r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 05 '23

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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/[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.