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I hate Sharon Stone. And I’m not the biggest fan of PETA. But I have to admit that I love just how much PETA hates Sharon Stone, and the lengths they’ll go to in order to share with the world what a terrible person they think she is. Earlier this month, the organization publicly offered to pay for a brain scan to see if there was something wrong with her prefrontal region. Just try not to love them after that!
Now PETA is pissed after finding out that Stone insisted a tarantula be de-pincered before she’d film a scene with it in the 1981 movie Deadly Blessing.
SHARON STONE is back in trouble with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), after revelations she forced filmmakers to mutilate a spider.
Acting legend Ernest Borgnine claims Stone - his co-star in 1981 horror film Deadly Blessing - insisted a tarantula have its pincers removed before she would shoot a scene with it.
He reveals, “Sharon wanted the spider’s pincers removed.”
And PETA bosses are furious. Spokesperson Ingrid Newkirk tells the New York Post, “She chose to make a tiny insect an amputee. Perhaps she should change her name legally to ‘Heart of Stone.’”
[From Showbiz Spy]
Now I am crazy afraid of all bugs. No exceptions. Spiders don’t bother me as much as other things, but the hairy sorts kind of mess with my head. Also, anything with an exoskeleton. So I can’t blame Sharon Stone for being freaked out. But I’m pretty sure if I were her, I’d insist on a body double or some sort of stunt spider before I’d insist someone remove its pincers.
Have you seen those plastic gag spiders in the toy store? They run all of 59 cents, and are damn realistic in the right light. I think that would have been a much better way to go. I haven’t seen Deadly Blessing, but considering I’ve never heard of it, I’m guessing it wasn’t so amazing that a rubber spider would have ruined an otherwise perfect film.
Written by JayBird
Posted in PETA, Sharon Stone
54 Responses to “Sharon Stone forced a spider to be amputated”
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i always loved sharon stone and now i know why. she’s not a brainwashed idiot like the rest of peta loving america.
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Spiders scare me more than any other bugs. I don’t know why but it’s making me itch just writing about it. I think you’re right JayBird and they should have just used a prop or a stunt hand or something if she couldn’t stand having a real spider on her. It seems excessive to have to cut the spider up first. Maybe that was the cheapest. Tarantulas aren’t “tiny insects,” though as PETA claims, they’re huge mofos. Somehow that makes it worse to get their pinchers cut off because they’re not little stompable spiders, but they’re still spiders. I don’t believe in animal cruelty, but tarantulas are not on par with your typical pet.
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If killing and maiming insects is some kind of crime, I’m pretty sure Stalin and Mao are now officially my bitches. This is why PETA is becoming increasingly more irritating in direct proportion to it’s waning credibility.
“She’s mean to spiders!” Really? You’re gonna pick on her for this? Are we gonna send the Orkin Man to the chair? Please.
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Welcome to the D-list Sharon You went from Basic Instinct to this?
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But…um…spiders aren’t insects…
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this is toooo stupid.
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I personally would love to kick Sharon Stone until she’s dead, but…um this happened in 1981. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be held accountable for the stupid crap I did over 20 years ago. So unless PETA has a plan that involves a time machine, I think they might want to let this one go.
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I killed 2 spiders only today. What’s the big deal? Honestly, PETA, there are gazillions of animals being killed and eaten around the world at this very moment. I hardly think that tarantula was so unlucky. Focus on the big stuff.
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This happened in 1981 and they’re bitching about it now??? I’m a vegetarian but these PETA morons are giving us a bad name. Get over yourselves already. It used to be a legitimate organization, now it’s ridiculous.
( Killed a big arse spider today at school that was ” attacking” the younger women. Enjoyed it immensely. )
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I detest Sharon Stone and think she is an idiot of the first order. But:
1. This happened more than 25 years ago. Get over it!
2. It was a SPIDER, not a kitten! PETA would certainly hate me for the insects I have killed.
3. PETA does not know how to pick it’s battles. If they genuinely wanted to change public opinion about their causes, then they would adopt tried-and-true, proven methods. Instead, they prefer to be perceived as a domestic terrorist fringe group that would prefer to use shock and vitriol to force their opinions upon the rest of us.As I promised myself many years ago, every time I see/hear a reference to PETA, I make a specific point to eat meat, even if I was not planning to on that date. I guess I’ll be having a burger tonight.
Thanks, PETA!:-)
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Lauri is a fucking idiot.
