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lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days agoWasps are my archetypal frenemy. I hate them, but I love them and what they do, but they can please do it far away from me, but they should also do it in my backyard, but not when I’m there, and I don’t mind sharing food with them, but I can’t stand having them near my food, and I don’t want to hate them but whenever they’re near I seize up and can barely breathe or move.
I don’t like them half as much as they deserve.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Watch the wasps body language. If it’s flying back and forth, towards you, vertically oriented, its time to get the fuck away. But if you’re just chilling and it lands on you or nearby, its just curious, maybe give it some headpats.
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
You mean if it’s flying up and down, rather than left-right as they usually do?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 days ago
No, like instead being oriented like a dragonfly, its stinger is pointed down as it zigzags left and right towards you.
lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Ooooh okay, so that’s the point where I stop clenching up and shit my pants instead? Thanks, good to know.
More seriously, thank you for sharing that knowledge. I’ll still be terribly afraid of accidentally inhaling or ingesting them, or having them get in my pants without consent (again), but it should ease my fear of them intentionally attacking me.