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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

Darn Spiders Georg.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

It does help, thank you.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Sorry, the card says moops

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Was their source the moops?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

human-infested areas

Nice.

[-] Huschke@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Thanks for the link! Was an interesting read.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So you have a source that its true?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

Simple. Ship them off to Mar a lago

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago
[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago

The third panel has a very nice hand 👍

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Unless there's a spider inside the mask.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would know pretty fast if there were.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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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