I'm happy to report that spidey was a stand-up man of his word, as I fully thought he would be, and has paid me in full, with timeliness and grace.
I admit that I find most of spidey's social and political stances disturbing, alarming and even downright crazy, not to mention repugnant, and yet I think it's important to remember that in real life people are complex amalgamations of many different sides.
I pegged spidey as a man of his word. Despite the worst of his social and political opinions, imho, I saw his decent side. I trusted him from the get-go to pay this bet. I'm happy to say I was right.
And I'm even happier to report that the entire $500 will be going to the Socialist Vegetarian Muslim Terrorist Transgendered Alliance For Higher Taxes to fund the "spidey loves us" wing of their communal yurt.