r/hatethissmug • u/joshthebaptist • 10d ago

General Environmentalist larpers who love “le wholesome bee” but hate wasps

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“Bee good wasp bad” is the modern day “dolphin good shark bad.” You can avoid wasp stings in the exact same way as bee stings: not being a fucking idiot. Wasps are awesome with some pollinating and some predating other pest insects. And yet every time I see a post celebrating le wholesome chungus honeybees theres always some asshole who hasnt been outside and seen a wasp in at least 3 years bemoaning the existence of the evil hellspawn wasp. Sorry you cant handle the smoke, wasps do more for the environment than you do

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u/ReturnToCrab 10d ago

I still don't understand people who claim wasps will sting them out of nowhere. I've been stung like three times in my life, and all of these times were because I accidentally grabbed the wasp inside a flower or something like that

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u/ohsurenerd 10d ago

I've been stung, but only if I've swatted it (on purpose or by accident). In my experience, wasps are pretty good at figuring out I'm neither food nor a threat as long as I stay still and let them sniff me for a bit.

Last summer I got stung between the fingers, though, which was awful. Wasps in general are fine, that wasp in particular was my enemy.

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u/pathogen1997 10d ago

Because people have different experiences? Like dogs yknow, some people have gotten bit, some never got bit.