Memes aside, since I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that this could legitimately be the first time someone’s seen this information:
A brown recluse is a real spider endemic to the central United States. They are small, slender, and brown. Their bites are venomous and can require medical attention. In rare cases they can potentially be lethal, especially in young children.
To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don’t want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders…
I’m not arachnophobic, but I’m also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.
So uhhhh… Can someone explain the joke I’m too scared to try and understand? I assume it’s in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page
To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
You’re now banned from !spiders@lemmy.world
Memes aside, since I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that this could legitimately be the first time someone’s seen this information:
A brown recluse is a real spider endemic to the central United States. They are small, slender, and brown. Their bites are venomous and can require medical attention. In rare cases they can potentially be lethal, especially in young children.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
Thanks for that!
To expand more on the meme side: It’s a notorious problem in spider communities that every brown spider will at some point be called a brown recluse by … less educated people. Which can lead to innocent spiders being killed just for their skin colour! Which is why there are usually rules that prohibit layman from identifying medically significant spiders.
The spider in the picture is a tarantula, so very obvious not a brown recluse. That’s the joke. It’s funny here, but seriously don’t make that joke on an actual spider community, none of the residents will think it’s funny.
My grandmother lost her pinky finger to one of those! Do not ingore the bite! It will require medical attention.
I hate brown recluses so much. I’ve known several people that needed surgery because of them
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I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don’t want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders…
I’m not arachnophobic, but I’m also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.
So uhhhh… Can someone explain the joke I’m too scared to try and understand? I assume it’s in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page
I did in another reply to the comment you just repied to.
Lmao that’s what I get for leaving the page up for twenty minutes without hitting “submit reply”
lol, I’ve been there.
I somehow cannot see your explanation :( I can see the clarification regarding the “sentient dot” but not the “brown recluse”.
Ah thanks <3