Am I a Bitch for Killing Bugs?

[Padawanbater2]

Hear me out..

I actually feel bad for killing bugs..

I realize this is quite a weird opinion to hold, because, fuck bugs. Who cares?

But everytime I smash one, like I just did with a potato bug in my bathroom, I feel fucking terrible..

The bug didn't end up there on purpose, it didn't know it was invading someones household, it had no clue. Futhermore, it had no idea it was doing something wrong or right, as far as I know, bugs have no concept of such things..

So isn't it automatically wrong for me to kill it?

One moment it's alive and well, the very next moment it's a smudge on the bottom of my shoe..

What if it had higher intelligence I just never detected?

I seriously feel like an asshole..

Wouldn't the right thing to do be to capture it and let it go outside my house, unharmed?


Same goes with spiders, beetles, moths, etc.. they have no clue wtf they're doing, and even if they did it wouldn't be right to just execute them on sight...

Dafuq?

 

[tip top toker]

Seems daft indeed, because as you say, they're only bugs, but i feel the same. Don't like killing things for no reason if there is an option of just removing it. That said, if i see a big ass spider on my bedroom floor, i kill it. But i have to kill it either via a bb gun or a book dropped from height. Couldn't stand on it. But i kill em because i have a huge case of arachnophobia. Most spiders i'll move, but when they're the size of an oreo, it's goodbye spider time.

 

[Padawanbater2]

Same here, but that potato bug and most moths or random spiders, I honestly, deep down, feel a sense of 'you're a goddamn asshole!' while killing.. murdering... a defenseless creature.. I put myself in it's place, what if I were simply scavenging for food, what if I were hunting the next meal... and someone stepped their giant foot down on me..? I realize they'd know or realize shit, but still..

I'm not comfortable with taking a life, any life, be it justified or not...

Taking life is not, should not, be up to anyone. Rationalizing it is absurd...

 

[scroglodyte]

do you cry when you eat a chicken sandwich?

No..

Why do I feel more regard for the individualI personally kill as opposed to those already killed?

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

do you cry when you eat a chicken sandwich?

i did once scrog cause the wife put habenero's in the fucker lmao, she got me good yeah i cried! I kill anything that invades my personal space when it comes to bugs, albeit not the lady bugs ive grown quite fond of those ladies!

 

[Mister Sister]

I am the same as well. I will always move bugs outside. Catching flies is kind of fun.

Yeah, I eat chicken. But I don't go around stepping on them and then just going about my day.

 

[tip top toker]

I am the same as well. I will always move bugs outside. Catching flies is kind of fun.

Yeah, I eat chicken. But I don't go around stepping on them and then just going about my day.

With regard to eating animals, well that in my mind is the circle of life kinda thing, plus it astes so good. But of late what has really started to irk me is the notion of throwing away meat. A rich family came into work the other day, ordered up a load of duck, ate a few mouthfulls and moved onto the next course, nothing to do with the quality, suposedly they are always like that with their meals when they book a table there, but dirty as it is i stopped what i was doing and ate the leftover meat off the plate, i cannot stand the notion of just throwing it in the bin, pretty much saying that that ducks whole purpose in life was to be killed so that it could be put in the bin. Not right.

 

[lokie]

without compunction i will execute any insect that displeases me.

However there are few that worry me enough to destroy.

 

[polyarcturus]

Hear me out..

I actually feel bad for killing bugs..

I realize this is quite a weird opinion to hold, because, fuck bugs. Who cares?

But everytime I smash one, like I just did with a potato bug in my bathroom, I feel fucking terrible..

The bug didn't end up there on purpose, it didn't know it was invading someones household, it had no clue. Futhermore, it had no idea it was doing something wrong or right, as far as I know, bugs have no concept of such things..

So isn't it automatically wrong for me to kill it?

One moment it's alive and well, the very next moment it's a smudge on the bottom of my shoe..

What if it had higher intelligence I just never detected?

I seriously feel like an asshole..

Wouldn't the right thing to do be to capture it and let it go outside my house, unharmed?


Same goes with spiders, beetles, moths, etc.. they have no clue wtf they're doing, and even if they did it wouldn't be right to just execute them on sight...

Dafuq?

i wonder if humans are gods potato bugs...

 

[bluntmassa1]

of course I killed a rat dog cause it attacked my kid when she was a little over a year old. I feal no remorse in fact I would do it again.

 

[FoolOnTheHill]

It is not weird to feel this way. It is compassion for other living beings. I try my best to never take the life of another living organism.

