Red Mosquito

tommy wrote:I don't like the negative connotations of that. We shouldn't be encouraging people to fear/hate insects and spiders (like dad)

who said i was afraid of them?

centipedes?

Goddammit I knew this thread would fall into the "but what IS a bug, really" thing at some point

I've killed a number of bugs in my life.

Strat wrote:I've killed a number of bugs in my life.

Give me the exact number now

Jorge wrote:

Strat wrote:I've killed a number of bugs in my life.

Give me the exact number now

767,892 that i know of. I have probably unknowingly stepped on three times that amount?

So you believe you've unknowingly stepped on 2,303,676 bugs. How many of those do you think survived?

Strat wrote:

Jorge wrote:

Strat wrote:I've killed a number of bugs in my life.

Give me the exact number now

767,892 that i know of. I have probably unknowingly stepped on three times that amount?

wow, you're a stone cold killer.

Jorge wrote:So you believe you've unknowingly stepped on 2,303,676 bugs. How many of those do you think survived?

1/3?

Guys, i grew up in Minnesota and mosquitos are everywhere. Then i lived outside in the mountains and hiked and camped and probably killed a million

What is Jorge trying to imply here? What is his game?

He doesnt even know!

oh he knows. schemes within schemes.

more data mining.

dad wrote:

tommy wrote:I don't like the negative connotations of that. We shouldn't be encouraging people to fear/hate insects and spiders (like dad)

who said i was afraid of them?

I inferred it from your previous comment where you were being a major baby about bugs.

Does it count if I run a bug over with my car or bike? What about bugs that I've injured that went on to die prematurely?

I don't think that we can be held responsible for the death of a bug that died as the result of his own actions.

Strat wrote:

Jorge wrote:So you believe you've unknowingly stepped on 2,303,676 bugs. How many of those do you think survived?

1/3?

Guys, i grew up in Minnesota and mosquitos are everywhere. Then i lived outside in the mountains and hiked and camped and probably killed a million

OK, so Intentionally Killed Bugs:
You believe you have killed 767,892 bugs

Unknowingly Stepped-On Bugs:
Total bugs stepped on: 2,303,676 bugs

Estimated survival rate: One third (1/3)

Bugs that survived:
1/3 × 2,303,676 = 767,892 bugs
Bugs that did not survive: 1,535,784

Total Kill Count:
Intentionally killed bugs: 767,892 bugs
Unknowingly killed bugs (stepped on and did not survive): 1,535,784 bugs
Total kill count = Intentionally killed bugs + Unknowingly killed bugs
767,892 + 1,535,784 = 2,303,676 bugs

Your total kill count is 2,303,676 bugs.

Do bugs killed on your behalf by an exterminator count? If an ant takes poison back to it's colony and the whole colony collapses are you responsible for all of those deaths?

Jorge wrote:

Strat wrote:

Jorge wrote:So you believe you've unknowingly stepped on 2,303,676 bugs. How many of those do you think survived?

1/3?

Guys, i grew up in Minnesota and mosquitos are everywhere. Then i lived outside in the mountains and hiked and camped and probably killed a million

OK, so Intentionally Killed Bugs:
You believe you have killed 767,892 bugs

Unknowingly Stepped-On Bugs:
Total bugs stepped on: 2,303,676 bugs

Estimated survival rate: One third (1/3)

Bugs that survived:
1/3 × 2,303,676 = 767,892 bugs
Bugs that did not survive: 2,303,676

Total Kill Count:
Intentionally killed bugs: 767,892 bugs
Unknowingly killed bugs (stepped on and did not survive): 1,535,784 bugs
Total kill count = Intentionally killed bugs + Unknowingly killed bugs
767,892 + 1,535,784 = 2,303,676 bugs

Your total kill count is 2,303,676 bugs.

put it in a graph.

If a bug, say, a mosquito, violates the non-aggression principle, the guilt for its death lies with it. It is clearly an act of self defense to swat them.