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[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

See, the problem is that my definition of "don't disturb" and their definition are very, very different. I don't disturb them the same way I don't disturb bees: oh, look, it's a few feet away, I'll just stay over here and mind my own business!

Their definition is: "stay several hundred feet away from me, don't even look at me, if the air anywhere in my vicinity vibrates as an after effect of you breathing half a mile away I will hunt you the fuck down"

So, like, it's a fundamental incompatibility. They can't abide me existing, and I can't abide them being horrifically aggressive because I dared to exist. Unfortunately for them, I have the advantage of size and tools.

[-] Sightline@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

And so we went to war.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, I guess we must be used to different species. I've never had a problem with lone wasps, and as for the nest building ones, I once got swarmed by a paper wasp colony but only because one of them got accidentally caught and squashed in my clothing.

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