I probably find it extra lame because I'm Australian and not the least bit afraid of spiders. They're all over the place here and most of them are completely harmless. The really big ones with the long legs you see in memes about how scary Australia is? Yeah, those are huntsman spiders. Big, yes, but their venom is not harmful to humans and they're actually huge wimps who will run away from you when cornered.
So seeing brave hero Morontagh here being all "ew spiders" just reads as incredibly pathetic and uncalled-for to me.