Don't look up Spider Bites on Google Images. Just don't. Amirite?

I'm curious now. I'm gonna do it!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I did. And it was AWESOME.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

No one listens. lol.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

and people wonder why i have arachnophobia....

by Anonymous 14 years ago

icky

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ahhhhhhh. D:

by Anonymous 14 years ago

you do realize that by saying that people will..i did...and it was GROSS =D

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*whispers* It's part of my plan to take over the world. Then when I let out my evil clan of robo-spiders everyone will cower in fear. mwahaha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That was disturbing, but at least I don't feel like a loser for being afraid of them now.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

..shiiit

by Anonymous 14 years ago

aw man, reverse phsycology gets me every time. :(

by Anonymous 13 years ago

DON'T LOOK UP BED BUGS.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought of spider bites then I thought of the piercings

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Me too. But they're called snake bites aren't they?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've heard of snake bites too though

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(vomit)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Harlequin-type ichthyosis!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I looked it up on wiki first, and it's actually very sad for those plagued with it. The faint of heart definitely should not look up images, though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What is it about?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a very severe skin disorder that affects infants from the womb and usually kills them shortly thereafter. The skin has very high amounts of keratin and is dry and cracked. The affected person's skin cracks and has diamond-shaped scales over it, hence "harlequin" which is like the pattern clowns and jesters used to wear. At places where the skin creases, there are open wounds which can get infected. The images are very graphic because they show a whole bunch of babies that almost look like something out of a gory horror film. I felt a little sick even though I watch a lot of medical/disease stuff.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh dear. So most victims (for lack of better term) die as infants?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, but I think the oldest sufferer lived to be 26.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Age of death kinda reminds me of progeria for some odd reason.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I saw a couple of images that reminded me of progeria (those were of harlequin survivors that were probably being treated with drugs, though). Progeria suddenly "seems" like a mild disease in comparison to harlequin-type. It is much easier to look at in my opinion. I remember seeing some kind of documentary on it a while back, and I had no trouble watching it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I didn't even know diseases like this existed until recently. Its kind of sad, isn't it?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It is very sad. I used to watch Discovery Health and TLC a lot, so you see so many of these disorders and diseases. Even though it's sad, in a way I like learning about these things so that I'm aware. A lot of the time it is inspirational because the children are still happy to be alive, and they want to share their story.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think those kids are really strong to be able bro endure something like that, because many people out there wouldn't be able to withstand that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I totally agree. If you look up harlequin ichthyosis on Google, a video comes up of this 14 year old girl with the disorder. It's a little graphic in some parts, but very inspirational.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Im way too scared. I cannot really handle things like that. But with this disorder, can people like wash their face, or use lotion or something like that?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha, I don't blame you. They have to drink tons of water, and when they take baths, they don't fully dry off. They have to use this really thick moisturizer and special shampoos. Putting on the moisturizer has to be done almost constantly, and it has a greasy consistency.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ugh. I would absolutely hate that. So does the girl get teased for her disorder?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

She does teased. People are cruel. Whenever a stranger teases her, though, she gives them a card explaining her disease. She has two friends, but they are some of the first friends she has ever had. She goes to a ichthyosis convention every two years, and she has some friends there. She plays violin and is active in her church though, so I don't think she's letting the disease hold her back.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's great! But to play violin you need to hold the thing in your face, so is that much of a problem for her? And that's an amazing way to handle the hate she gets for it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It actually didn't see like a problem in the video, and she didn't say anything about it. I think her whole story is amazing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i would only be able to watch that with somebody. If I watched it in school, I would be less scared than if I watched it by myself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Like I said I don't blame you. I didn't think the video was that bad, but at least you seem interested in the disease like I am.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Were taking up a lot of space and our comments are unrelated to the post Can you message me instead?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How am I supposed to agree or disagree if I don't look it up?!?!?!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well it's not an opinion so there's really no way to agree or disagree..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I did, but then I typed in "spider bites piercings" then it was all good. I'm still traumatized

by Anonymous 13 years ago

DONT LOOK UP BLUE WAFFLE . troll

by Anonymous 13 years ago

OH WHATS A BLUE WAFFLE I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE I MEAN THE JOKE HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE NOW BUT I'VE YET TO CHECK IT OUT BETTER CHECK NOW HERP DERP

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I see your point, but this was some of the worst sarcasm I've seen.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's both sarcasm and rage, so0o0o0o0o0o

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate spiders more now arachnophobia level 2,356,355,559 Some people had freaking holes in thier skin. Deep gashes of missing skin. Usually I'm too scared to kill them, but fuck that, all spiders must die.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So itchy...so itchy...OHMYGODWHATTHEFUCKISTHAT oh it's just dust...so itchy...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay, I won't.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I didn't. God. I r, so badass.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wasn't going to...but I HAD to, I couldn't help myself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh no. Now I did :'(

by Anonymous 13 years ago