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Miles Archer

(24,056 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:24 PM 5 hrs ago

"BUT IS THE SPIDER OK?" Pudgy Teen Rambo Rittenhouse hospitalized after spider bite. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL! POOR KYLE!

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite.

He shared a photo of himself in a hospital and where the apparent bite was located on his body.

https://www.rawstory.com/kyle-rittenhouse-hospitalized-after-venomous-spider-bite/

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"BUT IS THE SPIDER OK?" Pudgy Teen Rambo Rittenhouse hospitalized after spider bite. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL! POOR KYLE! (Original Post) Miles Archer 5 hrs ago OP
I'm praying so hard HAB911 5 hrs ago #1
Brown R Maninacan 5 hrs ago #2
Thoughts and prayers Coventina 5 hrs ago #3
Was he looking for commies under his bed when the spider bit him? Solly Mack 5 hrs ago #4
Why didn't he just shoot the spider when it first got on him? n/t flvegan 5 hrs ago #5
Dammit, you beat me to it. usonian 4 hrs ago #8
😂😂😂😂😂 Traildogbob 4 hrs ago #19
A brown recluse bite is no joke. RandySF 4 hrs ago #6
Brown recluse bites are really bad news QED 4 hrs ago #7
I believe that the brown recluse was at one time referred to as the Missouri Brown Spider Old-8643 4 hrs ago #9
My Rebl2 3 hrs ago #23
I don't see the red line going towards his heart. I had one with my recluse bite. Clouds Passing 4 hrs ago #10
I think reactions can vary by patient. RandySF 4 hrs ago #12
I know some women that would jealous of those tits. BuckIowa 4 hrs ago #11
They should blur out his A cups BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago #14
Whoa, he's so young to be so out of shape PatSeg 4 hrs ago #16
Hope it's nothing minor. nt Wednesdays 4 hrs ago #13
Poor spider 🕷️ MustLoveBeagles 4 hrs ago #15
Stop teasing me spider 😀 malaise 4 hrs ago #17
I hope the spider was standing its ground dickthegrouch 4 hrs ago #18
Kyle needs to man up and walk it off durablend 4 hrs ago #20
"The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out" Rob H. 3 hrs ago #21
Tough little spider shakeyslim 3 hrs ago #22
Hoping I'll get the chance to say "Good Rittance" Blue Owl 3 hrs ago #24
Good! Unrepentant Fenian 2 hrs ago #25
Maybe he needs a ballroom built for him to feel safe. surfered 2 hrs ago #26
Didn't he have his rifle with him to defend himself? tanyev 2 hrs ago #27
I'm a Brown Recluse bite survivor... Escape 2 hrs ago #28
In the end, Mother Nature wins. C_U_L8R 2 hrs ago #29
Hope He Has Good Health Insurance modrepub 2 hrs ago #30
Aww, poor baby! JoseBalow 2 hrs ago #31
That was so obviously fake! niyad 2 hrs ago #33
Newest name for the fucking murderer. .kyle shittenhouse. And where is niyad 2 hrs ago #32
Tots and pears Jilly_in_VA 2 hrs ago #34

usonian

(26,341 posts)
8. Dammit, you beat me to it.
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:39 PM
4 hrs ago

AR-15's are murder on spiders.

Next, a flamethrower for the wasp's nest in his garage. (true story, if not KKKKyle)

QED

(3,357 posts)
7. Brown recluse bites are really bad news
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:37 PM
4 hrs ago

My neighbor spent a week in the hospital and nearly died from one.

Old-8643

(21 posts)
9. I believe that the brown recluse was at one time referred to as the Missouri Brown Spider
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:42 PM
4 hrs ago

Brown Recluse (tan, violin-shaped mark): Venom is cytotoxic, causing necrosis (tissue death), fever, chills, and severe, slow-healing wounds.



Rebl2

(17,899 posts)
23. My
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:19 PM
3 hrs ago

cousin was bitten by one many years ago and it took him forever to get over the bite.

PatSeg

(53,401 posts)
16. Whoa, he's so young to be so out of shape
Wed May 6, 2026, 04:13 PM
4 hrs ago

Guess if you have enough guns, you don't have to be fit and healthy.

Rob H.

(5,889 posts)
21. "The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out"
Wed May 6, 2026, 04:44 PM
3 hrs ago

But what if it's a communist brown recluse? Checkmate!

Edit: my favorite comment on the article: "Has a GoFundMe been established for the spider yet? How is it doing?"

tanyev

(49,548 posts)
27. Didn't he have his rifle with him to defend himself?
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

Oh, it’s basically useless in the face of what is probably the most serious actual threat he’s ever dealt with.

Escape

(506 posts)
28. I'm a Brown Recluse bite survivor...
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

Happened in the Summer of 1971 in Pratt, Kansas.

The doctor had just been to a seminar where he learned that the infected area could be cut out instead of just having is "sluff off". They didn't get it all in the first surgery, so they did it again the next day..

I had no problems after that, but still have a 6" scar on my back from the surgeries.

The spider that bit Rittenhouse should get the Medal of Honor.

modrepub

(4,168 posts)
30. Hope He Has Good Health Insurance
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:16 PM
2 hrs ago

Seriously, hospital stays can be expensive. No him having to go to a GoFundMe page to pay for treatment would be some poetic justice.

niyad

(133,708 posts)
32. Newest name for the fucking murderer. .kyle shittenhouse. And where is
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:28 PM
2 hrs ago

the actual bite mark? I see a very hairy arm with a slightly reddish area.

"communists" tried to take him out? when?

No word on the spider's condition.

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