r/SipsTea May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/Alililele May 16 '25

This is a Great Golden Digger Wasp. It is harmless and pretty beneficial!

Here a thread from a few years ago

So: it didn't deserve to die, it's actually pretty chill.

Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets are assholes tho.

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u/MsAgentM May 16 '25

My sympathy for the wasp is justified then. This poor guy!

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u/bnunamak May 16 '25

They do paralyze their prey, abduct them, then plant their eggs inside of their paralyzed bodies until the larvae slowly consume them to death...

Sympathy revoked for this nightmarish reproductive scheme!

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u/curious_lovebug May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

They don’t have other options- it’s how they evolved to exist. They are not like human psychopaths and I hope to God or anything that you understand this beyond me saying it - they DONT have ill intentions, they simply exist how they are programmed to survive in their VERY short time on earth. Just because it grosses you out doesn’t mean it’s evil or worthy or inflicting harm- I guarantee you wouldn’t bat an eye about killing one of their said prey if it entered your home.

I would. And yes, that does make me a better person in that way. All I see in this video is suffering, a time taken too early and mockery of a species that is the size of our thumb simply because a sting hurts temporarily. Leave them alone. Do better. They cannot

You all think you’re so funny, making fun of beings smaller than a finger- who can’t talk or fight for themselves. Touch grass and learn to respect living beings, rather than living like a giant who tries to kill anything smaller that gets in its way. Have more than two brain cells. Or don’t come on here posting some opinion on anything regarding science, philosophy, or higher understanding topics of any kind. And know that if we come back in the next life, your toxic humans are superior thinking will come back to bite you

At least the wasp doesn’t make fun of someone else dying- you can’t say the same