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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:
NotMushroomInEre · 22/07/2022 20:27

@Fraidwo1 stamps on the spiders that kill the files, which they hate even more. Why? Just let nature get on with things without interfering with your size 7s.

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:28

Pretty horrible and a very disturbing. YABVU. Hmm

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:29

VERY disturbing not 'a very disturbing!'

Justcallmebebes · 22/07/2022 20:30

This is a horrible thread and the PP who sent her daughter out to kill ants with a mallet, are you all psychopaths? What a dreadful example to your kids. Vile

happinesslovescompany · 22/07/2022 20:31

You're not a psychopath, you're a flycopath - much more acceptable.

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:31

NotMushroomInEre · 22/07/2022 20:03

I think it's weird to enjoy watching anything die. I remember squirting a wasp with fly spray. It started to bend and twist in the most horrible ways, and it looked like it was trying to sting itself in the head. I scooped it up with a dust pan and brush, took it outside and stood on it. I felt awful, and have never used fly spray since. I don't get any enjoyment from watching any living thing die.

Exactly. Only a psychopathic sociopath would enjoy seeing anything die.

CarriesHandbag · 22/07/2022 20:31

Yes, it's very weird. Added to that is it's cruel and unnecessary. As previous posters have said, why not open the doors and windows and let them out. What's next on the hit list, mice, kittens, puppies?

DaddyPiglet · 22/07/2022 20:31

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:28

Pretty horrible and a very disturbing. YABVU. Hmm

Op is bordering on serial killer tendencies after admitting she enjoys killing flies. Has anyone called the police yet?

happinesslovescompany · 22/07/2022 20:31

Eww I meant flychopath!

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:32

Justcallmebebes · 22/07/2022 20:30

This is a horrible thread and the PP who sent her daughter out to kill ants with a mallet, are you all psychopaths? What a dreadful example to your kids. Vile

I know right. It's terrifying that these individuals walk our planet, and even MORE terrifying to think that some of them have children.

ChinBristles · 22/07/2022 20:32

She's hardly torturing puppies.
YANBU. I just killed a spider. I didn't find it enjoyable or upsetting. Just one of those things. And I'm too clumsy to "evict" it without touching it.

MarchXX · 22/07/2022 20:33

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

Get yourself a Venus Flytrap, peel off the flies and feed 'em to the plant. Hours of fun for the whole family. I grew up with Venus Flytraps (nostalgia) Wink.

NotMushroomInEre · 22/07/2022 20:34

I hope all of you who take so much enjoyment from seeing insects die get bit by a horsefly. If you look into why insects are here, they all have a purpose, from being decomposers, pollinators to being predators.

MikeWozniaksMoustache · 22/07/2022 20:34

Can people please stop fucking killing insects. Insects are in huge decline, and they are ESSENTIAL to the function of ecosystems. What is wrong with people ffs, it’s like we’re deliberately trying to make the future as bleak as possible for the future generations.

FOJN · 22/07/2022 20:34

I try to shoo unwelcome bugs creepy crawlies out of the house but occasionally resort to swatting the ones who really don't want to go. I never delight in killing things. That is weird and VVU.

ThinkingaboutLangClegosaurus · 22/07/2022 20:35

SexyLittleNosferatu · 22/07/2022 20:12

It's the usual MN hypocrisy. It's fine to farm and kill animals including cute little baby animals, but OP must be a psycho for killing dog-shit eating flies. Yeah, ok 🙄

No it's not about killing things that are damaging your home or your health. It's about taking pleasure in it. There's an important difference.

PurpleFlower1983 · 22/07/2022 20:36

Taking pleasure in killing something after making it suffer is awful.

mydogisthebest · 22/07/2022 20:36

AliceMcK · 22/07/2022 20:07

Myself and my DCs have all had nasty ant bites recently. Tonight as I was walking into the house I had an ant crawling on me, I went to slap it but knocked it to the ground, I just happened to have a bloody great big mallet in my hand so whacked the little fucker. My 10yo was like wooo that’s awesome, can I do it, so I handed her the mallet and sent her off to the garden, she’s been happily whacking the little shits for half an hour,

I thought the OP was awful enough but yours is worse. What a lovely child you have

speakout · 22/07/2022 20:37

Horrible OP.
All living creatures- including humans are simply trying to live and survive. I take no pleasure in the death of other creatures, and I think it takes a vile streak to find enjoyment.

DaddyPiglet · 22/07/2022 20:37

PurpleFlower1983 · 22/07/2022 20:36

Taking pleasure in killing something after making it suffer is awful.

Insects don't feel pain, they don't have a complex nervous system. They respond to stimuli

LondonQueen · 22/07/2022 20:37

That's pretty disturbing. Sticky fly traps should be illegal, they cause immense pain and suffering to a living creature.

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 22/07/2022 20:37

@AliceMcK 's post is even more weird and disturbing than the OP's. Do people like this really exist?

Blackmoggy · 22/07/2022 20:37

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!!

Poor things...? Bluebottles....?

W
T
F!!!!!!

😂

ChinBristles · 22/07/2022 20:38

@MikeWozniaksMoustache should we kill spiders then? To stop them killing flies?

PurpleFlower1983 · 22/07/2022 20:38

AliceMcK · 22/07/2022 20:07

Myself and my DCs have all had nasty ant bites recently. Tonight as I was walking into the house I had an ant crawling on me, I went to slap it but knocked it to the ground, I just happened to have a bloody great big mallet in my hand so whacked the little fucker. My 10yo was like wooo that’s awesome, can I do it, so I handed her the mallet and sent her off to the garden, she’s been happily whacking the little shits for half an hour,

Jesus Christ, how fucking sick is that?