Large, terrifying and impressive...
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@Lathun jokes aside, i usually do that.
unless they have hairs, in that case, fire it is
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@masonwheeler Could have sworn that story was going to end in "and the house burned down as the spider ran off into the woods"...
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@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Yeah, but that doesn't make them impervious to shocks, does it?
No, but it would make it seem like he is. We don't have enough information to do anything more concrete than speculation.
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@tufty he said more impervious, not totally impervious.
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"Large, terrifying and impressive..."
That is what I tell all the ladies
http://vector.me/files/images/7/7/774154/family_guy_quagmire.png
About my spider
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@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Even getting a mains hit needn't be life-threatening.
Been there, as a pre-teen. It tickles!
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@Zecc said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Even getting a mains hit needn't be life-threatening.
Been there, as a pre-teen. It tickles!
Yeah, I can probably be safely considered a weird kid for tripping the house breakers with two paper clips and my fingers...
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I mean, No, grandma, no idea why all the fans stopped working in this side of the house...
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@Tsaukpaetra I got a capacitor hit the other day, too. My own fault for wiring the bastard thing up on the wrong side of the contactor, and not being paranoid enough (always discharge capacitors before handling, kids, and even if you know they're not charged). 140µF charged up with somewhere around 400V (one of the run capacitors for a 4HP 3 phase rotary converter) makes for a painful reminder that you've been careless.
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@mott555 said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
A "large" spider up here is about the size of a U.S. quarter.
Is that including the legs, or is it just the spider's body you're talking about? If the latter, that's quite a lot larger than I want to think about…
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@xaade said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
There are some people with a condition where they never sweat, so they're more impervious to shock
Though it does make me wonder if it’s true, and I fit the criteria, I do not volunteer to be the test subject for this.
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@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@Gurth You don't need to.
I've received a few high-voltage shocks of the years, and DO NOT WANT! is the headline summary. The time when I managed to punch myself on the jaw and then slam the back of my head into a table as a result was probably the most spectacular, and it makes me very respectful of power circuitry…
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@dkf said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@mott555 said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
A "large" spider up here is about the size of a U.S. quarter.
Is that including the legs, or is it just the spider's body you're talking about? If the latter, that's quite a lot larger than I want to think about…
Legs included. If that was just the body, I'd be reaching for my 7mm Rem Mag...
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@mott555 said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Legs included.
Ah. Then we get them larger than that sometimes at home. They're just house spiders though, so a risk to flies instead of people.
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@tufty That would be very dull to watch if they hadn’t included the blooper reel as an integral part of the video.
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@Zecc said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Even getting a mains hit needn't be life-threatening.
Been there, as a pre-teen. It tickles!
I have been kicked there before, and I assure you it did not tickle.
(this thread is in the first page of Google search results for
getting a mains hit
, no quotes)
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So, to try and re-rail this a bit... what is it with spiders that freaks so many people out, many of whom are fine with insects?
Personally, I find the little buggers pretty cool. The only things that freak me out are smaller snakes (big constrictors I'm fine with) and chameleons (which are freaking cool, don't get me wrong, but STOP DOING THAT WITH YOUR EYES, HOW DO YOU EVEN?).
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@Onyx most insects don't bite and build nigh-invisible traps of sticky thread that you can walk into and get that horrible feeling where you just know there's a spider attached to you somewhere now.
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@Onyx They're creepy. The only spider I have no problem with is Peter Parker.
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
what is it with spiders that freaks so many people out
- Lots of legs
- Venom
- A habit of creeping up on me in the shower
- Disturbing eating habits
- Unusual motion patterns
These are things that generally freak people out. Spiders have more of them than insects. Though some insects disturb me in that fashion as well.
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@anotherusername said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@Onyx most insects don't bite and build nigh-invisible traps of sticky thread that you can walk into and get that horrible feeling where you just know there's a spider attached to you somewhere now.
That's the thing with me. I think spiders are cool - but walking into their web makes me do the weirdo dance.
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@Yamikuronue said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Venom
Is that really a big concern? How many species of spiders that humans are likely to meet even pose any kind of danger?