And no, I do not eat meat.

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

With regard to eating animals, well that in my mind is the circle of life kinda thing, plus it astes so good. But of late what has really started to irk me is the notion of throwing away meat. A rich family came into work the other day, ordered up a load of duck, ate a few mouthfulls and moved onto the next course, nothing to do with the quality, suposedly they are always like that with their meals when they book a table there, but dirty as it is i stopped what i was doing and ate the leftover meat off the plate, i cannot stand the notion of just throwing it in the bin, pretty much saying that that ducks whole purpose in life was to be killed so that it could be put in the bin. Not right.

had to say excellent point tip top, for example my wife is a supervisor in a kitchen at a local college here in town, she said it would make people sick to see the amount of "good" food these kids just throw away! Fill there plates take two bites then throw it away! This is the future of our country? really? Shit i still finish my plate at 38 lol, some old habits9DRIVEN IN OLDSCHOOL WAYS) DIE HARD!

 

[scroglodyte]

waste and gluttony are both disgusting

 

[polyarcturus]

waste and gluttony are both disgusting

you only truly respect that once you have suffered/experienced true starvation.

 

[lokie]

waste and gluttony are both disgusting

yet both produce a euphoric experience for the opulent.

 

[FlowerPower!]

In many cases, I will pick up a bug in my house with 2 small pieces of paper and let it outside. Even when I'm outside, I walk around doodle bugs and other little insects on the ground. Sometimes I have to kill some wasps if they start building several nests on my house - I use an organic spray and it kills them in a few seconds - they drop straight to the ground and die. Don't believe it when somebody says organic bug sprays don't work

I believe in eating animals that have been raised humanely so I choose organic and natural meats and rarely go out to eat cuz the meats are so low quality from factory farms. I haven't eaten fast food like McDie and Burger Kill or Kill Fried Chicken at all this entire yr cuz fast food places get the meats from factory farms

 

[Zaehet Strife]

I save bugs that i know don't bite me, or that kill other bugs that do (spiders, moths etc.) i kill bugs that bite me or hurt my plants (mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, fruit flys etc.)

Just my personal preference.

 

[tyler.durden]

LOL! Bugs. You're a good guy, Pad. I don't go around outside looking for bugs to kill (anymore), but if any living creature breaks into my home uninvited they are probably going to die (insects, rodents or humans). These creatures are not conscious, not endangered, and don't even know they exist. How ridiculously far is one to take this buddhist concept of sacred life? Everytime you shower you're killing millions of 'innocent' bacteria, each time you walk on grass you kill some blades, every time you eat you're responsible for the murder of broccoli (which has a more advanced nervous system and can feel pain), a cow, pig or chicken. It seems the higher the creature on the evolutionary scale, the more that species is concerned with individual life. The lesser creatures that don't develop much awareness or intelligence make up for this with sheer numbers to ensure the species survives, and it seems quite effective. So, until you stop eating or bathing, don't worry about the bugs

 

[cannabineer]

yet both produce a euphoric experience for the opulent.

But like any hard drug experience ... it fades and cannot be recaptured by repetition, even with a raising of the dose.

I don't have a compelling moral reason to not kill animals, from midges to cows. However I catch and release all spiders except black widows ... and I only kill those bugs that I consider true pests: earwigs and houseflies as well as any parasites of me or the green harem. But my reasons are more aesthetic than moral. cn

 

[Heisenberg]

Hear me out..

I actually feel bad for killing bugs..

I realize this is quite a weird opinion to hold, because, fuck bugs. Who cares?

But everytime I smash one, like I just did with a potato bug in my bathroom, I feel fucking terrible..

The bug didn't end up there on purpose, it didn't know it was invading someones household, it had no clue. Futhermore, it had no idea it was doing something wrong or right, as far as I know, bugs have no concept of such things..

So isn't it automatically wrong for me to kill it?

One moment it's alive and well, the very next moment it's a smudge on the bottom of my shoe..

What if it had higher intelligence I just never detected?

I seriously feel like an asshole..

Wouldn't the right thing to do be to capture it and let it go outside my house, unharmed?


Same goes with spiders, beetles, moths, etc.. they have no clue wtf they're doing, and even if they did it wouldn't be right to just execute them on sight...

Dafuq?

Think about how nature treats bugs. They will most likely be food for something else, often eaten alive or injected with poison which liquefies their insides. If they are lucky they will live long enough to starve or freeze to death. Of all the ways bugs can and will die, your shoe is one of the most humane.