+37 I don't think we should kill spiders in our rooms, amirite?

by sadyenikolaus 4 months ago

I'm okay with a spider chilling in the web. If it's a spider running around, I try and catch it and take it outside.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Same. It's a living being after all, and their lifespan is pretty short as it is (small spiders).

by Late_Group_5043 4 months ago

That logic doesn't typically scale. Wasps and Mosquitos are also living beings, would you extend that kindness to them?

by Illustrious_Site_796 4 months ago

Hold on... Are you saying you shouldn't be kind as living beings scale up? I'm afraid to ask how kind you are to larger animals, like dogs or humans.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Wasps yes when they are inside i pkace them back outside and look as they don't re-enter the house because they made a nest. mosquitos no because they carry diseases.

by andersonenrique 4 months ago

You are a good person my friend! Fun fact: most spiders don't even see us as living beings but land structures because we are so large. So they won't have any reason to use venom on us. Jumping spiders recognize us though 🥹

by sadyenikolaus 4 months ago

Yeah it's the jumping spiders you gotta watch out for.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

i am constantly watching out for jumpers. how else would i be able to appreciate how cute they are?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

They are just jumpy little guys, they are unlikely to bite you and they are the best at hunting flies.

by StrictAlbatross 4 months ago

I worked at Walmart in the garden department when I was younger and found one on a pallet. I took him outside and put him in the plants and I'd see him every now and then while watering. I loved that little guy.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

wow that is a really cool fact!

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Putting them outside actually kills them.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Where I am the kind of spiders I'm finding inside my house are the ones that usually live outside my house and they have gotten lost The Huntsman, the size of my hand is gonna be totally fine

by Anonymous 4 months ago

How are they getting in if they're the size of your hand? Do you have gaping holes in your house?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

You would be amazed what a Huntsman can do and the spaces they can squeeze through

by Anonymous 4 months ago

For me, depends on the spider. Black widow, or ugly sack spiders that can bite you, including brown recluses, their days are severely numbered. But a daddy long legs, or wolf jumping spider, hey you're okay bud, you get a pass.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Yeah but if they accidentally get on me then I might accidentally squish them and I can't deal with squished insects

by Anonymous 4 months ago

That kills them too. Indoor spiders are usually hatched inside; like a wall or something. They're domesticated when they're inside. It's like a house cat. In door spiders don't know what birds are.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Most of the spiders near me were outside and have gotten themselves lost inside

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Spiderbro was probably born inside tho. Putting outside is like being evicted.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I can garentee in my area these spider bros were born outside and have made their way in

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I woke up with a huntsman on my bedside table. Sorry but I might die from the shock of it one day.

by Jett91 4 months ago

yeah small spiders are okay in my book, huntsmans are no no, the way they move are so creepy, idc if they are harmless

by Anonymous 4 months ago

CDC claims there are an average 7 deaths a year to spiders in the USA. In January to September 2024 there were over 29,000 fatalities. or 3,000 dead a day. You should be way more scared of going 70mph on the freeway.

by lydiamaggio 4 months ago

Ironically jumper spiders are one for the few that can recognize humans as actual creatures lol

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Ok, I'm not doubting your claim, just curious how one could even know that.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

That's interesting. lol

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I like spiders. They eat all the bugs I hate.

by Impressive_Grass_617 4 months ago

Spiders are there because of other bugs. Spiders are good pest control agents.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I get tons of black widows in my backyard when it gets warmer. I don't mind them except the fact that I have dogs and little kids who also go out back so unfortunately they have to die.

by Icy-Insurance 4 months ago

Fair enough you can't really train a dog to look out for them but you can teach your kids. They're smarter than they are made out to be.

by parisianlola 4 months ago

I agree with you. The one thing I can't tolerate is False Widows indoors, because they can pose a danger to my elderly cats, and even then - if it's at all possible I'll catch them in a jar and release them outside. Other than that - I don't interfere with spiders unless they're in my face.

by Different_Frame9663 4 months ago

I have arachnophobia. While I agree Mr. Bob the spider does great for the ecosystem, he can't be in my room and if I find him, he's getting squished.

by No_Promotion3253 4 months ago

I catch them and put them in our unfinished basement.