Meanwhile, I know many people aren't fans of them either, but bee and wasp stings can be deadly to people who are allergic to them, and yet they don't seem to be as universally hated as spiders.
I'll give you all the web stuff, I don't like getting caught in it either, it's sticky, but eh. Legs... just not bothered by large number of them. I guess my problem is more when the count is actually 0 :P
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
So, to try and re-rail this a bit... what is it with spiders that freaks so many people out, many of whom are fine with insects?
Personally, I find the little buggers pretty cool. The only things that freak me out are smaller snakes (big constrictors I'm fine with) and chameleons (which are freaking cool, don't get me wrong, but STOP DOING THAT WITH YOUR EYES, HOW DO YOU EVEN?).
One of my friends get super freaked out by any insect. It must be tough to live that way, considering the number of insects around.
I think snakes and chameleon are sweet though. One of my favorite gifs is the one of the chameleon 'washing his hands' with a running faucet. Why do you think you are more freaked out by smaller snakes than bigger ones? If you don't mind me asking.
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
what is it with spiders that freaks so many people out
Their skeletons are on the outside.
More serious answer for me (for spiders and insects), it's their appearance, a worry about venom or illness in case of bites/stings, and a great dislike of the tactile sensation of them crawling on me. In general, there's a reason most people's dislike of spiders (and for me, insects as well) would likely be classed as a phobia.
Maybe in my case it's a general fear of non-mammal "tiny" animals, since even garden snakes will make me feel weirded out, but not larger snakes (though it has been quite awhile since I've even seen or been around any larger snakes).
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@Lathun said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
One of my favorite gifs is the one of the chameleon 'washing his hands' with a running faucet
Oh, I think they are extremely cool, don't get me wrong. I have no instinctual repulsion towards them, it's more of an intellectual freakout. Mimicry I get, it's all cool, but independent eye movement... As a human I can't grasp the concept of having two independent images and being focused enough on both of them to make them useful. Dunno, maybe it's just a peripheral vision kind of thing, just detecting movement? Either way, I get a headache just trying to figure it out.
@Lathun said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Why do you think you are more freaked out by smaller snakes than bigger ones? If you don't mind me asking.
I guess it's the whole "this thing might bite!" thing, combined with not being to able to "read" what it's thinking. Like, I can figure out if a mammal is pissed, scared, or just not caring. Reptiles... not really. And I know the constrictors don't bite, and I assume they consider me less of a threat, so I'm more accepting of them.
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Is that really a big concern?
It doesn't matter; fear is irrational
@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
combined with not being to able to "read" what it's thinking
That and often you never see it.
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@Lathun said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
One of my favorite gifs is the one of the chameleon 'washing his hands' with a running faucet
Oh, I think they are extremely cool, don't get me wrong. I have no instinctual repulsion towards them, it's more of an intellectual freakout. Mimicry I get, it's all cool, but independent eye movement... As a human I can't grasp the concept of having two independent images and being focused enough on both of them to make them useful. Dunno, maybe it's just a peripheral vision kind of thing, just detecting movement? Either way, I get a headache just trying to figure it out.
I always imagined it as either a double visison type of thing but with two unrelated images overlapping which I am not sure how useful that would be or just incomprehensible to me because human brains work differently and I won't really be able to understand what it feels like. I can understand being freaked out by that, it almost seems unnatural to us (humans).
@Lathun said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Why do you think you are more freaked out by smaller snakes than bigger ones? If you don't mind me asking.
I guess it's the whole "this thing might bite!" thing, combined with not being to able to "read" what it's thinking. Like, I can figure out if a mammal is pissed, scared, or just not caring. Reptiles... not really. And I know the constrictors don't bite, and I assume they consider me less of a threat, so I'm more accepting of them.
I see, that makes sense. Maybe that is a reason why some people are afraid of spiders? You can't see them about to bite you because they are small and even if you could see them easily they are impossible to read. I'd probably be a little more cautious around spiders if I lived somewhere with unpleasant ones to be honest even though spiders are one of my favorite animals.
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@Yamikuronue said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
That and often you never see it.
