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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 89 points 5 months ago

I'm still salty that I once lost a game of trivia because I said this myth was false, and the "official" answer said it was true.

[-] realitista@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 months ago

Darn Spiders Georg.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 45 points 5 months ago

If it helps, I - a stranger - am absolutely livid on your behalf.

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago

It does help, thank you.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago

Sorry, the card says moops

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

Was their source the moops?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Here you go, if it’s any comfort after the fact.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 5 months ago

human-infested areas

Nice.

[-] Huschke@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

Do you have a source that this claim is just a myth?

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It was intended to be an example of a ridiculous "false fact" that went on to become widely believed.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/

Also, I can barely eat 6 spiders in one sitting.

[-] 5wim@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

Also, I can barely eat 6 spiders in one sitting.

6 orders of spiders, maybe.

We've all made the embarrassing mistake of ordering 6 orders of spiders, thinking it was 6 individual spiders, and succumbing to a ego belly encumbered with as many as 36 spiders for sake of seeming ignorant of how spider restaurants work. And since it's usually a mistake made on nascent visits in unfamiliar cultural territory, we're already acting inured to the strangeness of eating raw spiders, so it's often a double-whammy.

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

And the worst part is that they charge extra for any leftovers, so you can't leave even a single leg unmasticated.

[-] Huschke@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the link! Was an interesting read.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

So you have a source that its true?

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