by Bulky_Difference_793 4 months ago

I don't mind a couple of little spiders at all.

by Balistrerijarvi 4 months ago

You can't trick me, I know you're a spider

by Rhea14 4 months ago

I don't mind spiders and geckos, I name them ✨

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Nope. Been bitten in my sleep before. I will unapologetically murder any spider I come across.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I allow Phidippus spiders free run in my Sun Room, where I spend most of my time. I'm always thrilled to see one. They're cute and curious and they eat bugs off my cactus and succulents.

by schmelerhyman 4 months ago

You get along until you swallow it in your sleep.

by Stephany65 4 months ago

That doesn't happen nearly as often as your lead to believe.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

This lie was made up by a sociologist who wanted to see how many years a fun fact that was easily proven as false if you checked her sources in the book she wrote; would influence society. She also made up the fun fact that you eat a certain number of spider legs in chocolate.

by streichdorris 4 months ago

Not an especially unpopular opinion. Lots of people don't want to hurt spiders and just leave them alone, myself included. I just don't like it when they touch me, but if I see one I just leave it be

by dwight36 4 months ago

I unfortunately have arachnophobia and have to get someone else to rid of the spider for me. Also, this is unrelated, but I'm also annoyed of spider lovers telling me "go look at it" "just go get some exposure therapy" "it's so cute though" It's like telling someone who's scared of dogs to just go pet it anyway. It's stupid and annoying.

by ColdExcellent2601 4 months ago

I hate spiders too. Disgusting things. Fun fact: arachnophobes can sense evil.

by Clemmiegleichne 4 months ago

I kill any and all bugs that come into my house. Not gonna feel bad about it

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Same. I spend sometimes 20 min trying to catch a spider moving around to put it outside, poor guys probably think I'm going to eat it while running for their lives lol.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Sorry bud it's going to die be fed to my flytrap or now if it's not already full of pesticides dipped in calcium and fed to my gecko

by Anonymous 4 months ago

As long as a spider isn't on me or in my bed they are friends.

by Icy-You 4 months ago

It is definitely unpopular but you're right. Personally, I wouldn't let a spider stay in my room because I wouldn't want it to end up in my bed, but they are very good for your house

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I don't kill spiders. They have the right to be alive just like I do. I don't live in an area where I need to worry about being killed by a spider. I think it's wrong to kill things just because we're afraid of it and it made the mistake of coming across us.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I agree to a point, but if some kinds of spiders get hungry, they'll think nothing of biting you in your sleep

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I'd much rather have spiders than any other pest but id rather have no pest at all.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I agree so much! I try not to even take them outside unless I'm super icked out. The last house spider I saw in my bathroom I simply tried to forget he was there 😂

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I don't kill spiders if I can help it. I'll do my best to relocate outside. Unless there's a daddy long legs, then I just let it be.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Mkay well when it decides to lick your cheek in the middle of the night don't change your mind!

by Anonymous 4 months ago

We have house spiders. We don't name them or anything like that, but we do soak q-tips in water and let them have a drink once a week. They will start to recognize what you are doing and come out for water. A couple years ago one actually used to sit by the sink and wave his little legs at me to get my attention for water. I miss that guy.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Nice try spider

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Let me guess. You're not in Australia

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I respect spiders. I also have arachniphobia. Within a second of seeing a spider I will either send it back to the shadow isle or my body will become literally paralyzed with fear. That being said, I prefer to keep a heavy regiment of pesticide around my home.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I'm terrified of them. They're beneficial, but I'm more scared of them than other bugs. I've literally switched bedrooms over a spider. I don't like them at all.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Most people are too stupid to think this way but you're exactly right.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I don't kill spiders in my home, or in my bedroom, or if I find one at work. My kids don't like em so if they find one I will catch it and take it outside.

by Shakirajast 4 months ago

I'll admit, I am a bitch when it comes to spiders. Too many legs for me. Too spooky. However, I'll let them be if they are the spindly legged ones. Black Widows/Wolf Spiders and that kind? Heck no. You in my house and I'll stomp ya into the next year. If you're outside my house? Bugger off

by Equivalent_Party 4 months ago

We have a 200 year old house and love our spiders and house centipedes. We are well aware that they keep the less desirable populations low.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

