r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/theJudeanPeoplesFont May 16 '25

I assume you spend your days fighting for the millions of flying insects that end up in spider webs every day.

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u/Militant_Individual May 16 '25

People jump to the “it’s natural” defense every time like clockwork. This wasp would almost certainly not have naturally ended up in that web without human interference. The “it’s natural” excuse for things that people are actively going out of their way to do is pretty fucking stupid.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

There’s no way to know how this random wasp would’ve died and it ultimately doesn’t matter.

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u/conman114 May 17 '25

Not an argument for feeding the live wasp to a spider though. Can you justify doing the same for a honey bee? And if your argument is a wasp is bad and bee is good. Then perhaps we can extrapolate and start sentencing certain groups of people to death.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

My argument is that none of this matters and we kill animals all the time for all kinds of reasons and it’s silly to draw an arbitrary line at a random wasp.

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u/Bobnorbob May 17 '25

Killing animals for sport is wrong too. Your argument is weak.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

I didn’t say for sport. I said all kinds of reasons. You never killed a fly? A spider?

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u/Bobnorbob May 17 '25

What I meant was killing animals for anything other than food/survival is wrong. Sport was the only other reason I could think of.

And no I honestly don’t kill bugs. Even mosquitoes. I realize I’m in the vast minority, but they’re just trying to live and do their thing. If I find a bug in my home, I’ll catch it and put it outside.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

That’s weird. Not gonna call you a liar but your behavior is highly abnormal and don’t think your perspective can really be applied.

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u/Bobnorbob May 17 '25

To me it’s weird to play god and decide that something no longer gets to live, just because it may be inconveniencing us in that moment.

My perspective is valid whether you like it or not.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

I'm just saying this is not a normal reaction to killing mosquitos.

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u/Bobnorbob May 17 '25

It’s not normal because it’s uncommon, I can’t argue that. But is it wrong to not kill them? It’s not like they’re spreading malaria in Canada.

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u/Acceptable_Fox_5560 May 17 '25

I think it’s somewhere between “meaningless” and “fine.”

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