#that are overused as a cheap scare or disgust tactic

[reject-dystopia]

I hate that they have spiders at all bc it’s a massive reason I rarely every play in survival mode - I have REALLY bad arachnophobia, to the point that I can’t enjoy Minecraft in survival mode at all. I know many times people who share this sentiment.

Arachnophobia is THE most common phobia, if there is a species that is unfairly hated then it’s spiders. (I can recognize that and still freak out bad when I see them). Who for the most part, at least to my knowledge in the Northern Hemisphere, stay away from humans or are passive.

Wild cows and pigs however will attack way sooner of you approach them, sometimes wild pigs in Europe will attack you simply bc they see you if they have their young close by. For the most part they will also not approach humans/ avoid us. But if humans come close, they will perceive us as a threat, rightfully so if you ask me, and attack. You have to come a lot closer to a spider for it to perceive you as a threat than a wild pig. Wild cows/ animals of the same group are similar for that matter.

So if “we don’t want people to approach them” is a good reason to not help out sharks here, who really need it, then we have to remove cows and pigs too.

And sharks, who’re still killed for the crime of existing in their natural habitat simply because humans claimed part of their habitat and destroyed the rest. Who’re still hunted, have their fins cut off and thrown back in the water to slowly drown or bleed out or be eaten while they’re defenseless and in excruciating pain. Sharks, who’re to this day unnecessarily feared and seen as a danger, unjustifiably so, considering cows kill far more humans than sharks and you have to seek out shark for the most part while encountering a wild pig is a lot easier.

Sharks REALLY need our help here.

And if we managed to give wolves a better image again after almost hunting them to extinction partially out of fear, we can do the same with sharks.

So give us passive sharks already!

And remove the goddamn spiders while you’re at it or at least give us the option to remove them with a simple button for those of us who suck at modding thank you very much

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