All sliders should die. They produce 100s of baby spiders that will hatch in your room

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I have spider bros across the house

by mohrmara 4 months ago

I don't mind spiders as long as they aren't near my bed or kitchen for reasons I hope to god are obvious.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I say we take off, nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

by Brave-Tap6843 4 months ago

One summer when I was a teen, we had a fly problem in my house (could never figure out the root cause); then one day we saw a spider dangling from the kitchen ceiling. We never killed spiders but we always took them outside, this time we decided to leave it there. Within a week, the flies all but disappeared and the spider basically doubled in size. From then on I grew to have love for our eight legged friends.

by emmitt48 4 months ago

Until it bites you?

by SubjectWafer6982 4 months ago

Depends on the spider. Whitetails just eat other spiders and will bite you.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Spiders are great and all, Being pest control for my plants. But after 20 bites and not being able to go to work or school because i have 2 inch spiderbite, you need to leave my house before i....you know

by SuitableTower332 4 months ago

Wood spiders belong in the woods. Not my family room. Or kitchen. I just love spider season.

by Lower-Reporter3371 4 months ago

I leave the spiders and the house centipedes alone. Or occasionally rescue from a cat or the sink. They eat the actual pests, and the ones we get here are harmless. They're welcome to stay! Sometimes they even get names.

by Rhodamohr 4 months ago

I used to leave spiders alive or just remove them from the house. That was until a spider bit my daughters lip, and her whole face swelled up at an alarming rate. Had to call an emergency services. And I live in a country with no venomous spiders (supposedly). After that, I just kill them. Can't risk my children's lives (and yes, my kids are very young).

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I don't kill any insects in the house. It's easy to catch them and take them outside.

by No-Flounder8104 4 months ago

I love spiders the way they lay waiting patiently in there when but I hate the mantis

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I leave spiders to run free, they get the other insects. And the two that I should be concerned with, widow and recluse, wouldn't likely be wandering around in sight.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

As long as it's not a black widow, yeah it's fine. Those things WILL infest, though

by ntremblay 4 months ago

Je suis d'accord, sauf qu'elle vient dans mon lit et me mord.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

My general rule is "you can stay, but if you start showing up with a bunch of your friends, you all gotta go".

by mbarrows 4 months ago

Consider the following: Spiders will only stay in your room if they can find food to eat. If you can't see the spider food, that means it's coming out when you can't see. In other words, the presence of spiders implies the existence of other creepier, crawlier bugs that come out at night.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Interesting

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Same here!

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I used to feel similar, then a spider crawled up my back onto my shoulder and that was enough for me to say Ggs. Kill on sight now

by vandervortdarri 4 months ago

Spider! Hiding in the corner.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

If the dudes in the corner are making a web eating flies that's what I consider their rent! I usually try to protect them from the tiny fluffy little carnivore that we keep in our house for comfort and love.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I try to leave them alone except for when they happen to drop down right in my face.

by Responsible-Cheek779 4 months ago

I never touch the various spiders I see from time to time in my 100+ year old house. I may see about 3-4 a year and I just let them chill. My cat on the other hand …

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I love my jumpy spider friends. Have a few in various rooms. They keep our plants safe. ❤️

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I used to be terrified of them but not so much anymore. Atleast of the average ones where I live. My basement is unfinished but my household hangs out down there. As do some spiders. I typically just leave them be down there. Any I find on the mail floor I just relocate them outside. I have cats so I try to get to them before the cats do.

by Heavy_Owl 4 months ago

I have tons of cellar spiders in my house that like to make webs in the corners of rooms by the floor. I sleep on the floor (voluntarily on a Japanese futon. Extremely comfy and very low maintenance 👌) and one made a web about 2 feet from where I lay my head between a stool I use as a nightstand and my curiosities cabinet. I like to lay on my stomach and watch him while I fall asleep. He caught an ant in his web the other day and I got to watch him roll it up and enjoy it😊 The rest of my family hates spiders and tries so suck them up in the vacuum but I relocate them to my room so they can live out their little lives in peace. I used to name them but there are way too many to keep track of so I just say ‘Hello boys' in a sultry Mae West voice and pretend they like that😂

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I agree. So many people hate spiders for an unknown reason. I blame hollywood 😀 Let them chill

by tabitha59 4 months ago

Did a spider write this?

