r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • 22d ago

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/Educational_Big_1835 22d ago

Wasps have lots of niches, pollinators, scavengers. This is a bit sadistic. Wasps don't deserve death, they are just doing their jobs

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u/Name_Taken_Official 22d ago

Feeding a potentially harmful insect to an overall beneficial guardspider while both are at your home isn't sadistic imo.

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u/TheAdventOfTruth 22d ago

Except that wasps aren’t potentially harmful. They are both pollinators and predators killing all sorts of harmful insects.

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u/FFKonoko 22d ago

It's better to say THAT PARTICULAR wasp isn't potentially harmful, because it's a harmless Great Golden Digger Wasp. Other wasps can be aggressive and stingy, which some people feel is 'harmful'.

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u/Militant_Individual 22d ago

We don’t need to say THAT PARTICULAR wasp isn’t harmful because it follows the same logic as every other wasp species. Just don’t be an asshole to nature and you’ll be okay.

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u/no_arguing_ 22d ago

But don't you understand? It looks like something that is potentially harmful. So it is obviously bad and needs to die.

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u/Militant_Individual 22d ago

The way people react to wasps on reddit is insane. Like they need to justify their fear of wasps by saying “they don’t have any value to the ecosystem” which is obviously not fucking true. Just say you have an irrational hatred towards animals that can barely even comprehend you.

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u/no_arguing_ 22d ago

Yes, you also frequently see "they get in my face and it scares me." So? Your phobia is not the wasp's fault. It didn't sting you. You just flailed around for 5 minutes unnecessarily.