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I'm watching Buzzer Beat 4, and while I've always loved Naoki (he's a bit vanilla, but totally sweet), he just endeared himself to me totally.

Naoki is going to visit Natsuki, and hears her screaming. He rushes in to find her freaking out over a bug that got inside. SO HE GENTLY REMOVES THE BEETLE FROM THE DRAPES, AND BRINGS IT OUTSIDE TO LET IT GO.


I don't kill insects. Anyone who would rather save a bug than kill it is a friend of mine ;P

(I attempt a Buddhist standpoint, that all life, regardless of size, is of value. I don't kill insects, I don't unnecessarily uproot plants, I try to respect all life. My religion professor once told me a story of one of her students who spent time in a Buddhist monastery, and had to refrain from swatting mosquitoes. I thought that amazing (thought not very smart, in general, what with all the diseases they carry in the subtropics), and sought to mimic those views in my own life. I'm not Buddhist, but I sometimes wish I were.)

I still don't understand people who are afraid of insects. I probably never will. But who am I to judge, I'm terrified of whales.

Date: 2009-08-09 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] airplanemusic.livejournal.com
I don't unnecessarily uproot plants

YES. I also don't like it when people buy plants and then don't take care of them and let them die. It's not a "suffering" or "rights" issue (obviously) but rather a "respect for life" issue.

I'm afraid of lots of insects (and shipwrecks ugggh) but I still don't kill them for the most part. (I kill mosquitoes and wasp-like bugs when they're in my room, because both pose a threat).

Date: 2009-08-09 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
Totally. I hate it so much when people kill plants, and are just like "it's just a plant!"... Plants ARE alive too, and while they can't feel pain, they still deserve to be respected. Like, I get so upset when people cut down trees for no reason. It almost hurts.

(SHIPWRECKS!!! EHHHHHHHH! Dude, anything underwater freaks me out... Stupid underwater things)

Yay! I stopped killing bugs when I was a kid (we're talking probably 8 or 9), and the only times I can ever remember killing them purposefully since then was when we had houseflies, and one time when I had a ton of fruit flies in my room. I felt horrible after both incidents. I don't kill mosquitoes anymore, and I never killed wasps/hornets/bees (they're my favorite insects). I'm a bit weird though. I still save earthworms from being crushed on the sidewalks when it rains.

I figure my karma's got to be AMAZING.

Date: 2009-08-09 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] airplanemusic.livejournal.com
I knoooow. It's the "for no reason" part specifically that's annoying. Cause, of course, people can't EXIST without killing plants (even if we were all fruitarians). But if there's no reason then...why??

Even a single mosquito will bite me 3-4 (or even 6-7) times, and I get such a bad reaction from the bites, I think it's fair. And because I keep my door closed almost all the time, hardly any mosquitoes end up in my room. (We're talking one or two a month). I don't kill bees; bees are cuuuute! I save earthworms too! Earthworms are cuuuute, as are slugs, snails, and caterpillars. I totally get ladybug infestations every year, but the idea of killing ladybugs (directly by crushing or indirectly by using poison) weirds me out so I just wait it out.

If you think about it, we (as in Westerners) are SO lucky when it comes to bugs that it seems kind of silly to feel the need to kill all bugs that enter your house. Having a zero tolerance policy for bugs is weird..

Date: 2009-08-10 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
I assume it's because people are naturally destructive.

DUDE, do you think you're allergic to mosquito bites? The only insects that bother me inherently are flies. The buzzing freaks me out. I don't mind them outside my house, but inside I tend to freak out a bit. I've gotten good at catching and releasing them though. Ladybug infestations? That sounds oddly cute.

Oh, I KNOW. I'm even more lucky. Up here we don't get big or dangerous bugs at all (save a couple spiders here and there).

Date: 2009-08-10 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] airplanemusic.livejournal.com
Hmm, judging from that, I don't think I am. I have a worse reaction than other people seem to, but it's pretty rare that I get the huge red/purple bites (so I think it's not a mosquito, or there are other factors involved; I was surprised when I got the big bites in the US this year, though..I had thought that whatever bit me was a European thing, since I'd never had that happen before).

Hehehe, trust me, it's NOT. Ladybug infestations are definitely way better than a gross/freaky bug, but when there's ~20 of ANY bug in one corner of your room, it's not cute. Though they don't really come near where I am. I just have to make sure to leave another light on other than my bedside lamp, or else they'll come to me..

What kind of poisonous spiders do you get up there? We have brown recluses and black widows. Black widows are easy to spot, but I don't even know if I've ever seen a brown recluse. Our main house spiders are small generic brown ones (and the occasional adorably tiny red one) so for all I know, there are brown recluses mixed in with the brown ones.

I don't know why, but "I don't like X" or "I'm afraid of X" doesn't automatically result in "I want to kill X" or "I want X to die." If I see a spider, I react in one of two ways -- if it's not freaky, I talk to it; if it's freaky, I look away. As long as I don't SEE the spider, it doesn't bother me. I used to talk to the spiders in my bedroom, and tell them that I didn't care what they did or where they went (even walking on my face was okay), as long as they waited until I fell asleep to do it.

Date: 2009-08-10 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
It sound be some sort of allergic immune response, maybe not to mosquitoes, but to something. Reactions don't happen everytime, and can come and go. The immune system is weird like that. But it must be SOMETHING, because normal people don't react to mosquito bites that badly (hehehehe you're ABNORMAL!)

Ewwww, weird! Kinda like the fruitfly infestation I had. They're tiny, and usually not bothersome, but when they're EVERYWHERE it gets annoying.

We only have the northern black widow, but I've never seen one EVER. Massachusetts is like the northernmost boundary of where they can live, so I think they're pretty rare up here. We get all sorts of spiders here. Mostly daddy long legs.

HAHAHA! I tell spiders they can live in my room as long as they don't go near my bed. I'm not scared of spiders, but I will get REALLY freaked out if they get on me without my knowledge (obviously I have control issues that make me fear things I can't see or control).

Date: 2009-08-09 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com
I kill bugs like a fiend, but I hate when people pick flowers for no reason. >___> I think my hypocrisy stems from the fact my father used to work in a greenhouse, and I raised plants instead of pets. I get protective.

Date: 2009-08-10 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
Makes sense! I love plants intensely. Not as much as animals, but botany is one of my favorite subjects.

I hate when people pick flowers and throw them away, or when people rip up plants. I'm a terribly gardener because I always let the weeds grow undisturbed.

finally someone like me!!!!

Date: 2010-04-14 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
ever since i realized that plants and bugs are alive, I've never hurt them without it being for food. the only times i think i've ever purposely killed a bug were when mosquitoes bit me and my reflexes took over and i saw a black widow that i was trying to save from my dad, but it got pissed at me trying to get it in a age and started running toward my leg and instinct took over before i could stop it, then i started sobbing uncontrollably most of the rest of the day. whenever a bug is in my house, it either stays if it's a spider so it will help naturally control the other bugs (we had an indian meal-moth infestation, but then we let the house spiders into our house, and it went down fast) or outside, even roaches :) Plants don't seem AS important to me since they can't feel the pain but i still try to keep from disrespecting them. the way i see it, humans were meant to eat animals and plants just like a lion eats a gazelle and a gazelle eats grass, but we shouldn't take away their lives for no reason other than that we don't want them. i feel like i agree with the way of life of jainists and buddhists, just not the legend behind it. in other words, i agree with christianity's stories and other aspects of religion, but i also believe animals and bugs have souls and all life deserves respect

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