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[SirQuiamus]

It is made of egg and nog.

EDIT: When the nog goes to your noggin you may feel like starting a riot.

[scriver]

That article is everything wrong with Wikipedia.

[MaximumZero]

I'm waiting for my bank card to be mailed. I've been waiting a week and it isn't here and this is a mild bother.

If it helps, I'm waiting on a PS4. Perks of working for a video game store. Problem is, that hasn't arrived either.

[Tack]

So I ran out of time to sew most of my costume. Ended up being a half-assed tunic and leather skirt. (Plus good helmet, sword, cloak and belt to cover it up)
Still turned out alright.

[Bauglir]

Why are you making eggnog before Hallowe'en?

Because it is delicious, and because America's runaway consumerism makes it available all fall and winter in prepared form and conveniently-sized cartons. So at least it has some benefits.

[Sebastian2203]

So I saw a spider on a wall next to me.
So I slapped it with my book.
I slapped it kinda gently so I didn´t kill it instantly.
What happened next that all of the spider´s legs went crazy and started having some sort of muscle seizure.

I saw the legs moving up and down and his whole body ,glued to the wall by its own body liquids, shaking.
Slowly I seen the movement decreasing, and finally the movement stopped after forty seconds.

What I imagine what was going on in his body was that his muscles or brain ran out of oxygen as it desperately tried to run away... but it couldn´t.   

[Willfor]

I don't like making insects suffer for very long so I try to make sure my first hit is as disruptive as possible. I find trade paperbacks have the heft for a properly clean slam while also retaining the mobility to ensure the insect has no time to escape.

This all goes out the window if the target is lone hornet as I found out the hard way. A trade paperback does not have the heft to break their very rigid exoskeletons, and so you should really go with a hardcover. The slam itself will sometimes not be enough for the hornet so you have to hit it hard enough to trap it, and then press the book into the surface until it pops.

[Arx]

This is why I used to use a tiny crossbow and darts with broad, weighted heads. If I'm going to kill something, I'm going to do it quickly and efficiently - and I can't bear the thought of crushing a bug with a book. It'd leave a smear.

[SOLDIER First]

I visited my grandfather's grave today.

[Bohandas]

My horror movie marathon plans for today were disrupted by my parents suddenly deciding to make me do a bunch of pointless yardwork. I wish we lived in the desert or something, then I wouldn't have this problem.

[Tack]

I pop most bugs betwixt my fingers- always the head, and with as violent a motion as possible.
Wasps and Hornets I don't. The latter are Huntsman-grade nonthreatening (except, I guess, to huntsmen). The former need to die or get smoked before I'm even willing to get in arm's reach.

Point being, there's very few insects I'll kill on a whim. Flies aren't my problem, spiders are usually huntsmen or long-legs (harmless and harmless), ants I'll kill, if they're after the sugar, or leave if they're pre-emoting a flood (noted by them Not going after the sugar).

Guess I'm a bleeding heart.

[Bauglir]

For what it's worth, there is a good chance the spider was dead and you were witnessing postmortem muscle contractions. Or whatever you call random activation of the hydraulic system that extends their legs.

[Bohandas]

This wouldn't be a problem if we could learn to build houses that were actually properly sealed off from the outside

[Bauglir]

we know how to do that

but what good is a house without doors or windows

you can keep your absolutely safe capsule thanks

[Reelya]

The hermetically sealed capsule house idea sound great, until you look at how allergies, asthma and leukemia work. Excessive cleanliness is literally killing your kids. But some people are still of the mind that it's e.g. dust and pollen etc which causes asthma, so they further purify the child's surroundings and filter all particles from the air. Basically the problem is that kids don't get enough immune boosts early on so when they do get exposed to irritants their body doesn't know how to respond. This is largely a modern disease.

Also related, the advice that you should avoid peanuts for babies. It turns out that for children who's parents who took the advice, they're 6 times more likely to actually get the allergy - 17% chance if you don't have peanuts before age 1, vs 3% chance if you get peanuts early. So science proves the supposed "cure" is actually almost the entire cause.

So don't begrudge germs and insects. They could literally save your kids life.