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I see the main point of my post may have been lost on you. Let me try to clarify and offer some helpful advice. 
Lesson is: Always include as much information and as many details as possible in your first post. This will help yield the best results and help members to try and provide the best answers for you and your tarantula.
Removing the image really didn't do you any favors, in all honesty. By removing the image, it also removed the option for additional help from others who may have come to the thread after it was removed. By the time I got to the thread, all images were gone. Surely you can see how that would lend itself to adding to the confusion?
You can't claim to have "researched everything" (not until post number 24, btw), and then say you "didnt know hoe bad of an idea it was" to keep it in a glass jar, or that you "never mentioned the jar was a good idea, I thought it was horrible idea", or that you "have him in a jar until he gets a bit bigger", or "did not know that ventilation was so much of an issue". Especially right after claiming that you "put him in the jar hoping it would be better" and that you "just wanted him, especially, on display" and that "A night or two in a jar is gonna be fine" and that you "have seen and heard about ventilation and humidity alot when researching this species". You can see the contradictions, right?
Making mistakes is part of any hobby. It's part of life and how we learn to grow and try to do better. However, being resistant to any assistance (whether you have already read the same threads or watched the same videos), does not help you or your tarantula. Especially if no one knew (at the time) that you have already read said threads and watched said videos.
No one made fun of you. Pointing out your contradictions, yes, but making fun of you, not at all. In fact, quite the opposite. Everyone is trying to help you (and your tarantula) by offering the best advice they can, based on the information that you have provided. So what if it includes links to threads or videos that you may have already seen before? The helpful information is still valid and applicable.
Lesson is: Always include as much information and as many details as possible in your first post. This will help yield the best results and help members to try and provide the best answers for you and your tarantula.
Everyone is just simply trying to help you and your tarantula.
Lesson is: Consistency is key.
Did you go back and read your first post? Nowhere did you include what research, if any, was done by you. Not one mention of any threads read, not one mention of any videos watched. In fact, it was not until post number 20 that you first provided a list of your sources. Unfortunately, most people will only read your first post and not the rest. Should people read through an entire thread before offering help? Absolutely. However, that is sadly not always the case. It's a shame, but true nonetheless.
Lesson is: Always include as much information and as many details as possible in your first post. This will help yield the best results and help members to try and provide the best answers for you and your tarantula.
Besides this being completely irrelevant, it's a wrong presumption. Where on earth did you draw this conclusion from? I most certainly did not claim this at all.
A few things here ..
Removing the image really didn't do you any favors, in all honesty. By removing the image, it also removed the option for additional help from others who may have come to the thread after it was removed. By the time I got to the thread, all images were gone. Surely you can see how that would lend itself to adding to the confusion?
You can't claim to have "researched everything" (not until post number 24, btw), and then say you "didnt know hoe bad of an idea it was" to keep it in a glass jar, or that you "never mentioned the jar was a good idea, I thought it was horrible idea", or that you "have him in a jar until he gets a bit bigger", or "did not know that ventilation was so much of an issue". Especially right after claiming that you "put him in the jar hoping it would be better" and that you "just wanted him, especially, on display" and that "A night or two in a jar is gonna be fine" and that you "have seen and heard about ventilation and humidity alot when researching this species". You can see the contradictions, right?
Making mistakes is part of any hobby. It's part of life and how we learn to grow and try to do better. However, being resistant to any assistance (whether you have already read the same threads or watched the same videos), does not help you or your tarantula. Especially if no one knew (at the time) that you have already read said threads and watched said videos.
No one made fun of you. Pointing out your contradictions, yes, but making fun of you, not at all. In fact, quite the opposite. Everyone is trying to help you (and your tarantula) by offering the best advice they can, based on the information that you have provided. So what if it includes links to threads or videos that you may have already seen before? The helpful information is still valid and applicable.
Lesson is: Always include as much information and as many details as possible in your first post. This will help yield the best results and help members to try and provide the best answers for you and your tarantula.
Here is where the confusion comes into play. You stated that you were "able to watch him personally make his trapdoor". However, in post number 3, from @BoyFromLA , you were linked directly to a thread that addressed this specific original question. Again, it was not until post number 20 where you mentioned that you have already read that thread.
You changed your objective throughout the thread. You were "more concerned about humidity" and that you "believe Ventilation/humidity is my #1 concern". Then added that you "fully believe that moisture is the problem". Again, you can clearly see where all of the confusion on everyone's part is coming from, right?
Everyone is just simply trying to help you and your tarantula.
Lesson is: Consistency is key.
