Guy burns down house to kill spider

[King Shark]

You mock him, but....



He had the right idea!

[Mormolyce]

The correct method of arachnicide is death by thong*.

*(American English: flip flop)

[Lora]

as long as he killed it.

[Celista]

Maybe it was the weed spider who had moved in.

[muto]

I let spiders live if I see them in my house; they kill the other insects.

[Marthenil]

I guess he did his part.

[King Shark]

As it turns out, the man was interviewed on location as the incident occurred. When questioned by reporters he had this to say:

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I can't help but like him. Well worth the 60k.

[Deleted]

Quick question here: what kind of wall catches fire from something like that?
The story makes this guy look like an idiot but I'm used to walls that aren't flammable and I can imagine that the possibility of a wall bursting in flames if I used a homemade blowtorch on it wouldn't even occur in my mind.
I think the real idiot is a guy who uses this kind of materials to build a house and the man in question is a victim of someone else's stupidity.
Let's be honest - if the spider is big enough (and by that I mean bigger than a fly, though standards may vary) you always use excesive force to kill it just to be extra sure the damn thing won't escape and chew your face off when you least expect it. At least that's what they teach children in my country!

[Blueobelisk]

Quick question here: what kind of wall catches fire from something like that?

His house cost $60k. I think it's safe to assume it wasn't a luxurious mansion.

[Deathsknight]

And here I thought I was crazy for chucking active grenades at cockroaches to kill them. His method does seem effective though.

[-Zait-]

I don't see a problem with this. This seems like an incredibly rational way to take care of a spider. He's just being thorough is all.

[Rixis]

His house cost $60k. I think it's safe to assume it wasn't a luxurious mansion.

It was a rental and it said it did 60k worth of damage. I doubt burnt to the ground is an accurate account.

Gotta love how everyone jokes about this, then some idiot does it

[Kaleredar]

The overreaction of people on the internet to almost completely harmless animals probably shouldn't be taken as life advice. Guess some people have to learn that the hard way.

And frankly, I'd call burning a spider to death pretty inhumane.

[Deathsknight]

Quick question here: what kind of wall catches fire from something like that?
The story makes this guy look like an idiot but I'm used to walls that aren't flammable and I can imagine that the possibility of a wall bursting in flames if I used a homemade blowtorch on it wouldn't even occur in my mind.
I think the real idiot is a guy who uses this kind of materials to build a house and the man in question is a victim of someone else's stupidity.
Let's be honest - if the spider is big enough (and by that I mean bigger than a fly, though standards may vary) you always use excesive force to kill it just to be extra sure the damn thing won't escape and chew your face off when you least expect it. At least that's what they teach children in my country!

He was in the laundry room which if it's anything like mine has plenty of things that catch fire easily. He used a homemade flame thrower on a spider that was trying to get in the wall(tells me that the wall had an opening it could get into. Some Materials used as insulation are considerably flammable(not sure how old the house is or what it is built from) All in all he used a rather stupid method to try and kill a spider in a room that is probably full of flammable objects.

[Ciddy]

This guy is not impressed.

[Neganova]

what kinda spider was it... or was it like a swarm of them

Probably a harmless daddy longlegs.

(Those are harmless... Right?)

[Pwellzor]

Probably a harmless daddy longlegs.

(Those are harmless... Right?)

According to summer camps everywhere, theyre up there with hitler in terms of deadliness.

[Tradewind]

I don't see the problem, seems like a perfectly rational solution

[Nilinor]

I don't see the problem, seems like a perfectly rational solution

Im with this guy, I fail to see the issue here.