“As I promised myself many years ago, every time I see/hear a reference to PETA, I make a specific point to eat meat, even if I was not planning to on that date. I guess I’ll be having a burger tonight.”I rest my case.
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Ashley, you just made me decide to join the PETA=Burger movement. Your comment was so rude and made so little sense that I’ve decided to be a “fucking idiot”… it’s better than being a fucking bitch.
Oh, dammit… this thread is about Sharon Stone and spiders in 1981… Was she that big of a star then that she could demand something like that? I wouldn’t hang out with a tarantula either, but, I’m not getting paid big bucks to do so like she was…
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Ashley, I agree with you dear. Diva- Wtf? how can you NOT get what she meant?
I’m a long time vegetarian, but peta is nuts! spiders aren’t insects either. insects have 6 legs, spiders are arachnids cos they have 8 legs. i know that’s petty. But so is eating a burger everytime peta is mentioned. that’s actually funny, if it weren’t murder. So instead you’re both petty morons. Sharon Stone is a wretched bitch though. -
Umm k hon? Just cause you think it’s ‘murder’ doesn’t mean we’re required to. I for one (I dare say like the majority of humanity) don’t have the slightest twinge of guilt when eating a hamburger. Why would I? If a wolf needed to eat me to survive, you think it would lose any sleep over that decision?
We’re just doing what comes naturally to us, so calling someone a ‘fucking idiot’ for doing it is pretty short-sighted. If you believe it’s immoral to eat meat, fine, but don’t start calling me a murderer.
You think your hands are clean of fuzzy little critter blood? Don’t make me rehash the finer points of what farm equipment does to all the little Bambi characters living in that field you just HAVE to have plowed for your wheat.
I wish that I could claim the hamburger I just ate was for spite too, but frankly I was just hungry. Oh, and I understand the difference between arachnids and insects - it’s just hard to differentiate because they look exactly the same on the bottom of my work boot.
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No name calling please. And you can see why PETA incites meat-eating with idiocy like this. I reported that they were defending cockroaches a couple of years ago against people eating them for a contest.
http://www.celebitchy.com/1765/six_flags_gives_line-jumping_rights_to_cockroach_eaters_peta_pissed/
Sometimes I try to get Buddhist-like and consider all creatures’ rights - like I have a rule with my son that we can kill bugs in the house but when we’re outside there’s no reason to just kill them for sport. I also try to figure out if I can open a window and more easily get rid of a fly instead of chasing it all around.Sharon Stone claims the Dali Lama is her friend so she should quit wearing fur at least, but yeah this happened 20 years ago. PETA needs the negative publicity for some reason. It’s the summer and there’s no fur to deface.
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Sorry, cb… I was bad and I know it.
I will punish myself by not letting myself post on celebitchy for the rest of the day and go home and brown my pound of hamburger to make taco salad for dinner tonight.
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Ok I’m sorry for saying anyone was an idiot, but Scott, you are so offensive and condescending. I think it;s different when humans eat meat than animals because we have other options. Wolves don’t think to themselves, “I could kill this animal, but why not eat a salad instead?”
Everything else you said was just petty and rude. You’ve always been a troll on here. I’m used to saying meat is murder, I know people think its silly. It just came out. I’ve been a veggie for a while and it’s greatly improved my health. I like the furry animals and I don;t want to eat them. But I’m not going to tell anyone not to. I will, however, say how petty it is just bc a stupid organization like peta makes dumb statements CONSTANTLY, to go eat meat. The cow didn’t piss you off, peta did. That’s all I meant. But why am I defending myself to you, Scott, when you’ll only pick out the vulnerable points in what I said, of which I’m just *sure* there are many, and beat me over the head with them. I have changed my name on here 3 times just bc of how much of a jerk you are, and how nasty you can be, just so I can have a clean slate to express myself. I’m also the person you bitched out EXTENSIVELY for being an atheist. I don’t care what anybody believes, but everything I say gets torn apart by you. But go on and keep making me feel bad. Bad things never happen to bad people, you’re safe.
And don’t ever call me ‘hon’ again please. -
Damn, burn!! Lol. :]
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Poor Sharon Stone. All of her facial feautures are symmetrical but she is just missing something, isn’t she? There is just nothing special about her face.She just doesn’t have IT. There is nothing truly elegant about her. She really ended up going nowhere. I’m sure in the beginning of her career she thought she could end up an icon. Well, we’ll save that for Liz Taylor. Sharon, you can dress up like the old movie stars of yesteryear but you will never be Dietrich, Kelly or Garbo. There’s just something so peasant-like and shanty about Sharon.
