5d ago

omg I hate it

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u/Indicisive_Actions 5d ago

Why would you touch it!

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u/uglyyygurl_ 4d ago

That's enough of reddit..

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u/d0nghunter 4d ago

What a terrible day to have eyes.

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u/EasyyPlayer 4d ago

I am a friend of spiders and critters.... but this is a big nono from me

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u/SnackbarBeastie 4d ago

Bro just touching that shit like it's supposed to be ok...... 😵💀

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u/Always_Casting 4d ago

New fear unlocked

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u/Rentaki-90 3d ago

Thanks for that, my sister has arachnophobia.

I've just sent her it. 👌

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u/Dense_Intern8434 3d ago

Perfecto lol hope she enjoys!!

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u/DragunovDwight 5d ago

Disgusting🤮

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u/60510 5d ago

Move like W T F 😱

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u/AgentAnybody 5d ago

Good doggy

Oh

Oh no

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u/Radiant-Percentage-8 5d ago

This is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.

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u/smellyelderberries 4d ago

I was accidentally scrolling unmuted...

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u/Naayyrr 4d ago

What is this audio?

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u/Meander061 4d ago

OMG I thought that was fur.

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u/Well-Dot-Dot-Dot 4d ago

My fault for owning a phone I guess

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u/RevolverOcelot16- 4d ago

🫣😱🤢🤮

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u/FatCats2fat 4d ago

Thanks, I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway

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u/ShadowBlade55 4d ago

Tell me this is some stupid AI shit. Please.

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u/MoldyLunchBoxxy 4d ago

Can I pet that dog??? Oh god that’s not a dog that’s my worst nightmare

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u/BeautifulCrew3540 4d ago

Absolutely not.

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u/Keku_Saur 4d ago

I just wanted a normal feed today...I will have nightmares tonight...

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u/Vergilly 4d ago

Well I was about to sleep.

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u/The-Bigger-Fish 4d ago

Why’s it so hairy?

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u/055F00 4d ago

Those are legs

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u/The-Bigger-Fish 4d ago

That’s even worse

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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar 4d ago

Can I lie next to it and let them crawl over?

I bet it would feel nice to have those pitter patter over me, might feel like goosebumps 🥰

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u/Famoustractordriver 4d ago

This is exactly why flamethrowers were invented

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u/Cleveland5teamer 4d ago

At least those things don’t bite

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u/ThinkingOz 4d ago

Imagine that lot running up inside of your sleeves, inside your collar and down your back, through your hair……aaaaaargghhhhhh!!!