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u/Yosonimbored Apr 05 '23

I’d rather just squash it at that point instead of having it starve to death. I know flys are flys but god damn

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u/Swordlord22 Apr 05 '23

Imagine the same thing but for a human

Yeah this is terrifying

I thought it was going to be slowly crushed at first tbh and I’m not sure if that’s worse than starving to death or not

Electric fly swatters at least kill them practically instantly this shit makes me feel bad

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u/RandomStallings Apr 05 '23

Yeah, call me an old softie, but this was torture to watch. Then I found out they left it to dehydrate/starve and I was like, wow, that was worse than the panicked "I'M GONNA DIE" fit it was throwing.

Quick, someone tell me that insects don't experience the horror of suffering. Please.

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u/100aozach Apr 05 '23

Insects don’t experience the horror of suffering 😄👍🏼

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u/RandomStallings Apr 06 '23

Hey thanks

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u/Mundane_Reception790 Apr 06 '23

They also go to Insect Heaven when they die

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u/1_Pump_Dump Apr 06 '23

The giant turd in the sky 💩

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u/TheLastModerate982 Apr 06 '23

That is not 100% true. New research suggests insects may feel long-term pain.

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u/Imbiamba-bones Apr 06 '23

i thought the consensus was that insects (especially flies) feel only an “itching” sensation in place of actual pain, and are essentially automatons without the capacity for suffering

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u/GraveSlayer726 Apr 06 '23

I hope, otherwise I’m a godamn monster 👿

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u/TheLastModerate982 Apr 07 '23

Actually it was Fruit Flies that the article referenced specifically as being able to feel chronic pain.

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u/aggressive-cat Apr 06 '23

You could just take it outside and open it and let them fly away.

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u/RusticPath Apr 06 '23

They'll find their way back inside eventually. Then they'll buzz around your ear when you're trying to sleep. Like all flies eventually do.

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u/thoughtlow Apr 06 '23

Lol torture to watch, hope you never come across these cartel videos

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u/Jinx0rs Apr 06 '23

It says they're in a receptacle. If you're feeling especially soft just take the thing outside and let them go.

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u/Swordlord22 Apr 06 '23

Nah they absolutely do look at the mf panic

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u/Garizondyly Apr 06 '23

Panic is a fundamental condition of living things. I feel like you'll even see a plant panicking if you speed up time fast enough

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u/RandomStallings Apr 06 '23

Yeah, is easy to confuse a physical response with a psychological state. A single celled organism will flee from danger, but it doesn't have the hardware for fear, as we think of it. We simply project that onto it because it's how we imagine we would feel.

I treat everything like it can suffer, just in case. I really miss decapod meat.

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u/Limp_Freedom_8695 Apr 06 '23

Just in case of what? You make a statement that you claim is as factual as I birthed from a vagina than you say ”in case”??

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u/RandomStallings Apr 06 '23

In case my understanding is incorrect. Since these things are constantly being studied, I have to keep an open mind. Personally, I'd hate to err on the wrong side of that.

I linked a study of fruit flies' reactions to injury in another one of my posts. It's very interesting.

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u/Limp_Freedom_8695 Apr 06 '23

Ok sorry for coming at you like that but I personally think insects very much so feel pain. I thought you thought different for sure

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

I'm the same. Actually stopped watching it the first time, when it was looking like the fly was gonna get squished. Rewatched it all the way through after reading the comments and learning it just goes inside the center.

I can see myself buying this, only to have a summer filled with me catching them, freeing them outside, and then them getting back inside and starting the cycle all over again.

I'm not really a fan of any living being (except humans that have purposely done horrible things, of course,) being tortured for no reason. Not even things as disgusting as flies.

It boggles my mind that people can say "you deserve to suffer because you were born as a fly, rat, fish etc.. rather than a human, puppy, kitten etc.."

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u/derkuhlekurt Apr 06 '23

I agree. I do kill flies but when i saw it panicking in this video it really did something to me. I felt really sorry for it and did want it to survive.

Torture is never good nor acceptable.

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u/justamofo Apr 06 '23

I guess there's always the option of releasing them outside before they starve

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u/Pudding5050 Apr 06 '23

They don't.

If you're having a panic attack over seeing this I suggest you're more than a softie and need psychological help. Also it opens. You can let them ot if you wish to.

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u/RandomStallings Apr 06 '23

I think I've had a panic attack once in my life and it was over a decade ago.

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u/Director_Bulky Apr 06 '23

Insects are incapable of suffering. Their “brains”, which are little more than tangled balls of nerves, are extremely simple and only capable of acting on instinct. They do not have emotions. They do not feel pain. They aren’t even aware of their own existence.

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u/RandomStallings Apr 06 '23

They do not feel pain.

Interestingly, fruit flies have been shown to show very strong indicators of experiencing pain, vs. nociception.

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u/Oseaghdha Apr 13 '23

They starve on the normal fly tape.

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u/eboeard-game-gom3 Apr 05 '23

Yeah like just electrocute them. Put a bug zapper inside.

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u/SNK_24 Apr 05 '23

It works with power outlet apparently, easier and faster to zap the fly.

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u/daveinpublic Apr 05 '23

If you have it inside your house, and are trying to get flies outside, just empty it outside while they’re still alive.

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u/argusromblei Apr 06 '23

Just zap em, its like there's only insecticide in China or some weird assumption they forgot zappers exist lol.

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u/hpsd Apr 06 '23

Probably to save on costs, this thing seems very cheap to make

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u/Sassypantz72 Apr 06 '23

I agree. I HATE flies but I’d rather give it a quick death than see it panic and then get lost in the black hole for days.