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Title: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Turnsky on January 04, 2007, 11:33:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc&eurl=


some funny stuff indeed
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on January 04, 2007, 11:38:23 AM
Someone on another forum posted this just yesterday.  And yes, it is funny.
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Tapewolf on January 04, 2007, 11:42:01 AM
Quote from: Turnsky on January 04, 2007, 11:33:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc&eurl=
some funny stuff indeed

Funny, but I was hoping it was film of the actual experiments done by NASA 12 years ago.

I think these are they, but the Guardian article was funnier.  I'll have to see if I can find it again..

**EDIT**
This one's almost as good as The Guardian's take:
http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Stygian on January 04, 2007, 11:59:07 AM
Hmmm... the workings of organic brain systems... If only we could find out how these things actually work, we'd... well, we'd not have any great use of it, but I'm sure we would have more fun somehow.
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Alan Garou on January 04, 2007, 01:54:02 PM
Scientists: Torturing small animals for your amusement for over a century.  :mwaha
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Tapewolf on January 04, 2007, 02:56:26 PM
Quote from: Alan Garou on January 04, 2007, 01:54:02 PM
Scientists: Torturing small animals for your amusement for over a century.  :mwaha

The Guardian writeup had something like "NASA picked on spiders because people were less likely to object than if they had performed the experiments on higher lifeforms."
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Brunhidden on January 04, 2007, 03:22:30 PM
Im reminded of a book i read several years ago about the history of caffeene and americas dependancy on it. much of it was astounding, funny, freaky, or just plain obscure facts. one chapte specifically compared the effects of caffeene to other drugs by doseing spiders with the drugs and observing thier webs. can you imagine what a spider on marajuana will make for a web? how bout the web of a spider on crack? the heroin one was downright funny. but the researchers said the one dosed with caffeene was the most distorted because it was no longer a 'wheel' shape of concentric rings and spokes. in fact, it had several squares and at least three diffrent 'centers' to the web.

for some reason the researchers either diceded not to dose a spider with alcahol or they decided not to place the photo in this book. current theory states the spider probably made its web on the floor before passing out.

QuoteWell heidi-ho
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Blazehawk on January 04, 2007, 07:49:16 PM
What is it with all these spider-related conversations in forums I visit?  :U
Anyway, I couldn't help but think of Serqet, a scorpion goddess who is also connected to spiders.

"Dude....I need to come down here more often.."*snoozes in web*  :3
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Boog on January 04, 2007, 07:56:31 PM
I'd heard about the actual experiment, but didn't know the specifics. This is pretty hilarious though.
Heh. Weird thought; could this video cure people of arachnophobia? Just an idea...
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on January 04, 2007, 07:59:57 PM
That youtube was well worth waiting for. :-) (can't view them at work, soo)
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Alondro on January 05, 2007, 12:59:56 PM
Quote from: Alan Garou on January 04, 2007, 01:54:02 PM
Scientists: Torturing small animals for your amusement for over a century.  :mwaha

Yes, we scientists do torture small animals... but it's not for your amusement!  We have much better reasons for it! 

It's for OUR amusement.  *tortures a mouse he's named 'Gadget'*  :mwaha  :mwaha
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Zorro on January 05, 2007, 09:06:35 PM
Lab mice are cute, until one of the little bastards bite you.   :bunny

After that it is all evil overlord time!   :kruger
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Zedd on January 05, 2007, 09:07:18 PM
I hate see a Darvos labmouse
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Alan Garou on January 06, 2007, 01:11:33 PM
Quote from: Zorro on January 05, 2007, 09:06:35 PM
Lab mice are cute, until one of the little bastards bite you.   :bunny
Once, when I was five, a pet shop employee showed us the mice. My dad picked one up, and it bit clean through his fingernail. The employee had to pry the mouse's mouth open by hand. We decided to get a nice rat instead.
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Vidar on January 06, 2007, 03:24:09 PM
Quote from: Alondro on January 05, 2007, 12:59:56 PM
Quote from: Alan Garou on January 04, 2007, 01:54:02 PM
Scientists: Torturing small animals for your amusement for over a century.  :mwaha

Yes, we scientists do torture small animals... but it's not for your amusement!  We have much better reasons for it! 

It's for OUR amusement.  *tortures a mouse he's named 'Gadget'*  :mwaha  :mwaha

You hate the Rescue Rangers, don't you, you soulless evil bastard.  'A'
Title: Re: Stoned Spiders, anybody?
Post by: Aisha deCabre on January 06, 2007, 09:29:37 PM
Quote from: Boogeyman on January 04, 2007, 07:56:31 PM
I'd heard about the actual experiment, but didn't know the specifics. This is pretty hilarious though.
Heh. Weird thought; could this video cure people of arachnophobia? Just an idea...

I dunno about this video...I do recall though an experiment in curing people of it where they are given a little virtual reality helmet and are able to play around with a virtual spider.

Seemed to work, too.