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When I go to Leeds Arena on Friday to see FOB and it will remind me of seeing my only other concert there- my first GD concert.

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I have another story to tell before getting to the "you know you're a green day fan when..." part.

So... it all starts with approximately 400 tarantulas being confiscated at SeaTac airport after they were illegally trafficked into the country. Some of the poor things had died already, but the living were taken under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department tried to send as many as possible to accredited zoos and other educational organizations, but there were just too many and the remaining 224 spiders ended up at the Washington State University veterinary hospital. At this point, Fish and Wildlife was basically like "Okay well as long as they are going to a place where they will be used for outreach or something that's good enough. We just need them re-homed." Long story short, I helped pick up about 30 tarantulas today from the vet hospital to distribute to people and some to keep as part of my department's teaching collection and now I have one too.

Anyway, you know you're a Green Day fan when you name your new little baby tarantula Gloria, after the 21CB character.

Here is a picture of her. I will spoiler it for those who don't like spiders.

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3 minutes ago, jengd said:

@Slave To The Network I love this (and saw your pics) but I am arachnophobia and you’re freaking me out big time!  Nice name though, even for a t….. 😉

Sorry if I have made you uncomfortable. :( I just really think they are such neat animals. The pictures on my Instagram are not Gloria, but they are some of our outreach critters that we take to educational events. Mine will not be that big for quite some time. She is only a little baby right now. I will try to tone down the arachnid pics if that helps you.

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oh no, I didn’t mean you to do that and no need to apologise.  I am a huge animal lover and am well aware of how stupid a phobia it is.  I think it actually helps me a little to see and hear stuff like this but there is a risk of phone/iPad getting flung across the room 😂😂😂.  You are doing great work.  

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I’m not a fan of spiders either but she’s little and fluffy (for now). It great that you’re giving her a home and that the other spiders are taken care of too.

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When i see some right wing troll talking shit on their social media, I always go right for their sensitive spot trump's impending prison term lol #God hates Trump # billie joe armstrong 2024  

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7 hours ago, Slave To The Network said:

I have another story to tell before getting to the "you know you're a green day fan when..." part.

So... it all starts with approximately 400 tarantulas being confiscated at SeaTac airport after they were illegally trafficked into the country. Some of the poor things had died already, but the living were taken under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department tried to send as many as possible to accredited zoos and other educational organizations, but there were just too many and the remaining 224 spiders ended up at the Washington State University veterinary hospital. At this point, Fish and Wildlife was basically like "Okay well as long as they are going to a place where they will be used for outreach or something that's good enough. We just need them re-homed." Long story short, I helped pick up about 30 tarantulas today from the vet hospital to distribute to people and some to keep as part of my department's teaching collection and now I have one too.

Anyway, you know you're a Green Day fan when you name your new little baby tarantula Gloria, after the 21CB character.

Here is a picture of her. I will spoiler it for those who don't like spiders.

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Omg! That's so cool! I think tarantulas are neat 😁

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Tarantulas are adorable! I'd love to have a pet one someday. Gloria looks like the sweetest lil bub, such pretty legs!

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23 hours ago, Beerjeezus said:

she’s little and fluffy (for now).

Yes, she will get big! She's a Colombian giant red leg and they can get up to 8 inches (measured diagonally from back leg to front leg). I will probably not see her grow to this size, because I am planning to donate her to our university teaching collection when I graduate... if I can bare to part with her. :lol:

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When you must watch everything Roboshobo has even created because you're THAT obsessed.  

If you have to look it up, that's fine.  You can keep your fan card....for now. 

 

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And now I'm listening to Valencia.   I won't even tell you the Green Day connection, you have to guess. 

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When you're watching an MTV VMAs compilation and two seconds in you correctly identify the 2005 VMAs based on the water fountain because it makes you think of the photo shoot Green Day did for the awards where they were all wet. Needless to say, my bf was confused and impressed by my talent :)

(This is the best version of the picture I could find - Green Day in the top left corner)

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When you see this on r/starterpacks and think of Billie. :lol: He doesn't quite fit the stereotype, though.

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4 minutes ago, Slave To The Network said:

When you see this on r/starterpacks and think of Billie. :lol: He doesn't quite fit the stereotype, though.

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After seeing this, I'm glad he doesn't fit the stereotype :lol: 

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On 11/13/2023 at 9:06 PM, Cali89 said:

After seeing this, I'm glad he doesn't fit the stereotype :lol: 

Me too!

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I am eating at Taco Bell because Green Day told me to.   They don't have Green Day stuff, but they do use a pink front.

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Spotify Wrapped says I'm in the top 0.05% of fans.  Next year, 0.01.  I want to be #1. 

I listen to American Dream 78 times in a row, haha. 

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