Heaven criteria
March 23, 2023 11:37 AM Subscribe
I really like Joel Haver's stuff. :) He did a really touching Happy Birthday, Dad video a while ago. It's just him, sitting on a log, talking about grief. And it's just real. It takes a lot of courage to show that kind of vulnerability on-camera for the world to see, and I really appreciate that.
posted by xedrik at 11:54 AM on March 23, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by xedrik at 11:54 AM on March 23, 2023 [5 favorites]
What is the criteria for a bug? Do mites count? Because I've probably killed millions. Dust mites, dead from house cleaning. Skin mites? I shower every day, bye bye. I've had two houses sprayed for termites. Fly paper, ant traps, roach motels... had them.
And I would sign off on any plan for the extinction of Anopheles.
Guess I'm going to hell. I always suspected.
posted by Marky at 12:11 PM on March 23, 2023
And I would sign off on any plan for the extinction of Anopheles.
Guess I'm going to hell. I always suspected.
posted by Marky at 12:11 PM on March 23, 2023
I wish he had pulled a plastic cup (or napkin - cup is funnier) from his pocket and put bug god inside it. Or flicked him away, but that's hard to do while bug god is shooting at you.
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:24 PM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:24 PM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
My work is with insecticides. I am DOOOOMED.
posted by fimbulvetr at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by fimbulvetr at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
A tale of wisdom and atonement from the Perry Bible Fellowship.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:05 PM on March 23, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:05 PM on March 23, 2023 [6 favorites]
To be fair "did you kill a lot of bugs" is probably less exclusionary a metric than "did you hear of and trust your life to this one dude who died a ways back". I mean, you can figure out that you shouldn't kill a lot of bugs on your own.
posted by phooky at 1:55 PM on March 23, 2023
posted by phooky at 1:55 PM on March 23, 2023
I will never feel sad about killing invasive fire ants, sorry Bug God.
Also, one of the reasons to kill some bugs is that they kill other bugs that we need around. How do we choose?
So I guess strict Jainists might make it in.
posted by emjaybee at 9:11 PM on March 23, 2023
Also, one of the reasons to kill some bugs is that they kill other bugs that we need around. How do we choose?
So I guess strict Jainists might make it in.
posted by emjaybee at 9:11 PM on March 23, 2023
All things bright and beautiful...
I have always liked insects, and though I try to keep quiet, I hate it when people panic about them. It really disturbs me, so I'm with God here. My dear dad always spent outdoor lunches killing wasps instead of eating, which made me try to enforce indoor eating all year.
When I was a child, no one talked about biodiversity, but I just loved walking around in the vibrant buzz of things.
That said: I am still to this day a fanatic about avoiding flies and mosquitoes in my bedroom (and good at it), and I rarely wear clothes that don't cover my entire body. I suppose my parents, who were fanatic about tans, hated insects for good reasons.
posted by mumimor at 9:46 AM on March 24, 2023
I have always liked insects, and though I try to keep quiet, I hate it when people panic about them. It really disturbs me, so I'm with God here. My dear dad always spent outdoor lunches killing wasps instead of eating, which made me try to enforce indoor eating all year.
When I was a child, no one talked about biodiversity, but I just loved walking around in the vibrant buzz of things.
That said: I am still to this day a fanatic about avoiding flies and mosquitoes in my bedroom (and good at it), and I rarely wear clothes that don't cover my entire body. I suppose my parents, who were fanatic about tans, hated insects for good reasons.
posted by mumimor at 9:46 AM on March 24, 2023
That two-dimensional gun didn’t leave bullet holes in the guy. Must be a heaven thing.
posted by BostonTerrier at 11:25 AM on March 24, 2023
posted by BostonTerrier at 11:25 AM on March 24, 2023
My dear dad always spent outdoor lunches killing wasps instead of eating, which made me try to enforce indoor eating all year.
My feeling is that you should leave bugs alone so long as they leave you alone. Alas, roaches don't get the memo. But it does mean that I have killed infinitely more bugs, with infinitely more satisfaction, indoors than outdoors.
posted by praemunire at 1:12 PM on March 24, 2023
My feeling is that you should leave bugs alone so long as they leave you alone. Alas, roaches don't get the memo. But it does mean that I have killed infinitely more bugs, with infinitely more satisfaction, indoors than outdoors.
posted by praemunire at 1:12 PM on March 24, 2023
I feel cockroaches are a separate problem. Weirdly, I have never encountered them here in Europe, though I know they are a real problem here as well as everywhere else. I don't want cockroaches in my home and I don't want rats, and all my principles and feelings about animal diversity disappear when those two species arrive within my field of vision. I will even use poison.
I can deal with mice, spiders, snakes and scorpions. I don't know why rats and cockroaches have a special status.
posted by mumimor at 1:34 PM on March 24, 2023
I can deal with mice, spiders, snakes and scorpions. I don't know why rats and cockroaches have a special status.
posted by mumimor at 1:34 PM on March 24, 2023
I’m guessing that Leiningen didn’t end up in the Good Place.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 2:57 PM on March 25, 2023
posted by ActingTheGoat at 2:57 PM on March 25, 2023
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