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[–] TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Sounds like something a wasp would say

[–] YiddishMcSquidish 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Wasps are actually pretty cool by in large. I've only been stung twice by them. Once when I was a kid and it sucked and also don't remember what I was doing. The most recent time was a few weeks ago. They built a nest in the control area of a dryer I was selling. I stuck my hand right up in their nest, and felt what I thought was electric shocks despite this dryer being unplugged for a few days. I don't blame them and the pain subsided in minutes(also wasn't very bad to begin with). And they are a critical player in agricultural pest control. I run into wasps all the time and have only been stung twice in forty years. Wasps, like spiders, are bros as far as I'm concerned.

[–] TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Alas, I legitimately have spheksophobia. I appreciate their role in nature, but I don't want them anywhere near me.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish 2 points 1 week ago

That's fair. But as someone who rarely gives a fuck about my own, let alone others around me, safety. They seem timid to sting. I've been stung as many times by bees, and only when I was young and extremely reckless.

But you do you homie. Please just don't kill non ground dwellers haphazardly.

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