Boys let black widow bite them in hopes of turning into Spider-Man

[Morg]

https://nypost.com/2020/05/25/boys-let-black-widow-bite-them-in-hopes-of-turning-into-spider-man/?

Three young Bolivian brothers were hospitalized after getting a black widow spider to bite them — thinking it would turn them into Spider-Man, according to officials.

The Marvel-loving siblings — aged 12, 10 and 8 — found the spider while herding goats in Chayanta, a Ministry of Health official revealed at coronavirus briefing Saturday, according to Telemundo.

Thinking it would give them superhero powers, they prodded it with a stick until it bit each of them in turn, the official, Virgilio Pietro, said.

Finding them crying, their mom rushed them to a nearby health center, which transferred them to a nearby hospital, Telemundo said.

The would-be Peter Parkers were transferred a third time, taken to the Children’s Hospital in La Paz the next day with fevers, tremors and muscle pains, according to the report.

There, they were successfully treated and discharged last Wednesday, almost a week after they were bitten, the report says.

Pietro shared the drama as a warning to parents, saying that “for children everything is real, movies are real” — even though they are in fact an “illusion,” according to Telemundo.

With venom 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s, black widows are one of the most feared spiders in the world, and the most venomous in north America, National Geographic says.

While their bites are not usually fatal, children are among those most at risk, along with the elderly and infirm, the site says.

They are not aggressive and bite only in self-defense, National Geographic says — including, it seems, when prodded by young superhero fans.

 

[Guts]

At least they didn't expose themselves to lots of radiation in hopes of becoming the Hulk.

 

[InCali]

https://nypost.com/2020/05/25/boys-let-black-widow-bite-them-in-hopes-of-turning-into-spider-man/?

One of these days, one of these young men should run to be governor of Georgia.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I admire their dedication to be a superhero. But they forgot one crucial part about becoming Spider-Man. The spider itself has to be either genetically altered or radioactive. No normal spider will do.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

If they were really hardcore they'd have put out a hit on their parents then pleaded to go to the theatre.

 

[thangaran]

Wait they didn’t turn into Black Widow? She has mad fighting skills and cool gadgets..

 

[InCali]

I admire their dedication to be a superhero. But they forgot one crucial part about becoming Spider-Man. The spider itself has to be either genetically altered or radioactive. No normal spider will do.

Please don’t encourage them. Please?

 

[Marvolo]

Pietro shared the drama as a warning to parents, saying that “for children everything is real, movies are real” — even though they are in fact an “illusion,” according to Telemundo.

No. Those kids are old enough to know that comic book superheroes and magic and fantasy movies arent real. Especially the 12 year old.

 

[Nardz937]

I admire their dedication to be a superhero. But they forgot one crucial part about becoming Spider-Man. The spider itself has to be either genetically altered or radioactive. No normal spider will do.

This is the part that bothered me most. These kids had no understanding of the source material at all. They deserved what happened.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

This is the part that bothered me most. These kids had no understanding of the source material at all. They deserved what happened.

The way I howled at this lmao.

 

[Dr.]

Perhaps he's extrapolating from real-life role models:

 

[Fincher]

Spider-Man: Homecoming didn't say anything about the spider being radioactive, or anything like that, so that's probably part of it.

I'm sure this changes Marvel's plan for the third movie, where the villain gets his power from eating Tide Pods.

 

[Flash525]

Close call. Could’ve ended up like the MCU Black Widow here.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Uh oh, better cancel Spider-Man.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

whatever happened to the thread about stupid people doing stupid things

 

[terry78]

Now why didn't I think of that?

 

[Pink Ranger]

Spider-Man: Homecoming didn't say anything about the spider being radioactive, or anything like that, so that's probably part of it.

I'm sure this changes Marvel's plan for the third movie, where the villain gets his power from eating Tide Pods.

Damnit, now I have to cancel my self-published comic books "Swallowing Stuff Under the Sink Man," "Captain Lego-Eater" and "Professor Whenever and His Time Travelling Abandoned Refrigerator."

 

[Zorro]

Nincompoops! 8yo maybe but the 10 and especially 12yo brother should have known it was bs, dumb and risky to try. It's common sense and if it was even possible to easily get superpowers like in comics, then everyone would be outside during lightning storms trying to become The Flash

 

[Drizzle]

Wait they didn’t turn into Black Widow? She has mad fighting skills and cool gadgets..

Close call. Could’ve ended up like the MCU Black Widow here.

Boy gets bitten by Black Widow. Boy wakes up the next day and sees he now has the body of Scarlett Johansson. Boy never leaves house again.

 

[Morg]

whatever happened to the thread about stupid people doing stupid things

That Florida man/woman thread you mean?

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

That Florida man/woman thread you mean?

Wasn't there an ongoing thread about news stories about people doing stupid things?

here this is the one

Stupid People Doing Stupid Things Thread - Part 3

 

[Iceman]

This is the part that bothered me most. These kids had no understanding of the source material at all. They deserved what happened.

What happened to education standards? These guys should have read their comics - life is dangerous when you don't.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Pietro shared the drama as a warning to parents, saying that “for children everything is real, movies are real” — even though they are in fact an “illusion,” according to Telemundo.

No. Those kids are old enough to know that comic book superheroes and magic and fantasy movies arent real. Especially the 12 year old.

You'd be surprised at how many older than 12 years think they can obtain super powers through such dangerous means.