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To enjoy watching them die?

204 replies

PersonaNonGarter · 22/07/2022 19:27

Fly papers - God, but I just love it when they fill up with flies.

The more stuck flies the better.

YABU - and probably a psychopath
YANBU - DIE FLY DIE

OP posts:
KyaClark · 22/07/2022 19:28

That's kinda weird.

AhhSlippedOnMahBeansRitaaa · 22/07/2022 19:30

I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoyed getting one that had evaded me in the house for two full days! Any other living creature is fine. Flies.. Nope

AssignedSlytherinAtBirth · 22/07/2022 19:32

I can't say I love them.but I do find them.fascinating - that they can fly so fast, and they're such acrobats. They're like mini fighter planes. YABU to get enjoyment from their suffering.

Happenchance · 22/07/2022 19:35

Yep, especially since insect numbers are decreasing drastically, which could lead to the collapse of the world's ecosystems.

onmobile · 22/07/2022 19:35

um it’s really weird to enjoy killing something yeh

Clarich007 · 22/07/2022 19:36

You are vvu. Poor things. Yes they are horrible and spread disease, but just let them out the window or door. They are living things!!

stayathomer · 22/07/2022 19:37

Fly paper and those awful sprays should be illegal. Open your window and whoosh them out.

PearlieQueen · 22/07/2022 19:37

That's pretty sick and not something I'd say out loud

MrsTerryPratchett · 22/07/2022 19:37

YABU. Basic empathy means you shouldn't enjoy death.

I fucking hate wasps, and I do kill them. I don't enjoy it.

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 22/07/2022 19:38

I don’t like them much but I don’t think I could have sticky strip of misery in my house either.

I catch them and put them outside.

Abhannmor · 22/07/2022 19:38

It's their maggot offspring that do my head in.

But....ever thought one of those flies could be Jeff Goldblum ?

vroom321 · 22/07/2022 19:42

I've got a few in the kitchen. I hate to see their legs still moving!!

DeadbeatYoda · 22/07/2022 19:47

Claiming that you 'enjoy' watching anything die sounds worrying to me.

Namechanger1002 · 22/07/2022 19:47

I had 2 flies on my wall - they looked they were shagging. Not that I know what shagging flies look like but one was on top of the other and even when I got close they didn’t move. A few minutes later they flew out of the window.

RichardOsmansXRaySpecs · 22/07/2022 19:48

I'd say you're pretty disturbed to be quite honest.

It's disgusting to get pleasure from another creature's pain 🤬

Incywincyspi · 22/07/2022 19:49

That’s horrible. 😔

NoGoodUsernamee · 22/07/2022 19:51

@MrsTerryPratchett

YABU. Basic empathy means you shouldn't enjoy death.

I fucking hate wasps, and I do kill them. I don't enjoy it.

lol, wow you’re all heart! Fancy lecturing someone on empathy whilst lacking it so spectacularly?

LampHat · 22/07/2022 19:51

I enjoy this much more. I would very much like one.

viques · 22/07/2022 19:52

I count how many clothes moths I have on my sticky clothes moths traps. I’m always amazed at how many there are. I compare how many are caught in different locations. If they left my cashmere jumpers alone I might be more inclined to love them.

SoManyQuestionsHere · 22/07/2022 19:53

Yeah, enjoying it is pretty fucked up!

I hate having flies in my home. Especially the small horrors that are fruit flies. I set traps for them in the shape of bowls filled with apple cider vinegar and a drop of liquid soap. I know they will die when they try to land on it.

But I don't enjoy that! They might "only" be fruit flies, but they're still living being. It's sort of messed up to take pleasure in their demise!

SuperlativeOxymoron · 22/07/2022 19:55

I've said you're unreasonable because you enjoy their death.
I hate the fuckers, but like spiders and even silverfish (bloody weird creatures), I try to evict them rather than kill.

romdowa · 22/07/2022 19:55

I recently had an ant nest pop up outside My front door and they were coming in. I bought an ant trap and enjoyed watching them all bring the poison back to the nest.

OneTC · 22/07/2022 19:57

fucking hate wasps, and I do kill them. I don't enjoy it.

Wasps are super important pest controllers, and they also pollinate, they're facing decline in the same way bees are

OneTC · 22/07/2022 19:59

Although tbf there's something pretty satisfying about clapping a mosquito out the air

EilonwyWithRedGoldHair · 22/07/2022 20:00

YABU. We have bloody clothes moths. I already the house and kill them if I see them, but try and do it quickly and don't enjoy it at all.

We also have a Venus fly trap and a sun dew as DS wanted carnivorous plants. I hate it when legs are poking out still twitching, but have been known to chase flies with the sun dew trying to catch them.