Spiders on Drugs

In a recent post reference Faith Hill warning off an over-enthusiastic fan who helped herself to a handful of Tim McGraw's scrotum during their Soul2Soul tour, an anonymous comment caught our attention.

"Who cares about Country music? They are all hillbillies making fun of hillbillies to their faces... and they love it! This shit is IMPORTANT!"

It was obviously a well constructed argument, and it made us reflect on our recent content. Were the articles on Trendonyms.com losing their relevancy? After much consideration, several board meetings, and a much heated debate that culminated in fisticuffs between our Vice President and Marketing Director, we decided that, yes, in order to satisfy our readers, we needed something that would strike a chord and really get them thinking.

We first considering covering the collapse of the I35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. However, we've made a vow to avoid negative news at all cost, so we decided against it. We also toyed with covering WebKinz or Nicole Richie's pregnancy. Again, not relevant enough. We wanted something more.

Several hundred man-hours later, we struck paydirt.

Our research team stumbled upon a video documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada in conjunction with the Canadian Wildlife Service. The documentary was conducted in 1960; however, it was not made available to the public until recently. In it, Dr. Peter Witt uses a variety of narcotic stimulants on the common wood spider and observes their affects on the arachnid's web building and social behavior. Through it, we can find many striking and disturbing correlations between spiders and humans when exposed to these mind-altering drugs.

Hopefully, you find it both entertaining and educational.

Warning: The following film involves drug use and violence. Parental discretion is advised.