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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 90 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago

Darn Spiders Georg.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 years ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

It does help, thank you.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

Sorry, the card says moops

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Was their source the moops?

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

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

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

human-infested areas

Nice.

[-] Huschke@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Thanks for the link! Was an interesting read.

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So you have a source that its true?

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

Simple. Ship them off to Mar a lago

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

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

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago

The third panel has a very nice hand 👍

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Unless there's a spider inside the mask.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I would know pretty fast if there were.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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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