# Thanks to Charlotte's Web I am a little less arachnophobic.

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**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-charlottes-web-i-am-a-little-less-arachnophobic/417568 "2007-08-31T02:04:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-charlottes-web-i-am-a-little-less-arachnophobic/417568/1 "2007-08-31T02:04:31Z")

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Not that I was particularly arachnophobic before I watched this film.

My excuse for watching a kids film is that I’d read the book as a kid.

At the risk of spoiling the film for anyone I’ll include a huge spacer…

A particular example of my newfound spidery relaxedness was the other day: I saw a bit of fluff under a shelf. Thinking it was _only_ a bit of fluff I pulled it out. Out rushed about 30 or 40 tiny tiny little spiders. They all spread themselves out over the web that turned out to be surrounding the ‘fluff’. I think I would have shuddered at this sight had I not seen Charlotte’s Web. But All I thought was… ‘all the little kids are free and exploring their new world’

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-charlottes-web-i-am-a-little-less-arachnophobic/417568/2 "2007-08-31T02:16:58Z")

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Marvelous creatures, spiders are.

Here’s an article to test your newfound bravery: [Huge web discovered in Texas](http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3540678)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-charlottes-web-i-am-a-little-less-arachnophobic/417568/3 "2007-08-31T03:15:00Z")

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Oh God, I told myself not to click on the link. But did I listen? Noooooo. How am I supposed to go to sleep tonight? Urk!

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-charlottes-web-i-am-a-little-less-arachnophobic/417568/4 "2007-08-31T12:10:28Z")

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[QUOTE=blondebear]  
Marvelous creatures, spiders are.

Here’s an article to test your newfound bravery: [Huge web discovered in Texas](http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3540678)  
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From the article:

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> There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs.

“Help Meeeee!”