I’m a little unconventional in my ways—sometimes. I mean, I’m a silly goose
I pity whoever ends a relationship with this person. This person has “restraining order” written all over them.
People who call themselves “a silly goose” get the side-eye from me to begin with.
Everyone knows that geese are never silly, only hateful.
Yeah, that’s a surprisingly clear red flag…
But hey, maybe she’ll be successful, the GoP is pretty into crazy these days.
What about giddy goat? https://youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ
Ah, the old Tarantula attack. They never see that one coming.
Unless I am mistaken, aren’t basically every kind of Tarantula you can keep as a pet non venomous?
I’m the kind of person that’ll take basically any kind of spider save a black widow and just put it outside while my gf is screaming at 115db to murder it and will then be angry with me for 3 days that I didn’t.
Poor tarantula.
Oh right, this ‘politician’ is an amazing argument for lowering housing costs such that people can afford studios instead of living with crazy ‘main character’ people like this.
They are venomous but non-lethal unless you have significant health issues already. What a tarantula attack is good at is triggering an involuntary fight or flight response.
The really awful thing is that tarantulas are quite fragile. My great aunt used to own a pet store and she killed one just trying to blow some sand off its belly and it leaped out of her hand and cracked itself open on the floor.
RIP sandy buddy.
Basically every kind of spider is venomous.
They can’t swallow solids very well so instead, their venom liquifies their food and they slurp the juices.
Most spiders aren’t venomous enough to seriously harm a human, but a tarantula bite is gonna hurt.
They also have sharp hairs they can stick in you if they don’t like you like one of those awful cacti that have the little tiny needles you can barely see. I had a friend with one as a pet.
Honestly, spiders are pretty cool roommates.
I mean? They respect boundaries, they’re fairly clean and tidy, they help deal with pests. And they’re quiet.
I like spiders, but I don’t think I’d keep one as a pet.
Way back when Windows XP came out, back when you had to buy the new OS, there was a special bundle offer I saw with one of those newfangled digital cameras which had been way too expensive before, so I got it. I then spent weeks working on what would be an Instagram page or something these days, documenting the jumping spider who lived in my office. I called him Mr. Jibbles because he kept his home in the hole at the bottom of my JBL 4311 monitors (speakers in non-pro audio talk), until he sadly died one day. I have no idea what the hole was for, but they have this big hole at the bottom. Anyway, I had a lot of fun taking your picture, Mr. Jibbles. Sorry if I misgendered you. You may live on somewhere on the Internet Archive, but I don’t remember the URL.
Iirc, the hole does 2 things. The first is it acts like a sound hole in a guitar or violin and alters the tonal qualities of the speaker (the enclosure acts like a resonate chamber.)
Also, iirc, drivers have to work harder to move the membrane of the enclosure is totally sealed, since it’d have to compress the air inside/behind the membrane.
Of course, cheap speakers probably did it because they saw JBL and others do it on the expensive studio monitors.
As for spiders…. I think they’re cool, but only if they stay over …. There…. Jumping spiders can even be cute. But at a distance.
Same goes for the centipede with the creepy legs. I respect that they eat things I’m happy not deal with… just don’t come over here.
This would be the latter. Interesting explanation, thanks.
Modern studio monitors don’t usually have those in my experience, but I got those years ago in a trade and they really capture a flat monitor sound in a way that modern monitors don’t. I’m sure in part because they’re massive. Anyway, they were perfect for my audio work at the time.
Well in MN we need to be cautious of spiders generally because our climate between spring and fall is conducive to venomous spiders of all kinds, both native and invasive. Natively we have black widows, northern widows, brown recluses, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, woodlouse spiders, and many more. Climate change is expected to increase the range of black widows in our state, one of the most venomous spiders in the US. We’re going to experience severe dry and wet seasons, so I expect imports and exports through the great lakes see a massive increase in dnr presence. I hope Walz follows through after our elections.
Just FYI, wolf spider and brown recluse bites are not dangerous, they’ll basically cause itching and maybe give you a rash, and black widow venom is nowhere near as bad as stories would have you believe. The symptoms are by no means pleasant, and they are easily treatable within 72 hours. You’ll know you need treatment well before then.
Jumping spiders and woodlouse spiders don’t tend to be a danger either.
These are also all spiders who want to get away from humans as quickly as possible, so they don’t want to bite you, they only do it if they have no alternative. Really, the main reason to worry is if you have allergy issues. But that’s also true with bees and wasps for some people.
