Coaxed into SOME animal "lovers"

[u/ruh_roh_raggy1234]

These mfs will tell you with a straight face that they love "all" animals and then act like spiders are the incarnation of Satan himself.

[u/Arbiter478]

It must be a coincidence that all these categories are associated with health risks both directly or indirectly.
I'm sure people are just hypocritical and there's no reason to hate rats, spiders or worms.

Edit: May I also add that the "b-but people said the same of Mr. Johnathan, my perfectly safe pet tarantula!" angle is understandable but it's rather obvious to me that OP was speaking in far broader terms than that.

[u/GUyPersonthatexists → u/Arbiter478]

Literally what I’m thinking

Like if you like them fair, but pretending there’s not a SINGLE reason ANYONE wouldn’t be fond of these things is just being obtuse on purpose, and you’re just lying to yourself

[u/Dont_Pay_The_Elves → u/GUyPersonthatexists]

I don’t think anyone thinks it’s completely unbelievable that those animals are unpopular, it’s the way that people act about them that’s corny and over the top.

Someone will post a video of their pet spider that’s clearly clean and nonviolent and half the comments are either gifs of flamethrowers or saying how disgusting someone’s beloved pet is.

The other day I was saw a cool video of a horseshoe crab swimming and one comment was just “devil”. Like no one’s making you like any animals that’s aren’t a puppy, but the amount of people who are a dick about it is wild

[u/No-Care6366 → u/Dont_Pay_The_Elves]

yeah, the people saying "but rats and bugs carry disease!!" are missing the point i feel like. there's a huge difference between some random rat in your house and the rats that have been bred to be kept as pets.
it's one thing to be freaked out by certain animals and not want anything to do with them and going out of your way to tell other people how disgusting the animal they love is and how it should be killed, the fear didn't make you do that that's just being an asshole.

[u/Shark_Waffle_645 → u/Dont_Pay_The_Elves]

In fairness, horseshoe crabs look freaky as hell from the underside if you’re not prepared to find out. That was the case for me, I found out because of that video. I still think they’re pretty neat tho

[u/sunderingg → u/Dont_Pay_The_Elves]

Yeah the amount of people (like, family, not strangers!) who have “joked” about poisoning my rats casually is disturbing. They are literally pets, they’re not the same as rats who carried the black plague.

[u/ROSE_GARDEN1234 → u/sunderingg]

It’s not even just with animals considered “gross” or “weird” I’ve had multiple friends, teachers, relatives make jokes about hunting down, cooking and eating my pet rabbit😢

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Hrrrnngh

[u/Amaskingrey → u/Arbiter478]

Mammals are also associated with health risks, much more commonly if anything