I hate these stupid ass motherfuckers. Yellowjackets will leave you alone if you leave them alone, simple as that.

I have a nest of them in my garden currently, they took over a compost bin. I went right up to them and was fucking around with the compost before realizing they were there. They started swarming so I immediately stopped moving, then after a few seconds, slowly took my hand out, waited a few more seconds, then put the lid back on the bin and secured it, then slowly backed away. Didn't get stung at all even though I basically touched some of them and messed with their shelter.

But no these Big Tough Manly Men™ on reddit.com are so scared of them that they will burn them alive, drown them, stomp on them, poison them, etc. Fucking pathetic.

ETA: Read up, libs

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    There's an entire subreddit dedicated to hating deer with endless videos of them being splattered by cars or otherwise injuring themselves

    Also, if wasps don't want to be killed why didn't they become bumblebees instead :kubrick-stare:

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      There’s an entire subreddit dedicated to hating deer with endless videos of them being splattered by cars or otherwise injuring themselves

      That's some serial killer shit.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Apparently snuff compilations of murdering furry critters was an entire VHS tape genre

          https://youtu.be/ZmRs1QjHU-k?t=384

          (Link to Best of the Worst ep, not an example of a video, though CW, there's some censored animal gore)

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      Now I am opposed to deer in that there are too many without a natural wolf population or human hunters keeping them in check, and they are capitalism's greatest ally in destroying american forests. However, I am not here to see them suffer or exacting pleasure from their pain, that's monstrous. If these people actually cared about deer overpopulation they would be protesting in favor of increasing wolf populations or become hunters and reduce the population directly. Instead they are snuff porn enthusiasts who enjoy feeling more powerful than a literal animal with no judgement.

      • ShadowTheBasedHog [des/pair]
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        3 years ago

        They would also be protesting against deer farms run by hunting companies to keep the wild game population up.

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          3 years ago

          yeah. The only valid reason for those is to fight deer wasting, but they usually aren't run well enough to fight that.

      • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        they are capitalism’s greatest ally in destroying american forests

        Can you explain this please?

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          3 years ago

          deer prefer to eat saplings or fresh growth over established trees or old growth. In a healthy forest, they help prevent an excess of trees from overusing resources, while wolf populations keep them from eating all the new growth. Because wolves have been driven out of many places and have low numbers, they cannot keep down deer populations, and the perspective that deer are somehow sweet or innocent makes a lot of people hesitant to kill them when they would not balk at slaughtering a cougar or a wolf on their property. Because of this, attempts are reforestation in america are often stymied by the massive deer population feasting on the new growth and young trees, and the constant encroachment of suburbs keeps expanding both the exposed outer edge of the forest and places where deer are not predated. The best solution is to destroy suburbs and urban sprawl, reintroduce wolves and have massive breeding programs, and modify our wood consumption habits. The fastest solution would be to increase deer consumption and hunting or introduce more deer anti-breeding programs(making deer sterile or infertile, which has shown some success I think). america is taking neither course because of course it's not, so the problem just gets worse.