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    11 months ago

    What’s the last thing that goes through a bugs mind when it hits a windshield? Its asshole.

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    11 months ago

    What’s the last thing that goes through the head of a bug hitting a windshield at 70 mph?

    Its butt.

  • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    same fot cyclists here when they are run over. “cyclist touched car and dies” instead of “wanker in a car murdered a cyclist”.

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      11 months ago

      I’m ngl. The amount of carcasses I see along the road everyday heading to work has made me want to stop driving for years now.

      I’m not even vegan but seeing all those rotting animals decorating ditches day in and day out fills me with rage.

      And knowing some stupid fucks go out of their way to hit animals makes my blood boil.

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        11 months ago

        From my experience, the animals are more the stupid ones that jump out in front of the car unexpectedly. I once tried to dodge a raccoon but every time I swerved a direction, it followed me and then jumped towards my car last second :/

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      11 months ago

      I don’t care about most bugs.

      But the very real and high risk of hurting a beloved animal did play into my choice to be an escooter/biker.

      Killing people is also super high up there, but it’s just less likely.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      I’d guess, all of them.

      It’s easy to get all sympathetic with a mammal that has a face, but insects? Have you seen an insects face? No thanks.

      Cute animal = aww don’t kill it so we can live

      Insect = they can all die for all I care

      • vegans, probably.

      … And don’t at me about how many there are or anything. Or that they don’t suffer like mammals do… The biomass of cows alone outweighs humans, and I’m sure chickens aren’t far behind. I’m also certain that there’s been studies showing that insects react to stimulus, and we have just as much information about their experience of pain as we do for animals. Quiet.

      To be fair, a lot of vegans have made that choice because of how animals suffer in factory farms. That’s valid and I won’t debate it; but you’re probably not crying over dead bugs. So this really isn’t aimed at you. You’re good. Your reasons are valid. I’m not a vegan but I can recognise that the treatment of animals in factory farming needs to be improved. At the same time, I have accepted that Bessie tastes really good in spite of how she was treated. I made my choice. I live with that.

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    11 months ago

    What’s the last thing to go through a fly’s mind as it hits the windshield?

    It’s ass.

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    11 months ago

    Wait, let me tune into the bug channel… Crackling “we are gathered here today to commemorate Gary who threw himself fearless into the onslaught the bipedals have wrought upon us with their spiders of steel and glass. Even though he failed on his quest to stop the slaughter of millions by the metal madness unleashed.by.the bipedal demons, his sacrifice will shine as a beacon of hope that one day we might be able to spread our wings again”

    No, they do tell the very same thing.

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        11 months ago

        A car tried to reverse onto me the other day, at a red light they went forward then popped it into reverse and backed up really quick but luckily stopped before it hit me

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        11 months ago

        i mean my dad was rear ended causing him to rear end the person in front. Insurance didn’t believe him before the dashcam footage.

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    11 months ago

    ever notice how this is getting rare?

    we used to get a rain of bugs when travelling by car at night on back roads.

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      11 months ago

      Insects are dying. Especially close to cities. Cars are to blame, but probably even more the human impact on nature, destroying the natural living space.

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      11 months ago

      There are scientists who actually study bug strikes on vehicles. They use it to measure insect decline, and if you’re wondering, it’s massive. I think one article I read had it as high as 40% over the last 20 years in some areas.

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        11 months ago

        You say that like you think everyone has newer cars. It’s absolutely not about that. It’s our destruction of the climate, which has killed off the majority of insects.

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          11 months ago

          I did a quick search after the other replies came in, scientific consensus seems to be "more research required to be scientific about it, but looks like there are way less bugs about’

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      11 months ago

      remember how white vehicles were always covered with dead bugs? and how people used to put nets on their front bumper?

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      11 months ago

      Not just back roads, it used to be almost everywhere. Even riding your bike you often had bugs smash into your face. It’s really eerie now that it’s not a thing anymore.

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        11 months ago

        15 years ago i couldn’t go for a run without getting a bunch of cluster flies in my teeth and eyes. now, i hardly see them anymore. and not just because i don’t run as often.

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      11 months ago

      It’s all my fault. I accidentally hit an entire swarm of bees with my car in the 90s and it’s all gone downhill from there. Hell of a thing to clean off.

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      11 months ago

      It’s the same with birds.

      Growing up I used to get woken up by the sounds of thousands of birds tweeting and chirping.

      Now I’m lucky to hear a bird that isn’t a crow