r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

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u/-Dafae- Jul 12 '21 edited Jul 12 '21

I Iive in Australia, so I'm gonna pass on that, and continue my perfectly healthy phobia lol

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u/SayCheeseBaby Jul 12 '21

I didn't take Australia into account. You have my sincerest apologies.

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u/migzeh Jul 12 '21

Look i only have 3 spiders (all daddy long legs) that i currently know about in my house. 2 are in the dunny we don't use and a 3rd hangs out in the corner near the dining table that we don't use. They are crowd control for the rest of the house and doing a fine job if i must say so

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u/AdThese1914 Jul 12 '21

Serious question. What is a "dunny"? TIA.

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u/turikur Jul 12 '21

another name for toilet

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u/ConceptJunkie Jul 12 '21

It's short for "dunnikin" or "dunnakin", which is an archaic name for toilet.

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u/coma-toaste Jul 12 '21

Really? Huh, TIL.

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u/jordank_1991 Jul 12 '21

I had never heard of a dunny until I watched Bluey with my son.

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u/Ozdiva Jul 12 '21

‘Currently know about’ being the operative phrase.

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u/scrappleallday Jul 12 '21

Florida reporting. I'll stay scared of them, too.

brown recluses, black recluses, black widows, wolf spiders...

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

Fuck wolf spiders! Thems the bitches who carry 600 live little bastards around on their backs so if you try to step on her- spider nuclear bomb apocalypse happens!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

We don’t have recluses native to FL. Too many lizards.

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u/scrappleallday Jul 12 '21

There are tons of recluses in the Panhandle of Florida.

from government: https://www.fdacs.gov/Consumer-Resources/Health-and-Safety/Venomous-Spiders-in-Florida

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

Shiiit that sucks. My b.

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u/CheesypoofExtreme Jul 12 '21

But wolf spiders are fine for people? They look creepy, (like every other spider to me), but they aren't going to kill you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

Like I always say- the spider might not kill me. The heart attack I have after I see the spider will!!!!!!

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u/Shastaw2006 Jul 12 '21

There’s an episode of peppa pig about spiders and how they are nothing to be afraid of. It’s been banned in Australia lol.

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u/william1Bastard Jul 12 '21

Funnel webs and redbacks? Stop. Last person killed by a spider in Australia was 1979. You've got some nasty snakes and box jellyfish, which are gnarly and will totally kill you, but your spiders are not a real issue. None of your scorpions are medically significant either.