Well, no chance for it to creep me out then, is there? :P
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@Onyx I see it and then I don't and I know its not dead and it's lurking there WAITING someplace and it's going to try its damndest to kill me and I'll never see it coming. Why wouldn't that freak me out?
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@Yamikuronue yeah, fair enough. I guess I don't look at it like that since snakes aren't really common around where I live. Guess they don't appreciate the climate, there's more of them in the Mediteranian region where winters are warmer. If I saw them more in nature... dunno, maybe I'd be less freaked out, maybe more, all I can do is speculate at this point.
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@Onyx Ditto with snakes. I don't like them where I can't keep tabs on them but I actually want to get one as a pet :)
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@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
always discharge capacitors before handling, kids, and even if you know they're not charged
WE NEED COMMON SENSE CAPACITOR LAWS
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@lolwhat said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
WE NEED COMMON SENSE CAPACITOR LAWS
I think I finally understand that "pop a cap in your ass" expression now...
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@Onyx said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
How many species of spiders that humans are likely to meet even pose any kind of danger?
Normal parts of the world or Australia?
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Oh, I'm sorry, was this not the "post your pictures of spiders" thread?
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@Dreikin said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Oh, I'm sorry, was this not the "post your pictures of spiders" thread?
No, that's the emergency cute things thread
Filed under: D'aaaaaw!
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@Dreikin said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
Oh, I'm sorry, was this not the "post your pictures of spiders" thread?I've used a similar spider as my Messenger avatar before. Mine was cuter though.
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@Dreikin he looks cute (for a spider).
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@lucas1 said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@Dreikin he looks cute (for a spider).
Yes, very cuddly isn't it? Almost makes one want it as a plushy.
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@TimeBandit said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
@tufty said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
AC mains shocks are pretty unpleasant. I've had a few.
110V: not that bad.
220V: fuck that is unpleasant.
347V: please, never again. Once was enough. It felt like I was hit on the forehead with a sledgehammer.6,000V: HUUUGGH WTF WHO JUST STOMPED ME
I was face down on the floor of my bedroom at the time, my styrofoam-and-paperclips miniature Jacob's Ladder had just gone out, and without thinking I reached out with both hands to adjust the electrodes a little. BAM goes a few thousand volts AC (two old valve-amp speaker transformers wired in a step-up cascade, fed from a 12V train transformer) straight across the heart. Luckily the resulting spasm threw my hands off the electrodes.
It was several seconds before I figured out that my younger brother had in fact not just leapt in through the bedroom door behind me and landed on my back.
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@flabdablet Also, never touch a spark-plug wire in a running engine, unless you know for sure that they are in very good condition. Trust me, I speak from experience
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@mott555
T1 line would be somewhere between 50 and 90V DC. Which is much more painful (IMO) than a corresponding voltage AC.I'll leave it to one of the other
pendantsexperts to give us a lengthy explanation of why {DC|AC} is more painful or hazardous than {AC|DC} of the same voltage, I CBA to learn that much about electricity. I just know I'm done handling a 66 block that's above shoulder level or otherwise hard to get at with the normal tools. Too damn many times trying to guide the tool with my finger when I accidentally bridged two leads together.
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Voltage is irrelevant.
Have you ever touched a door handle in a carpeted room and gotten a static shock, one of those big sparks that you can see, hear, and feel?
Congratulations! You've survived a discharge of tens of thousands of volts!
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@flabdablet said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
I reached out with both hands to adjust the electrodes a little. BAM goes a few thousand volts AC
That sounds dangerous, don't do that.
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@izzion said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
one of the other pendants experts to give us a lengthy explanation of why {DC|AC} is more painful or hazardous than {AC|DC} of the same voltage,
To my knowledge, AC voltage hurts more due to the pulsing, DC is easier to get used to due to the constant "pressure" of the voltage.
Using the water analogy, I think it would be like tumultuous waves pounding back and forth versus a heavy stream pushing in only one direction.
Sorry, not lengthy enough for a I think...
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@anonymous234 said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
That sounds dangerous, don't do that.
Where were you when I needed that advice?
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@JeremyVerubry said in Large, terrifying and impressive...:
So we want to tell you about 30 of the worst things that belong to nature.
Is "necro spam" #1? Please tell me it is!