I am loving this thread. Yay, spiders! Thank you for catching and eating all the other insects that annoy me. You are my domestic assassination squad.
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Not my video, the nature1upclose guy does a TON of nice videos showing natural behaviors, especially arthropods.
I did however, add the annotation because this particular set of interactions cracked me up. 
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For a good laugh, do a GIS for “misunderstood spider meme”. This one is my all time favorite:
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That’s so damn adorable. I just want to cuddle with that guy.
ETA: and holy crap those Medium articles you wrote are amazing.
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D’awwwww! Massive thanks! I got all blushy!
I’m still waiting for us to start up the blog of commenters so I can contribute to the greater good! 
@nemomen and I were going to start something on the side while we waited but the passing of Miss Pricklepants put that on hold a smidge!
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This one’s my fav! (Total bias since I’m the one who memed it. I even remember where I posted the original!)
Huge points to Scott Thompson though with the original image, that’s just such an adorable spider, isn’t it? He has another one that looks like the spider is making a stuffed animal out of a grape (it’s eating a grasshopper)
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I love love love jumping spiders! They’re so damn cute!!
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Those Harry Potteresque spectacles really make it.
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And the lovely lashes!
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Veronica: Linda, you’re in charge of the lab. I leave it all to you.
Linda: Me?
Veronica: I don’t like it down there. it’s chilly, the people are odd, and it smells like science.
Linda: Well, I’m not a huge fan of that place either. Last time I was down there, i got chased by some weird eight-legged bird.
Veronica: Ah, the octo-chicken. We had such hopes for that
-From Better off Ted, the SF comedy that didn’t know it was one.
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OMG. Better Off Ted is right behind Firefly in my list of shows I did NOT want to see end! that show was genius!
Veronica/Portia was amazing in it!
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I just gave all the spiders in my blouse a verbal warning the other day that any which remained would face chem warfare…
Now I kinda feel bad.
Kinda but not really.
The “blinkies” label is factually incorrect. Their eyes are adorable without interruption.
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Ok, I can understand letting spiders live just about anywhere but…
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Agreed. That show was awesome, and like so many awesome shows you just had to know it wouldn’t last.
Here’s a compilation of all of the Veridian Dynamics commercials:
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The octokittens are okay with this minor segue, they loved the show, too!
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Octokitten got me thinking of Octochicken. Free association thingy.
Both the entirety of Firefly and Better off Ted have a permanent location on the hard drive attached to my Roku box. Those shows are always watchable when there is nothing on TV.
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