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I have a small ensuite to my room in which there are anywhere from 1-3 spiders at any given time, not a problem, I tell them every time I see them"you leave me alone, I leave you alone" and for the most part they stick to their corners, they can be useful when flies come in the summer.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Agreed. I love my spider roommate.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

venomous-kill them! but if those are just regular, friendly ones-hell yeah! give them flies!

by MarsupialFeeling 4 months ago

I had a spider in my bathroom skylight for maybe a year. build a web covering the whole thing. it was great because the light always got bugs to trap themselves. if I found a bug in the house I'd just leave it in the bathroom and it'd be trapped by morning.

by Mother_Mail1841 4 months ago

not unpopular... live in a hot place... wolf spiders sneak in... homie was chilling eating the rollie pollies creeping in he stayed in the corner

by colekelly 4 months ago

I never take them outside. We have several and they normally live in shadows. I don't see them often

by Ivahschiller 4 months ago

I'd say get a pet gecko. They'll do all the dirty work and they're cute and friendly.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Alexa! Play "story from north america"!

by Wonderful-Advice 4 months ago

Slammed with shoe at mach speed

by Hopeful-Range 4 months ago

Some of us are afraid of them…

by Salty-Cry-1506 4 months ago

I don't mind spiders, but if they touch me, they die

by Any_Area 4 months ago

nope theyre scary they need to DIE

by Bergnaumlori 4 months ago

Spiders are ok if I don't see them lol, they kill the little annoying bugs

by AcanthaceaeFluid6616 4 months ago

It just depends on how big it is honestly, but I'm too scared to kill them anyways. 😭

by Smart_Tell2084 4 months ago

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion though, it's just that most people are more afraid of the spiders than whatever they might catch. Honestly if i could communicate with spiders i would always allow them to stay because i could set some boundries for it. But it's how unpredcitable they might be that makes me not want them in my room.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I'm absolutely terrified of spiders. We had a little guy in our den with us for weeks though. He kept his distance and let me get used to him essentially. I actually respect them, but like a scared dog, please give me my space 😅 I noticed that he wasn't seen for a bit so I'm assuming he passed at some point.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

I free them outside, my cats will eat them 😄!

by samirgoodwin 4 months ago

Is this unpopular? I never kill them. If I do anything I just let them outside. Until I moved into my house now actually. There's so many spiders nests in the summer I commit genocide lol I do kill ants.

by Away-Coffee5853 4 months ago

I wasn't sure if it was, but all my friends & family seem to be anti-spider so I just went with it

by sadyenikolaus 4 months ago

I'm no fan of giant spiders, but it's pretty well known that they're beneficial, right? Turns out no, people kill everything if its ugly atp

by Due-Quality8196 4 months ago

People aren't killing them because they're ugly people are killing them because they are scared. Yes, they are inarguably beneficial. Just because you do not have arachnophobia doesn't mean you can dissmiss those who do.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

If you let them just do whatever, then your face will be walking into spider webs in the garage or even in some doorways. A few are OK, but don't let them take over.

by Crazy-Cucumber 4 months ago

It's all personal choice, really. If you're scared of them, you're not going to want any, which is completely fair. But yeah, this did cross my mind too. I absolutely would not want my place overrun with webs.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Eh… if it's not a jumping spider then he's gone. Especially if it's any type of wolf spider im spraying the whole house with raid.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Wolf spiders are legitimately one of the best spiders you can have in your home. They eat all kinds of nuisance pests like how centipedes, flies, other spiders, and so on. Wolf spiders are also the best moms in the spider family because they're the only ones that carry their young on their back until they are old enough to hunt for themselves.

by Anonymous 4 months ago

Spider lives matter

by Mean-Midnight-8649 4 months ago

I don't kill spiders or house centipedes (even though they are scary af). I figure if they are thriving I have other pests they are keeping under control.

by Complete_Mud 4 months ago