• joulethief@compuverse.uk
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    11 months ago

    Short answer: Fuck them

    Long answer: Too bad they’re important for our ecosystem. But still, fuck them

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    11 months ago

    They’re cool af. Look at those colours! And the ergonomics.

    I leave water bowls for them during summer.

    They’re not exactly friendly but when you observe them enough you can judge if you’re annoying them and should gtfo. Most of the time they just mind their own business.

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      11 months ago

      That’s pretty dope.

      I just think many humans don’t grasp the concept that we can also piss something else off and should gtfo out of their area.

      Especially since we make more and more parts of this planet our areas.

  • neptune@dmv.social
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    11 months ago

    White, Anglo Saxon protestants are fine. I usually try to associate with atheists, agnostics, or the generally unchurched, but you do you, right?

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      11 months ago

      Always good to have diversity after all, and WASPs are part of that diversity! (Wait until they learn that, they’ll lose their minds!)

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    11 months ago

    Yellowjackets are annoying, but I got a colony of 5-banded Wasps that conglomerate on my trees every late summer- hundreds of males just hanging out, showing off their sweet bods while the ladies fly by perusing selections for mating. They’re chill AF and not a pain.

    But I mean, there are over a hundred thousand wasp species, and Yellowjackets are what most people think of when you say “wasp”, but as annoying as they are, don’t let them color your opinions on the otherd

  • Jakylla@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    1st Worst: Mosquitoes
    2nd Worst: Wasps
    3rd Worst: Chiggers (that “red bug”, technically a mite, like ticks)

    Then all Australian wildlife approximatively

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    11 months ago

    Wasps. Been around for a very long time. Important pollinator and pest control. So many different types of them all over from tiny ones to f-ing huge.

    But why do you want to annoy me when I’m just trying to eat my picnic!! Just leave me alone!!! Fun fact bees are vegetarian wasps.

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    11 months ago

    I like them! They’ve got a great style and they’re perfectly chill when people aren’t trying to swat them. I always let them land on my hand so I can look at them.

    You can shoo them away from food a few times and they’ll generally just go elsewhere.

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      11 months ago

      Since I was stung three times out of nowhere, one time just by sitting around, not moving at all: Nope, the moment they try landing on me I freak out.

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        11 months ago

        Your approach is definitely a popular one, although I don’t advise it.

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            11 months ago

            approach: the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc

            Yeah, I am using that word right! British humour is dry, btw.

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    11 months ago

    I would love them if they had a concept of personal space, or a survival instinct that told them not to get up in someone biggers face.

    As I’ve aged, I’ve lost the ability to hear them too, so now they love to sneak up on me.

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    11 months ago

    Proof that god doesn’t exist. Proof that if I’m wrong and god does exist, he’s a fucking asshole not worthy of any worship.

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    11 months ago

    I’m fine with them until they start building their home on my home. You will die a breathless death with my spray if you build on my house.