*gets on you*
>>2838199Legitimately hate this more than ticks and mosquitoes.
>>2838199I gut animals but somehow this shit disgusts me.
>>2838199>+1 armor and +1 cammo added
>>2838199>Walk through trail>Get covered in enough spider webs to make a silk shirt>Walk back out>Some how get covered in enough webs to make a matching set of silk pantsYou would think they'd get tired of making the same web over and over, maybe they just like watching us wipe them off our faces.
Legitmate how do they even do it? Do they jump or what? How does a spider even get from point A to B with a web
>>2838564They set an anchor point and wait for a gust of wind to blow then they jump and let the wind carry them to another object.
>>2838566This is how I make multi-point belays
>>2838566That sounds so based. I'd love to be a spider, just swinging from place to place, scurrying away from birds with expert level stealth skills, killing all those stupid flies. As a spider you will have literally 100's of kids, and you can design your own cool webs to attract the ladies.Spiders are honestly the best small creature on the planet, they will even kill other insects for you. Just give them a nice corner somewhere in your house and they will eat all your bad bugs.Though you do have to worry about getting eaten by a woman, but then again that isn't much different from human life these days.One day I will die and be reborn as a spider, wagmi.
>>2838564I've seen a spider thread that crossed a small river. No idea how it did it.
>>2838564>>2838645Its like fishing. They let out a long line with a sticky bit at the end, wind catches it on something and they use that to cross.
>>2838246Then, you haven't really experienced ticks and mosquitoes. Have you even been /out/? Are you some woman who enlists the help of others to kill bugs in the house?
I avoid walking through them just to not waste the spider's time and energy. Mr. Spider put a lot of effort into his web, you know?
>>2838199>doesn't, because I walk with one of my trekking poles out in front of me It must suck to be you.
>>2838661>tick: just pull it off>mosquito: bug spray>spider web: impossible to avoid, electromagnetically attracted to your mouth and eyes. Seems to have the supernatural ability to phase through all attempts at brushing it off.
Umbrella chads just keep on winning
>>2838749>umbrella>chadTits or gtfo; no man uses an umbrella except as a weapon or as a tool other than its intended purpose.Only "males" who have long since turned in their penis lisence.
>>2838763Indoor enthusiast detected. This is an umbrella user forum.
>>2838763Nah, umbrella anon is right. He always spergs about umbrellas in every thread, but now that I'm in my 30s I realize he's absolutely right about the utility of one. I'm just too lazy to carry one so I wear those thin hoodies you always see on the mountain.
>>2838763>nu-outkek
>>2838199I just wear a hat and walk with a slightly lowered head>>2838621based drowposter, I feel the same
>>2838769>>2838814>>2838867When your dresses get back from the dry cleaners maybe you girls can have a tea party in the park, which is far /out/ as you gals ever go
>>2838621There are species that make little "balloons" out of a ton of strings just floating in the air, and they drift on thermals and wind.They can cross ridiculous distances that way.It's magnificent.
>>2838873>I just wear a hat and walk with a slightly lowered headWhat? What would that accomplish? Do spiders where you live only make lines at the height of your forehead or higher?
>>2838910no, but I only care if it gets on my face, glasses and my sweaty bald scalp
>>2838910He's a manlet.
>>2838931>>2838910NTA but I’m much taller than average so if I’m not the first one on the trail there’s a good chance the spider webs that passed over other people heads will end up in my face.
>>28389396'3" and I've also experienced this exact same stupid situation. If I'm passing through a heavily wooded and wet area I'll just hold my forearm in front of me to prevent the spider silk from getting on my face.
Okay, serious question here; we're joking about umbrellas, hats, and so on, but even a kids we used to just casually wave a stick around in front of us if we saw a web, or if shrubs and trees were close enough together that a web might be there.I mean, we just instinctually did that as childrenAnd the sticks in the forest are free
>>2838967
>>2838967I’m not joking about an umbrella. If you have it opened because of rain or sun, it can prevent spiderwebs from getting in your face. It’s one of the most multifunctional pieces of gear you can take on a hike.
>>2838982>>2838986I now fully realize this board is populated with people who are actually autistic.I thought it was a joke more than anything. Wow
>>2838735Spider webs are nature's reminder to stop being in such a damn hurry. This is a walk in the woods, not a commute to the office.
>>2838982Did you know there are sticks that fork into smaller sticks? Sometimes there are even these flat green thingies called leaves on the end of the smaller sticks, which are called twigs. You might be able to pick one of these ingenious devices up for $9.88 at your local Walmart.
>gets on you
Time to sleep in and let someone else take them down for me, thanks sucker.
>>2838621Anon, if all the women in your life are eating spiders, you may have a vampire problem
>>2838735Enjoy your array of debilitating tickborne diseases, ma'am
>>2839280literally no such thing, but keep on believing that there is like a good little drone :)
>>2839101*lint rolls them up*
>>2839063Don't forget, you're here forever.
>>2838564>OwO is that a human>*pounces on you*>UwU I gotchu :3 now I'll spin my web into the collaw ow ur jacket fufu>and then I'w cwawl inside uw eaw and lay my eggs inside
>>2839539A fate worse than death.Pic unrelated
>>2839063>I thought it was a joke more than anything.Umbrellas? Turns out you’re just out of touch. Umbrellas aren’t generally used by normie hikers and they’re even more uncommon among the larpfags of /out/. The more adventurous a hike is, the more likely other people have done it with an umbrella (especially in the SW). And the more experienced a hiker is, the more likely they are to understand the use-cases for one.
Pro tip; when you're swinging a stick/trekkingpole/umbrella out in front of you to catch the webs, aim the swings off to the edge of the trail. You'll cut the threads holding the webs up and it'll swing out of the way completely rather than just catching the whole web on your stick and potentially still getting on your face
>>2838621>Though you do have to worry about getting eaten by a womanVorefags don’t mind
>>2838566>Bridge spiders, also known as Larinioides sclopetarius, can be found at the top of the Hancock Building in Chicago. They are known for their ability to fly by releasing silk to catch air currents, allowing them to travel to high places like skyscrapers.
>>2840470>Willis tower I meant, that's taller
>>2838661I guarantee this person has never been outside.I walk into a spider web going to my car every day. It's a non-issue and doesn't ever matter at all.>>2838735Tick: it's a physical creature which has embedded itself into your flesh and bitten a hole inside you, and if you pull it off its head will break off and remain inside you, and it transmits some of the worst incurable diseases we know of.Mosquito: it flies to you, sticks a long needle in you, deposits various chemicals in you, and sometimes transmits bacteria and viruses which transmit serious illnesses.It produces an extremely itchy wheal that persists for days or weeks.Spider web: it does nothing. You walk in it once, it breaks, it deals no damage, nothing happens. The spider that created has no ability to get on you, and it does everything it can to get away from you because you are not its target.Women who have never been outside need to stop posting. Sorry you walked into a spider web, but deal with it.
>>2840555>and if you pull it off its head will break off and remain inside you, and it transmits some of the worst incurable diseases we know of.this should not happen if you pull it off correctly. Grab it and gently pull straight up, don't twist, jerk or pull at a shallow angle.
>>2840555I would 100% rather have to peel off a couple ticks than have to deal with all the silk strings getting on me walking through a forest in the fall
>>2839101Time to take my shemagh out of the bin.