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Well, everyone is certainly very articulate round here.
All I have to say is Sharon Stone has a horsey-looking mouth.
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Scott, this where you issue an apology.
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What did I miss
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What exactly am I supposed to apologize for? I’m really sorry I got harsh with someone that insinuated an activity I do every day is tantamount to murder.
Tell you what guys, I’ll come to your work in the middle of the day, hop up on a desk in the middle of the office, point right at your face, and scream at the top of my lungs that you’re a rapist! We’ll see if maybe you get a little pissed off when someone accuses you of something awful for shock value.
If you’ve changed your name 3 times and yet I still pick on everything you say, perhaps it’s not you as a person, but the things you say that piss me off.
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Everyone seems to thinks you’re a jerk though, Scott. Not just me. I was honest and kinda vulnerable there, and you did the same thing as always. Shouldn’t have tried to explain my emotions, I suppose. I wasn’t going for shock value, I honestly believe killing an innocent animal is murder, but only in the sense of killing something that has done nothing to you. I don’t go round telling people to become a vegetarian, I shouldn’t have said that, and frankly, if I offended anyone with that comment, I’m sorry. It was over the top, I’m too emotional about the issue.
And I’m not a fool, for christsake, of course it’s what I say that pisses you off. It’s how you immaturely attack what I say that makes you a mean spirited person. That’s assuming you even know what I’m talking about. Pseudo-intellectual. -
Tarantulas have fangs, not pincers CB and I hate spiders !!
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I don’t think Scott F. is a jerk
And I am sick and tired of the shallow alarmist tactics that “animal rights” people and environmentalists sometimes employ.
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k. don’t get upset by Scott. Everything I’ve read of his (and this is not meant to be offensive Scott, you often raise some good points) is said in a competitive fashion. For him it’s not about sharing a dialogue and considering the opinions of others, it’s about winning.
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Lord forbid I actually agree with Scott F, but here I go. I too am one of those people who thinks PETA is so melodramatic and stupid that I eat meat just to spite them whenever I hear about their latest dumb stunt. If that makes me a murderer, then lock me up, baby. I don’t go around telling vegetarians they should eat meat, and I don’t appreciate them thinking they’re exempt from the rules of basic courtesy that keep me from doing so.
That said, I don’t like Sharon Stone *or* spiders, but I have to agree that just using a damn fake spider would have been better for all involved. Spiders need their pincers to survive, and de-fanging it was cruel.
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I actually said I don’t agree with PETA. In every post, I believe. I just happen to also be a vegetarian. I don’t think PETA goes about anything the right way. Being a veggie is my personal choice, and I do hope I haven’t misled anyone into thinking I’d try to force anyone. Though I don’t know how I would, barring the murder comment I made of which I apologized for TWICE. Do I wish nobody would eat meat? Of course. But I don’t judge people who do. This was never about that.
You’re right, Wif, it is about winning to him. Making the other person feel bad. Maybe it’s my lack of testosterone, but I don’t get it. I said one stupid thing, ONE, and I’m being crucified by this brute and anyone else jumping on the bully bandwagon. *cough*kimmi*cough*
And everything else I say is ignored. Scott’s allowed to go on being an ass. This is my favorite blog. I come on here usually to read and occasionally comment. Scott comes on here to apparently take out his rage on secular society and activists. I can’t help being upset, I don’t like bullies. It’s rude to treat someone like that.
So it’s about winning? Fine, Scott, you win this impromptu unintentional debate. But you still have to wake up every morning being you. So I guess I’ve won something. -
actually, k, you said you agreed with Ashley, who called someone a “fucking idiot”. How is that not being a bully? Or were you trying to make Lauri feel good by calling her that? Backpedaling only gets you so far when your previous comments are still in writing directly above. And I have to agree with scott; if you’ve changed your name, its clearly about your inflammatory comments, not you as a person.
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Jesus.
I didn’t call ANYONE a fucking idiot.I said I agreed that what whoever had said they were going to eat meat specifically because PETA did something stupid. I also mentioned that in a previous post (#18).
my quote:”I will, however, say how petty it is just bc a stupid organization like peta makes dumb statements CONSTANTLY, to go eat meat. ”I also addressed the name changing thing as well in yet another post. (#25)
my quote: “And I’m not a fool, for christsake, of course it’s what I say that pisses you off. It’s how you immaturely attack what I say that makes you a mean spirited person.”My writing was clearly written above and it is here for your convenience the next time you want to insult me.
