Space Runaway
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I try not to unless it's stuff like fleas. Plus getting bug juice on my shoes or walls is gross.
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Do you kill insects?
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BumblebeeCody
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No. I always try to release them 
I relocate a lot of insects/bugs. I jar them and let them outside.
Yellow Sac Spiders though? I kill them on sight. They wander around at night way too much so they are too high of a bite risk and their bite really sucks. Damn near feels like a bee sting and then it itches like crazy for days afterwards. I probably average one kill a day with those spiders. What on earth are they eating to be able to sustain a population like this?
Yellow Sac Spiders though? I kill them on sight. They wander around at night way too much so they are too high of a bite risk and their bite really sucks. Damn near feels like a bee sting and then it itches like crazy for days afterwards. I probably average one kill a day with those spiders. What on earth are they eating to be able to sustain a population like this?
I do, only if they're inside the house, and only when I cannot prevent it. For example, annoying flies or moths, I try to let them out opening the windows (until I run out of patience). Bigger things like spiders or etc, I just kill.
I've only encounter cockroaches when I was in southern Spain (and then I did kill them) and never at home, so I don't have too much experience with them.
I've only encounter cockroaches when I was in southern Spain (and then I did kill them) and never at home, so I don't have too much experience with them.
True Underdog
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Outside? Nah. I'm a guest in their territory.
Inside, depends. Spiders are pretty safe in my apartment. I will catch them and let them return to their hunt outside. The exception is venomous spiders. Sorry bro, can't risk you coming back into the apartment and biting me or the cat.
Cool looking insects like a mantis would probably get a free pass. Everything else is dead.
Inside, depends. Spiders are pretty safe in my apartment. I will catch them and let them return to their hunt outside. The exception is venomous spiders. Sorry bro, can't risk you coming back into the apartment and biting me or the cat.
Cool looking insects like a mantis would probably get a free pass. Everything else is dead.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Certain ones are evil and get mashed to a pulp (wasps, earwigs).
Most are nice and get a helping hand from me to get outside or wherever they need to go.
Most are nice and get a helping hand from me to get outside or wherever they need to go.
umop_3pisdn
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The bugs we have here are rather benign, the worst are just gross looking and unsettling for people who have an irrational fear reaction towards them, like me. I generally try to get over it to let them outside.
Kitsunebaby
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I kill most of the ones in my house, but I leave the moths alone since I find them cute.
All spiders must die, though.
All spiders must die, though.
RyanardoDaVinci
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You got the whole damn world to live in bugs, stay the fuck out of my house!
If I catch sight of one, I will hunt it down and exterminate it before doing anything else. No exceptions.
If I catch sight of one, I will hunt it down and exterminate it before doing anything else. No exceptions.
Tha Robbertster
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Wasps, flies, mosquitoes, and crane flies. Those creatures don't deserve to live.
Cosmo Clock 21
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I don't kill anything intentionally. Catch and release even bugs that fall into my toilet.
While I haven't had it occur yet I'd probably call an exterminator if an infestation happened. Also during 5th grade I had a bit of a sadistic streak going where during recess I'd catch a canadian soldier, pull off its wings and legs, and watch it squirm around.
While I haven't had it occur yet I'd probably call an exterminator if an infestation happened. Also during 5th grade I had a bit of a sadistic streak going where during recess I'd catch a canadian soldier, pull off its wings and legs, and watch it squirm around.
ImpassionateGods
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I don't understand how any of you can possibly be okay with bugs living in your house and crawling and flying all over you and your things and your space when you are completely vulnerable. I would hire an exterminator every time I saw one if I had the money.
K
kittens
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Not usually. I mean, they're not doing anything wrong. They're just scootin around in my house, doing bug stuff. Plus catching them is fun.
The only time I go lethal is when there's a ton of them, like with ants. Sorry guys, sparing your life just isn't practical.
The only time I go lethal is when there's a ton of them, like with ants. Sorry guys, sparing your life just isn't practical.
Brian Fellows
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Yes i kill them.
ConfusingJazz
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Ants deserve to die.
And mosquitoes.
And mosquitoes.
Sir Alemeth
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No. If we see any inside the house, we catch them and release them outside.
I find it hypocritical that we as progressives champion all life except bugs. It's discriminatory.
I find it hypocritical that we as progressives champion all life except bugs. It's discriminatory.
ImpassionateGods
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Spiders kill their children. They deserve more than discrimination.
triplestation
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only cockroaches
umop_3pisdn
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Actions have a moral character due to the quality of awareness. A person fully aware of what they're doing as they kill someone is more morally culpable than a person that does so when intoxicated, or in a fit of rage, etc. Spiders apparently have no rational process at all but act on the basis of instinct, you could say their actions have no moral character at all.
However they can still suffer in some fashion, so killing them arguably has a much more significant moral character considering you're actually capable of making decisions as we define them.
Frank_Wheeler
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No, never. Even if they're inside I just throw them out.
Most of the time I tend to leave things alone as long as they don't bother me. If I have to swat a fly away repeatedly, or it lands on something that bothers me I'll hunt and kill it. No matter how long it takes.
Things like wasps, moths and crane flies usually have to die. Once they get in they don't make any attempt to leave, and they aren't allowed to stay. Spiders are free to roam my house, they catch flies and very rarely produce webs which get in the way.
This is only for things that come inside, as far as I'm concerned my house is my territory, anything that comes in uninvited and is annoying gets removed from the gene pool.
Things like wasps, moths and crane flies usually have to die. Once they get in they don't make any attempt to leave, and they aren't allowed to stay. Spiders are free to roam my house, they catch flies and very rarely produce webs which get in the way.
This is only for things that come inside, as far as I'm concerned my house is my territory, anything that comes in uninvited and is annoying gets removed from the gene pool.
Matt Attack
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I really try not to. I'll typically find a way to get any out of my house. Occasionally though, I'll lose my temper at a mosquito and swat it. Makes me feel kind of guilty tbh.
Sir Alemeth
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Only if you fuck with them really.
SwiftDeath
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Rarely but I don't go out of my way to not kill insects
The Silver
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I would engineer a holocaust of insects and bugs if I could, hope this answers your question.
thecouncil
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mosquitos, no doubt. but thats it.
everything else, within reason, i catch in a jar and throw outside.
"within reason" meaning that i wont get anywhere NEAR a house centipede.
everything else, within reason, i catch in a jar and throw outside.
"within reason" meaning that i wont get anywhere NEAR a house centipede.
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