He stepped on a spider

I'm shit scared of spiders but I'd never kill one or even when someone is removing one for me I always say 'don't kill it!'. I think its awful to take pleasure in killing another creature.

I'll never forget one day when I was in primary school and a huge spider was in the playground, my friend just got her foot and gleefully stomped on it. It always stayed with me as I thought it was cruel. She didn't turn out to be the nicest person either so maybe that tells you a lot about a person!

The only male in my life is my ds and he's petrified of spiders, so any that are about are left alone.
I'm fairly certain I had a spider land on me at stupid o'clock and I woke up and basically picked it off my face and slung it across the room.
I generally use a glass and cardboard if it's a plughole spider.

Aww. I love this.

Throw this one back and hold out for a guy like elm's Grandad OP.

Do people kill wasps? Whats difference?

Gosh i hate spiders. Would have stamped on it with vengeance 🙈

Yanbu they terrify me but I still put them out. I am always suspicious of people who can kill small animals like mice or insects / spiders. Says to me they are cruel.

Oh god. My other half is terrified of spiders and will still pop a glass over them, slide a card underneath and carry them across the street and halfway down the hill before releasing them (he REALLY doesn’t want them coming back in 😂). He watched me spend twenty minutes trying to rescue an earwig that had got stuck on its back. We’re both kinda dicks, we relish meat, I even give my cats extra snuggles and praise when they come back from a successful hunt for being the fierce, little predators they are but the fact that neither of us will kill something just to make our lives easier, even if we really, really, REALLY don’t like them is one of the reasons we love each other.

I’m with you, I’d have been put right off. The enjoyment is just yuk.

That would put me off, too. Why would anyone do that?

Sounds like my dream man tbh, hate the bloody things

I have swatted many a fly and mosquito in my time and I’d be lying if I said I never took pleasure in killing one of the little fuckers. I also have no compunction about putting down ant poison.

I do mainly trap spiders and chuck them outside, but have also killed the odd harvestman. I don’t see any big moral distinction between them, just personal preference.

I didn't think you needed to worry that much about spiders in Australia because the snakes keep them mostly under control.

I wouldn't need to worry about them if I lived in Oz, because any house I lived in would be surrounded by a ring of fire and a moat.

do they say that ? Really like some big game Hunter protecting us frightened little women from …..a harmless spider.

Total lacking in compassion effing wanker …why are you asking ?

I'm in Australia, and I don't spray my house, and most certainly not my garden! How ecologically irresponsible!

"However I caught two/three of its legs in the side of the glass and they came off so I did kill it then so it wasn't in pain"

Next time just let it go anyway, the legs grow back. Not trying to make you feel bad; just so you know for another time.

Ugh I bet he thought he looked like a big macho man doing that.

Like all the idiots who write ‘chief spider remover’ or other such shit on their dating profiles. Since when was squaring up to a spider masculine or impressive? 😄

What about fleas? What if you had a flea infestation in your house?

I am surprised that so many people actually pick up spiders and go to such length to avoid killing them.

As far as I am concerned any spider that gets inside my home dies.

Same with flies or any other insect.

I have never considered that to be such a big deal.

I will do it quickly and don't take any pleasure in it.

The guy enjoying it is much is definitely wrong, but I am not going to spend that much energy worrying about saving every spider I come across.

You know now that he's a definitely a wrong un. Steer clear.

I don’t think it’s ok to kill any of them.

Spiders and flies are easily dealt with, and the more gross ones like slugs generally stay outside where you can ignore them. Even wasps, just open the door and shoo them in that direction.

It’d put me off anyone right away if they needlessly killed a small thing.

I'm reliably informed rats and mice are OK to kill.

But field mice aren't.

On the insect front, fleas, flies, cockroaches, silverfish, wasps probably OK (not sure whether fleas are insects). Spiders, beetles, bees probably not.

I think ants are definitely fair game.

Personally I think wasps should sack their PR, because there is hardly any difference between them and a bee.

Ugh the other day I saw a spider in my house and put a glass over it to scoop it up with glass and paper. However I caught two/three of its legs in the side of the glass and they came off so I did kill it then so it wasn't in pain but I felt fucking awful. I would never do that on purpose never mind with glee.

Can we put together a list of insects/arachnids with which are ok to kill (if any) and which are morally reprehensible to kill - together with explanations as to why one life is worth more than another?