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Ps- I could have been more specific as to what aspect of Ashley’s post I agreed with, though, you are right about that. So I am sorry Laurie, if you read this. I honestly wasn’t calling you an idiot, I’m really sorry it sounded like I was.
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I heart Scott.. and his opinion. That is all I have to say on this subject.
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The ONLY thing Ashley said in her comment that wasn’t a quote from Laurie was that Laurie was a fucking idiot and that she rests her case that Laurie’s a fucking idiot. There were no other personal words in that post, and you said you agreed with her. You then called both Laurie and I “petty morons” because we said then what it appears more than a couple other people have said since, that the ridiculousness of PETA drives us to do the exact opposite of what they espouse. I’ll agree Scott can get pretty preachy on occasion, although, alot of times he has some really good insight, but you might want to go back over this and see who was “bullying” to start with.
cb… I know, I broke my self imposed punishment… I just can’t stop being bad. If it makes anyone feel any better, I didn’t cook the hamburger tonight, I just had leftover almond chicken.
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Nobody wants to hear this, but “murder” is a legal term and by proper definition, only humans can be murdered. Animals are killed; Humans are murdered.
And lawyers are, by proper definition, boring…! Myself included.
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she is over.. it will be good if she juz retired to the background.
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Oh my fucking god!
Get over it! This is still going on?
Yes I think it’s petty and moronic to eat meat just out of spite for PETA. Not taking that back. Didn’t mean to call anyone a fucking idiot. Don’t you dare call me a bully for misspeaking once, echoing someone else who hasn’t been bitched out. I’ve been fucking defending myself after that all night. To bullies. But clearly, when one person calls someone petty and moronic, they’re a bully, yet when 19 people gang up on her for hours, that’s not bullying. Oh ok. Got the memo now. Thanks kids.
I;m done with this thread. All it’s done is piss me off, hurt my feelings, and make my already receding faith in humanity even lower.
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k - do not change your name again, that is not permitted at all. I understand if you get upset in threads that are personal to you, but in that case just stop talking to people and come back in a day or two. There’s plenty of shit to talk about here and it changes enough.
Also - I eat meat probably every day, but I do it for personal reasons just like the vegetarians. I do it because I think that’s how we evolved and that meat is the best food for humans. I could be totally mistaken, and there are health benefits and many valid arguments for a vegetarian diet, but I am not pushing my beliefs on anyone else.
We are condemning PETA on one hand for being so vehement with blinders on about animals. On the other hand you’re doing the same thing about meat-eating in some cases. (I am not talking about the people merely saying they want to eat meat in response. I am talking about the people getting all indignant and entitled about it.)
Meat eaters - how would you feel if you wanted a nice filet mignon or even something like veal and a vegetarian got all up in your face and said it was unnatural and you didn’t deserve it?
You shoving the meat in those type of vegetarian’s faces is the same thing and is a dumb response to this. Just say that you don’t agree and take the high road. By being all aggressive about it you are proving their point and doing the same thing that you are accusing them of.
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I am sorry. I did not know I couldn’t use a different name if i didn’t want the old one. I will not post comments anymore. I know you didn’t say that, but it’s for the best. I don’t understand how I’m coming across very well. I do not want to risk causing any more trouble. Please delete my posts.
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Meat-eating, PETA-hating poster here but (poisonous ones aside) spiders are lovely creatures, albeit furry and somewhat scary and prone to suddenly running across your bare foot and scaring the crap out of you.
They’re brilliant at controlling all the other annoying bugs that hang around your houses. Don’t kill them. Please!
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Oh, my…things did get a bit heated there, didn’t they? Didn’t mean to rile people up with my comments. That is simply how I choose to do things. PETA wants to use heavy handed tactics to promote their cause; that is their choice. I choose to respond by eating meat; that is my choice. I certainly wasn’t saying that everyone should do so, or even that it was the mature thing to do.
I don’t disrespect vegetarians; my own mother is one. I just don’t happen to be one. I don’t think I have a right to dictate what others eat, any more than they have that right against me. If one considers meat to be murder, then there are ways to promote that ideal without being militant and turning other people off your ideas. I didn’t get wound up when Paul McCartney suggested “meat free Mondays.” That’s because he was suggesting as an idea, not condemning people who don’t. That, I can respect. I don’t approve of hunting for sport, either. Where’s the sport in that?
