Poor Tarantula.
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And that’s basically it!
I know they're not fucking toys. They're lovely animals too.
Smarter than some dogs.
If recent times are any indication, people too.
Humans set the bar real low
I wonder why she's running as an independent. Couldn't be more qualified to be a Republican.
Although she initially launched her political career as a Republican and lost two Hennepin County Board races in 2024, the local 3rd Congressional District GOP committee withdrew its endorsement following her 2024 arrest, stating she 'does not reflect our values'.
The GOP kicked her out for bad behavior. She's too much for the addicts and pedophile warmongers.
Sounds like a charmer....
The bodycam footage of the incident is wild. She’s a complete and total piece of shit.
There's a whole video of this floating around on the internet. I usually don't go in for videos that look like the old Cops show, but that one is worth a watch.
The woman she was harassing was renting out the basement of the house through Airbnb because she was fleeing domestic violence.
Simonetti didn't even own the property. She was illegally subletting the basement. The cops showed up and Simonetti was so crazy that the cops weren't having it.
I’ve seen this too, these people are terrifying. Here’s the link to the full body cam. Get ready for a whole helping of crazy eyes
I skipped on the other videos, but got sucked in by the crazy eyes comment. What a ride!
That was fucking insane, like, Jesus christ, don't let this bitch control ANYTHING!
a karen in its feral state.
She was convicted of gross misdemeanour harassment and misdemeanour domestic assault
I guess tarantulas aren't cute enough to warrant an animal cruelty charge :(
Here is another article on this that I found a little bit clearer in terms of what happened. So basically her tenant asked her to fulfill a basic responsibility that landlords are supposed to handle and she had an absolute fucking meltdown? Honestly the tarantula is the tamest part of it. I hope the tarantula is okay and also that the tenant is okay, not because the tarantula was a real danger but because of every other fucking thing this woman did. Good lord.
This is so much worse than "neighbor".
Also, how fun:
Simonetti "intercepted" groceries ordered by the individual and refused to return them until officers told her to do so
also blared loud Christian music
Simonetti, a local real estate businesswoman who runs a house-buying firm
Jfc this article just gets worse and worse
AI slop thumbnail though
Tarantulas aren't cheap pets. That's definitely sending a message.
They're also incredibly delicate animals :(
For the curious, falling more than a few inches is often fatal due to a burst abdomen.
Oh no, poor thing
the Hennepin County workhouse
the what now?
Wow, attacking girl scouts AND THEN POSTING THE VIDEO YOURSELF. Completely lost the plot.
Showed the headline to a friend and asked him what he thought she did for a living.
'Realtor' was his first guess.
She's even worse than that, she's a professional parasite. She runs a "home buying firm," which means she routinely fucks people out of an average of $50,000 per transaction. To accomplish this, she uses media (TV, billboards, print, social) to convince homeowners of a lie (they will make the same if not more money using homebuyer services than using the conventional real estate process) by telling them a truth (the transaction will be fast and they will have money in their hands in just a few days).
It's an amazing feat of leveraging human desire to absolutely fuck the dogshit out of them: they willingly believe the lie because they want the money in their hands quickly and in so doing, they get fucked out of five figures.
She's perfect for US Senate except for being about 50 years too young.
Really not fair to the tarantula, who asked for none of this.
Tarantula are wildly intelligent. Like, smart dog intelligent.
This is a 100% lie and literally anyone here with a single minute to spare could fact check and learn they aren't very intelligent at all. Nowhere remotely close to a dog or cat, and aren't even known to be the smartest types of spiders. It's kind of sad that 28 people straight just blindly up voted this comment without a single one of them knowing it wasn't true and didn't bother to check.
They're super cool, but they're still dumb.
I love tarantulas. My first-ever job was at a pet store and I used to let a large rose-hair chill with me at the register, crawling on my shoulder or head or whatever. Watching people coming in to buy dog food and shakily throwing their money in my direction was a bonus.
For this reason I still get uneasy feelings whenever I watch Home Alone and Kevin grabs the tarantula. There's a scene after it's on Joe Pesci where you can tell it got injured during the shoot because it's limping.
Like, “sit”, “stay”, and “fetch me a cigarette”?! I want video of this
They aren't. They're pretty dumb. Way dumber than a dog or cat. Learning you aren't a threat to them is about as advanced as a tarantula can get. They aren't even the smartest spiders.
Tarantula are wildly intelligent. Like, smart dog intelligent.
Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit on that bullshit. There is zero chance of that being true.
You know, I think headlines like these might be getting to the point where they don't even qualify as onion-like. The Onion headlines are at least clever jokes that make sense when you think about them. This is more like someone playing "yes and" with a bunch of crazy people.
Wait...does the Girl Scout organization not secure legal clearance at all for its scouts to sell? Or is she just a complete moron?
That poor spider.
Her candidacy has drawn further attention after a video she posted of herself confronting a Girl Scout and the child's mother over selling cookies without a permit went viral, putting her own conduct under public scrutiny.
The tarantula thing wasn't enough?
Marisa "Karen" Simonetti