Here is what you need to know about spider boy. Spider boy is not a super hero. Spider boy has no powers. Spider boy, isn't even a single person. Spider boy is a disease and I've encountered one of its victims.
A couple people I know (one witnessed today) fall victim to spider boy syndrome. Every time they see a spider, they revert from their manliness to a scared little boy. They won't go near it, they won't try to kill it, they won't even swing a 5 foot broom at it. They can be 5 feet away from something that is like 1 thousandth their size and fear for their life.
As I documented the case this afternoon, I told my friend I would share this phenomenon with the world, in which he replied "and then I'll tell everyone how it almost ate my entire face off."
He was never within a 5 foot span of it, but convinced that it almost ate his face off.
Sorry for those of you who suffer from spider boy syndrome. At least it isn't contagious.
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2 comments:
I know someone with "spider boy" syndrome too, probably one of the other people you are thinking about. Anyway, I wonder if this syndrome started because of the movie Arachnophobia or if those with it had it before they saw the movie. It is sort of like my generation seeing the movie The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock and then were apprehensive when seeing a flock of birds. I think over time, the influence of the movie wore off and birds were less fearful so lets hope that also happens with the spiders.
lies. . . i walked right by it, and almost into it, so there. . . 5 feet . . .Overgeneralizer!!!! And my face is still recovering!
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