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Miles Archer

(24,069 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:24 PM 22 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 22 hrs ago OP
I'm praying so hard HAB911 22 hrs ago #1
Brown R Maninacan 22 hrs ago #2
Thoughts and prayers Coventina 22 hrs ago #3
Was he looking for commies under his bed when the spider bit him? Solly Mack 22 hrs ago #4
Why didn't he just shoot the spider when it first got on him? n/t flvegan 22 hrs ago #5
Dammit, you beat me to it. usonian 22 hrs ago #8
😂😂😂😂😂 Traildogbob 21 hrs ago #19
A brown recluse bite is no joke. RandySF 22 hrs ago #6
Brown recluse bites are really bad news QED 22 hrs ago #7
I believe that the brown recluse was at one time referred to as the Missouri Brown Spider Old-8643 22 hrs ago #9
My Rebl2 20 hrs ago #23
I don't see the red line going towards his heart. I had one with my recluse bite. Clouds Passing 22 hrs ago #10
I think reactions can vary by patient. RandySF 21 hrs ago #12
I know some women that would jealous of those tits. BuckIowa 22 hrs ago #11
They should blur out his A cups BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago #14
Whoa, he's so young to be so out of shape PatSeg 21 hrs ago #16
Hope it's nothing minor. nt Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #13
Poor spider 🕷️ MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #15
Stop teasing me spider 😀 malaise 21 hrs ago #17
I hope the spider was standing its ground dickthegrouch 21 hrs ago #18
Kyle needs to man up and walk it off durablend 21 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. 21 hrs ago #21
Tough little spider shakeyslim 20 hrs ago #22
Hoping I'll get the chance to say "Good Rittance" Blue Owl 20 hrs ago #24
Good! Unrepentant Fenian 20 hrs ago #25
Maybe he needs a ballroom built for him to feel safe. surfered 20 hrs ago #26
Didn't he have his rifle with him to defend himself? tanyev 20 hrs ago #27
I'm a Brown Recluse bite survivor... Escape 20 hrs ago #28
In the end, Mother Nature wins. C_U_L8R 19 hrs ago #29
Hope He Has Good Health Insurance modrepub 19 hrs ago #30
Aww, poor baby! JoseBalow 19 hrs ago #31
That was so obviously fake! niyad 19 hrs ago #33
Newest name for the fucking murderer. .kyle shittenhouse. And where is niyad 19 hrs ago #32
Tots and pears Jilly_in_VA 19 hrs ago #34

usonian

(26,352 posts)
8. Dammit, you beat me to it.
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:39 PM
22 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

(3,361 posts)
7. Brown recluse bites are really bad news
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:37 PM
22 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
22 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
20 hrs ago

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

PatSeg

(53,406 posts)
16. Whoa, he's so young to be so out of shape
Wed May 6, 2026, 04:13 PM
21 hrs ago

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

Rob H.

(5,892 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
21 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

(49,561 posts)
27. Didn't he have his rifle with him to defend himself?
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:59 PM
20 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

(507 posts)
28. I'm a Brown Recluse bite survivor...
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:59 PM
20 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

(4,175 posts)
30. Hope He Has Good Health Insurance
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:16 PM
19 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

(133,723 posts)
32. Newest name for the fucking murderer. .kyle shittenhouse. And where is
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:28 PM
19 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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