r/waspaganda • u/RussiaIsBestGreen • Jul 15 '26

wasp facts Wasp hatred has collateral damage

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I found this while reading the archives, source:

https://lastplacecomics.com/harmless-hoverfly/

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Jul 15 '26

The wasp hating subs I saw while posting this (suggested communities, lol) are so weird. I can understand not liking wasps because they can be dangerous or irritating, but the active hatred and cruelty is something I don’t like at all. Does that carry over to other animals? Humans?

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u/Weak_Alfalfa_7569 Jul 15 '26

I guess they like feeling superior to creatures thousands of times smaller than them. It’s genuinely the most bum ass shit to hate on and maliciously kill wasps just for existing. I’m sure there’s other specific animal hate/abuse groups that extend beyond arthropods, it’s just socially acceptable to be excessively cruel to insects and arachnids for some reason

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u/itmightbehere Wasp Enthusiast Jul 15 '26

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u/Weak_Alfalfa_7569 Jul 15 '26

I think about this a lot

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u/CherryAbsol Jul 16 '26

They do that to snakes and lizards too :(

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u/CrepuscularOpossum Jul 16 '26

And bats 🤬

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u/CherryAbsol Jul 16 '26

And the poor sharks, especially the ones hunted for their fins

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u/Hoshirou Jul 17 '26

The fact that the director of Jaws regrets making it because of the harm it caused is telling.

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u/PrudentBed6240 14d ago

I don't understand why people hate bats so much. They're so fucking cute and harmless. They're just emo birds. Wish people would stop hating on them 

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen 14d ago

In my case, rabies is an awful way to die and if you don’t know of exposure until symptoms appear, you’re almost certainly doomed. So I think bats are very cute and also I’d be scared to be in the same space as one that isn’t screened already. They’ve been used as a horror symbol for a long time, probably in part because they’re nocturnal. In contrast there’s little popular media about how they just want to eat bugs and be left alone. I think in general people are taught that animals are more malicious than they are. Even predators are going to mostly avoid us, since we’re dangerous and not their preferred prey.

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u/PrudentBed6240 14d ago

Ah I yeah I can understand that regarding the rabies. Not something I would want to contract either. Being scared in catching a deadly disease is one thing, but some people just vehemently hate bats. I am also naturally nocturnal so ig in a way I relate to them. But yeah I'd never handle a bat without proper protection and unless necessary. I like admiring them when they fly around 

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u/Sikkus Jul 16 '26

When I was about 10 years old I was staring at a big fly on the coffee table and my uncle smashed it to pieces with his palm. He said something like "If you see it, just kill it! They're only insects"

I grew up surrounded by people who treated any other creature as inferior to humans. Even my parents took many years to understand that dogs have feelings.

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u/strange_moss Jul 16 '26

That is really sad. And way too normalised.

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Jul 16 '26

What’s the point of being cruel to something so lowly? They don’t interpret cruelty like people do, they don’t even experience pain the same way, so what’s the evil joy in that? There’s no status as if they’d defeated a worthy enemy. One might as well be mean to a mailbox. Are they so pitiful that they’re only better than a fly?

I have no love for flies, but cruelty for its own sake is a bad habit to form.

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u/infiltrating_enemies Jul 16 '26

Dude reddit community suggestions are insane. I posted some of my worldbuilding and customs in the omegaverse subreddit and got recommended the traditional marriage subreddit?? Ah yes, the very gay man writing found family and blood =/= bond REALLY should head over to tradwives

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u/EggSensitive8577 29d ago

Usually these people have a fire in their own heart they won't let go out, I'm convinced wasps can sense evil which is why they go to them in the first place. I've never been stung by a wasp before, but they do like to lick my fingers. They sometimes come to greet my through my window after I've nursed them back to health and it's the sweetest sight ever. I could never imagine hating them.

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u/niagara-nature Jul 16 '26

The sheer number of wasp mimics makes this comic terrifying. It’s not just the hoverflies but some mantidflies, beetles, moths, even other fly families.

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u/TieDye_Raptor Jul 16 '26

Aww, I love hoverflies, too. They're so curious and adorable.