# Do you dislike people who step on bugs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762 "2020-10-12T04:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/82 "2020-10-14T03:23:50Z")
> [@Jakeyjakey](#): > > ants are quite brutal. Even though they don’t know any better, they _are_ ruthless. That isn’t their fault And we do know better. So it is our fault. ---
**Author:** ![Jakeyjakey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jakeyjakey/32/5071_2.png) [@Jakeyjakey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jakeyjakey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/83 "2020-10-14T04:24:32Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > And we do know better. So it is our fault. What would be my “fault?” Did you read the last part of what I wrote? When you go to step on ants and they run around, it isn’t because they are “running scared” or are desperate for their lives. That _would_ imply sentience, and then there would maybe some nexus of logic behind your disapproval. But that that isn’t what is going on. When I plant my sneaker on an ant mound in my driveway, all that the ants see is some some huge, long white thing in their way that wasn’t there before. It’s just some giant alien object that moved fast and because the ground tremored, they erratically change directions and give the _appearance_ of being panicked, but they still don’t comprehend it as deadly or dangerous. That’s the level of perception we’re dealing with here. They don’t know and they don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/84 "2020-10-14T05:07:52Z")
It seems this has been an issue with you since at least 2014… > [@Do you think its wrong to step on bugs and stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-wrong-to-step-on-bugs-and-stuff/705347): > > I’m 22 years old, a lifeguard at my local beach. The other day I was getting out of my car to go to work and the parking lot was crawling with like a thousand little hermit crabs that the tide washed up from a storm the night before. I was going to walk barefoot to the beach and avoid them but I was running late so I put my sneakers on my feet and just jogged through them. I couldn’t avoid stepping on and crushing a bunch of these little crabs. Now I’m actually a pretty good guy, but some dude … ---
**Author:** ![Jakeyjakey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jakeyjakey/32/5071_2.png) [@Jakeyjakey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jakeyjakey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/85 "2020-10-14T06:26:47Z")
No clue. I’m 33 yo. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/86 "2020-10-14T07:52:14Z")
> [@Jakeyjakey](#): > > They don’t know and they don’t care. It’s the humans who do know and do care. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/87 "2020-10-14T14:35:05Z")
Moderating: Perhaps you could think of something other than squashing bugs to post about. I cannot see any point to continuing this thread and am closing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-people-who-step-on-bugs/922762/88 "2020-10-14T14:40:56Z")
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