Peterix
The original web developer
I like spiders, and I feel sorry for them. They are the good guys: They eat pesky bugs (1 spider = 2 000 fewer bugs in your house/year), they are shy and avoid humans, they don’t attack or bite, very few are dangerous (unless you live in Australia, where even the comfy chairs are venomous) and even then the survival rate of a venomous spider bite is 99%. But the normal human reaction to even the tiniest spider is, of course: “OMG! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!” But recent arachnophobia research has shown that it’s not the being bitten-factor that scares, but the “legginess”, “speediness” and the “sudden movement”. I get that, that’s exactly why I’m afraid of tap dancers :-)
The original web developer
I like spiders, and I feel sorry for them. They are the good guys: They eat pesky bugs (1 spider = 2 000 fewer bugs in your house/year), they are shy and avoid humans, they don’t attack or bite, very few are dangerous (unless you live in Australia, where even the comfy chairs are venomous) and even then the survival rate of a venomous spider bite is 99%. But the normal human reaction to even the tiniest spider is, of course: “OMG! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!” But recent arachnophobia research has shown that it’s not the being bitten-factor that scares, but the “legginess”, “speediness” and the “sudden movement”. I get that, that’s exactly why I’m afraid of tap dancers :-)