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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 89 points 3 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago

Darn Spiders Georg.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 45 points 3 months ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

It does help, thank you.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Sorry, the card says moops

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

Was their source the moops?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

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

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 3 months ago

human-infested areas

Nice.

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

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months ago

Thanks for the link! Was an interesting read.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

So you have a source that its true?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Plot twist: these are 6 legged bed bugs. The survivor was right, but now it has to live with the fact that its last words to its buddy were, "You're stupid."

Good. Bed bugs should suffer.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Simple. Ship them off to Mar a lago

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago
[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The perfect soundtrack for this comic: https://youtu.be/6tMhkQ520Sk

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago

The third panel has a very nice hand 👍

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I didn’t believe you that it could be that good, but I wasn’t disappointed

[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

"That's stupid, you're stupid."

I don't know why, but this line is so funny to me. 😄

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

True or not, this becomes moot when you sleep using a full face mask CPAP. It’s also nice, because it also protects against rank farts.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Unless there's a spider inside the mask.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I would know pretty fast if there were.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Afaik this is a myth someone put on the internet to see how misinformation spreads.
Source: I read it on the internet

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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