I’m from the wet side of the PNW and we have all of those as well, excepting possibly northern widows, I’ve not heard of those.
I’ve spent weeks in cabins and lived in houses and apartments all over WA.
Every single time I have ever seen a spider in a house or apartment, its been something that is totally harmless to humans.
Out in the boonies? Sure, thats where you’ll actually run into some dangerous things.
That being said, I’ve never lived in MN, perhaps dangerous spiders are a more serious threat in urban/suburban areas, and yeah, climate change fucks up everything.
Something absolutely absurd started happening a few years ago, right in the middle of Seattle, like 2 blocks from a main road:
Coyotes.
I’ve seen coyotes out in the foothills occasionally, on trails far from cities, in the brush on the east side of the state.
But… basically that heat wave a few years back, and wildfires and droughts managed to drive a population of coyotes into residential areas of Seattle, likely hunting the rabbits.
That was pretty stunning to me.
I saw them in L.A. occasionally coming down from the hills. I’m far less concerned about urban coyotes than I am about feral dog packs. The latter is much more likely to attack you.
[screaming in arachnophobe]
Remind me never to visit MN
Spiders here mostly keep to themselves, and mostly well away.
Historically, our winters have kept critters small.
It’s the GOP you need to be worried about. Those fuckers will infect you with their crazy and then suck your blood dry.
(We also brought you the guy who thought schools were accommodating furies with kitty litter.)
All spiders (and tarantulas) are venomous.
Whether or not the venom is medically significant to humans… That varies by species.
Personally, I prefer pocket sand
Oh man, she got the crazy eyes. Don’t mess with someone like that, don’t engage or make eye contact.
So, makes sense she’s republican.
Same thought. This person gives me the creeps, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find out she stabbed someone who tried to break up with her.
What a creative solution to a problem! Just like a silly goose!
It’s like… she’s trying to do an impression of Angelina Jolie… in her mugshot?
I had a similar thought. She kind of looks like a cross between Angelina and Courteney Cox with a touch of stay away.
I feel bad for the tarantula
The tarantula certainly died from the fall. They are actually fragile bags of goo. People who keep tarantulas go to extreme measures to avoid them jumping or falling off of surfaces when feeding or doing maintenance.
Yeah even a drop of twelve inches (~30cm) can kill them. Poor guy/gal.
I think since there’s a number of prominent unhinged women in the Republican party, it’s bringing all the other crazy bitches out of the woodwork that think they can make a lucrative career being a hysterical loonie. They may not be wrong.
I think it’s worse: in the past voter would never let them in. Now the voter doesn’t care. It’s like decades of reality TV has desensitized everyone from trashy behavior.
Article is a little light on facts. The author should have looked into whether or not the other tenant was actually a squatter or not. We only know at this point she is an alleged squatter from a tenants statement. Why not check with the landlord to get the facts? Why not check with the other tenant to ask if she is a squatter?
But let’s assume she actually is a squatter for sake of argument. I mean it’s a weird thing to allege.
I dislike the gop. I dislike squatters. I dislike trespassers.
Person a trespassed into the one side of the house in order to throw a spider.
Person b is a squatter. (Again we don’t have info from the landlord (lazy reporting)).
Everyone sucks in this article including the author of the article.
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Considering the person she accused of being a squatter is an attorney and the person making the accusations is currently sitting in jail, I’m going to assume her story is b/s. The article stated that the attorney’s lease was up but that doesn’t mean she has to move out. I lived in places for years after my lease expired as a “month to month” tenant.
The reason the one is in jail is because of assault and battery… Or is it assault? Always get that part mixed up. Either way she’s in jail because of that. Still doesn’t show if the “squatter” part is bs. Both can be true. The one is an asshole for throwing a tarantula and the other could be a squatter. We don’t know about the Squatting because of the lack of information.
I’ll stick with my original statement, lazy reporting
I’m saying this woman is crazy and has zero credibility so there’s no reason to believe anything she says. The woman she attacked is an attorney so I’m assuming she wouldn’t be illegally squatting in someone’s home and jeopardizing her whole career.
Dislike a squatter all you want. You’re not part of their due process, and you may not throw a tarantula at them. So, it’s irrelevant.
I would also point out that if this happened it probably would not make the news here… Except for that the aggressor is a political candidate. That’s what makes it interesting, that this batshit MFer actually thinks the people deserve her. The squatter is not trying to represent you.
If I was the squatter: Fucking rad new pet! I’m now the coolest squatter in the world!
The spider did not survive the fall.
She looks like Friendly Jordies!
