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General Non-Mantis Discussion
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How to break the stigma
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<blockquote data-quote="River Dane" data-source="post: 315451" data-attributes="member: 10104"><p>It saddens me how many people, online and in my personal life, will see any bug and say something like “kill it with fire,” “burn down the house,” or, worst of all, “only humans are welcome in this house.”</p><p></p><p>Why did society ruin bugs’ reputations? There’s been evidence that babies aren’t afraid of bugs or snakes, so “entomophobia” is mostly a social construct.</p><p></p><p>i feel like I can’t convince these people not to be so cruel to bugs. Is there anything you can say? You can tell them all you want “they’re not harmless,” and the most civil response I’ve ever gotten was “but it’s gross, so ima kill it anyway.”</p><p></p><p>If it poses a real threat to you or anyone else, yeah, kill it. But if it’s something like a silverfish, why bother killing it? Most people don’t kill jumping spiders and mantids, at least, so that makes me feel a little better. But I do remember this one time in Elementary school, a group of kids stomped on a mantis for amusement. It makes me wonder what could convince these kinds of people to stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="River Dane, post: 315451, member: 10104"] It saddens me how many people, online and in my personal life, will see any bug and say something like “kill it with fire,” “burn down the house,” or, worst of all, “only humans are welcome in this house.” Why did society ruin bugs’ reputations? There’s been evidence that babies aren’t afraid of bugs or snakes, so “entomophobia” is mostly a social construct. i feel like I can’t convince these people not to be so cruel to bugs. Is there anything you can say? You can tell them all you want “they’re not harmless,” and the most civil response I’ve ever gotten was “but it’s gross, so ima kill it anyway.” If it poses a real threat to you or anyone else, yeah, kill it. But if it’s something like a silverfish, why bother killing it? Most people don’t kill jumping spiders and mantids, at least, so that makes me feel a little better. But I do remember this one time in Elementary school, a group of kids stomped on a mantis for amusement. It makes me wonder what could convince these kinds of people to stop. [/QUOTE]
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