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[–] lemmylem@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I got bit by a brown recluse when I was sleeping. They had to cut open my finger because I let it get swollen for a couple days. It first started out as a pimple, then my finger started to turn purple after awhile. I went to the hospital like a week after getting bit and they said I was like 2-3 days away from having a heart attack because it was causing the blood in my finger to clot. Still thinking about getting a spider man tattoo. Also, fuck brown recluses.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, not everyone is reactive to it. I lived in a house with an infestation and got bit a ton and it never effected me, just regular spider bite redness.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a thing. Search brown recluse toxicity on Google or whatever. Some people is very reactive and some people it's not, I don't know why and I don't honestly think science knows why yet.

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/brown-recluse-spider-bite.htm#:~:text=Not%20everyone%20who%20is%20bitten,recluse%20bites%20do%20absolutely%20nothing.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure, whatever. There's also a pretty common misidentification issue with them but let's assume you're right...

Sue people for making you live in the Brown Recluse Gangbang House. That's not okay.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not when you catch several and have them all identified by pest control.

I can't sue my parents dude, there were issues we move on.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How does this story keep having further trauma reveals?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Life is weird I guess?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they just built up immunity over time from many bites. You could probably do that too.