It is the militant attitude and claim to moral superiority that I take issue with. I am all for ensuring that animals are kept in good conditions and treated well; who would want otherwise? But I do think that farmed animals, in general, are a perfectly reasonable and acceptable food source. Perhaps I feel this way because my family is from a long, long line of farmers. Or because I was raised as a meat eater. But as I said, Mom is a vegetarian, so it is not as though the behavior wasn’t modeled for me as a kid, either.
Anyway, I enjoy a good steak or burger, and do eat meat most days, and don’t regret it. My decision to eat meat when I hear about PETA’s latest lunacy is just my little protest, and again, I don’t expect everyone to agree with me.
And don’t worry, I know I’m not an idiot, so that comment didn’t bother me.
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It seems to me that we are all, essentially, on the same page, but getting stuck on phrases.
Everybody here seems to think PETA is way too militant, and I agree.
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The spider did actually fall all the way into her mouth. You wouldn’t want it to have sharp bits. It didn’t look like a tarantula though. That scene makes me gag, but it was pretty much the best one in the film.
Oh hang on, she also had to dive head first through a spiderweb with a whopping great spider in that. That coulda been a tarantula. -
SHouldn’t PETA be all upset about HOW the pinchers were removed? Did they rip them off the poor thing while he was awake and squirming? Or did they sedate him and humanely remove them? Why is Sharon Stone the bad guy instead of the guy who actually did the cutting?
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This shit was the best part of this Sharon Stone bullshit. AWESOME.
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We actually have someone who saw the movie on this thread! That’s awesome.
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Oh totally, Celebitchy! I have it on dvd!
aaahahaha
It sucks, don’t buy it, rent it.
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Lauri, I’d love to ask you questions about how you were raised. I am a meat eater, but want to bring my consumption down to once or twice a week rather than the 4 that we’re doing now. But my kids (4 & 2) are CRAZY about meat, and hate our vegetarian meals. What did your mom do?
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Oh, Wif…I am not the person to ask about that. What I didn’t include in my post is that yes, Mom is a vegetarian and has been for many, many years…but she is also anorexic. She is not a healthy vegetarian by any means.
I grew up with Mom going in and out of the hospital because of the anorexia. She’s now in her late 60’s and has lived longer than most people with that disease. Her doctor says she is the oldest he’s seen. She works hard to keep her weight stable now, and at 5′7″ is at about 112 pounds. What’s sad is that she is painfully thin, but if she were a model she’d probably be told to lose weight! Anyway, I digress…
As for how I was raised, Mom always made “traditional” meals for us: burgers, roast beef, etc. She just would never eat it. It never seemed strange to me as a child, because that is all I ever knew. Now I realize how sick she really was.
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Wow. I’m loving this discussion. Personally I’m scared to death of spiders. My dad bought me a long handled dust buster to get them from around my house though a copuple years ago. I love it.
I do not blame Sharon Stone in the least. Will PETA get mad if they found our for the Rattle Snake Training classes for dogs they take off their fangs every day because they keep growing back?Also was said spider poisonous or dangerous? If so then gee, it was for the health of the person.
If she had a puppy or kitten defanged we’d have a problem even if it was 50 years ago.
But PETA is making a name for itself again. A bad one. Anyone remember bloody meals?
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Don’t remember “bloody meals” but I remember when they said we shouldn’t drink milk because it’s “liquid meat.”
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I, too was a total arachnophobe–until my son bought me a tarantula as a gift; set it up in a nice little tank, then completely refused to take care of her. I couldn’t let her die, so I began to feed and water her, and even though she’s the calmest, most laid-back (Chilean Rose hair) pet ever, I have to admit it was at least six months before I could even look at her walking around in the tank without getting the willies. I hold her all the time now, and I’m no longer afraid of any spider. I’m glad I’m not scared anymore, but the people who removed that tarantula’s fangs should never have done that–they can’t eat without them!! So it’s not just stupid Sharon Stone’s fault.
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i don’t care if its a spider or not. taking off a vital piece or her body for something as frivolous as a movie is horrible. I don’t care what kind of animal it is you don’t cause unnecessary harm to it. Even animals i hate i don’t want to see abused!
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I know I’m going to go to hell but this is soooo stupid it’s funny.
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