this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024
510 points (96.4% liked)

Science Memes

11081 readers
3321 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

For me it's strictly based on "does this thing make me want to scream like an old horror movie victim"
smol spiders i don't give a shit about unless it looks like a tick in which case NOPE. For larger spiders it depends entirely on what kind it is, stuff like orb weavers get a polite relocation to my balcony where they can hopefully set up shop to catch yucky flies and we can proceed to merrily ignore each other, jumping spiders get an actively friendly relocation to the balcony mostly so i don't accidentally squish them, and basically anything else gets the boot and tissue.

Orb weavers really are the platonic ideal spider, you can literally just put two sticks on a plate and they'll make a web there, then as long as you feed them they just keep sitting there indefinitely.