#sought out knowledge about my local spider population after this and now we are cool with each other

[eustacedekolta]

i once tried to kill a spider, which i usually do not do, because i was panicking over the sheer size of him and his proximity to my at-the-time ailing, elderly dog. felt bad but could not take that decision back. later i opened the trash where i had left him. he was there. alive. on top of a paper plate. big fuckin guy. felt like he was looking at me. ‘try that shit again.’ i have never tried to kill a spider since.