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Why would humans have a developed sense of uneasiness when we see something that doesn't quite line up with human characteristics properly? Is it simply an evolutionary tool to keep humans within their own races or is there something else going on here? How would such a sense still keep going on after countless generations if there wasn't a need to detect these subtle differences? What do you think the purpose for the uncanny valley sense to keep existing in modern humans?

Why would humans have a developed sense of uneasiness when we see something that doesn't quite line up with human characteristics properly? Is it simply an evolutionary tool to keep humans within their own races or is there something else going on here? How would such a sense still keep going on after countless generations if there wasn't a need to detect these subtle differences? What do you think the purpose for the uncanny valley sense to keep existing in modern humans?

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When I was a kid I had arachnophobia, like most kids I guess, scared shitless of fucken spiders

And as I grew older, I started to confront my fear, precisely because it was a fear and I wanted to get rid of it/overcome it

Now I understand the value of arachnids, my relationship to arachnids has completely changed since

I rarely if ever remove the webs, especially on my balcony, even when the spider is long dead and you know why? Because I have roller blinds that are always almost closed , just open enough to let sunlight and air in. End result is that fucken mosquitoes get all fucked every time they try to get in, it's quite handy, there's a swamp nearby I let you imagine what that implies sometimes, but I digress

Now it doesn't mean I would tolerate a fucken tarantula anywhere near me

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Tarantualas are some of the most docile creatures on the planet. You can easily pick them up and hold them in the wild without risk of being bit as long as you show no agression and are gentile.

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Well a misunderstanding would probably be unfortunate and fatal...

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There are no poisonous tarantaulas. I hear the bite is merely a bee sting's worth of pain. Though I've never been bit so I have no personal experience.