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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 90 points 10 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 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 months ago

Darn Spiders Georg.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 45 points 10 months ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago

It does help, thank you.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

Sorry, the card says moops

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

Was their source the moops?

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

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

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago

human-infested areas

Nice.

[-] Huschke@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 months ago

Thanks for the link! Was an interesting read.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

So you have a source that its true?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 months ago

Simple. Ship them off to Mar a lago

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago
[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 months ago

The third panel has a very nice hand 👍

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 13 points 10 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 10 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 10 months ago

Unless there's a spider inside the mask.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I would know pretty fast if there were.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 5 points 10 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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