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nighttime pollinator gang rise up (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I dont mind moths as long as they're not in my wardrobe.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They creeped me out as a kid. It didn't help that I had this concept that they were like "evil" butterflies. Child brain hardcore taking my grandmother's complaining about moths eating clothes and being a nuisance too far.

Absolutely adore them, now. Go ahead and enjoy some lamp, little friend, you've earned it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Its worth knowing that lamps are bad for moths, they think nighttime light sources are the moon which they use for navigation, and so they get confused and lost

If you wanna help moths, combatting light pollution so they can enjoy the moon is the best thing we can do for them :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I like the consept of them being 'evil' lol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

YEA WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HUH? COME AT ME BRO

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pardon me I couldn’t help but overhear.

I would like to have a civil conversation about your statement.

Would you mind showing me evidence of any negative thing any moth has ever done to you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turn on your phone at night and you will have one colliding at full speed directly to your face, throwing that disgusting fine powder. They are also incredibly annoying inside the house. And if you hit one, they go berserk.

Moths are a plague in certain places. Unless you close all your doors and windows closed when you turn on the lights (impossible on summer), you're screwed. You'll get a fucking war.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Think I didn't try stuff before? I bet you must think yourself to be a genius.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I didn't even know disliking moths was a thing until recently.

Guess why? In French they are called "night butterflies". It's just a nocturnal butterfly so of course it's brown, duh.

This feels like the Orca/Killer Whale debate again. Why do the English give such terrible names to animals like they're trying to give children nightmares?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Various flowers, such as tulips, definitely hate moths.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do mean regarding terrible names? "Moth" isn't inherently a bad name; any negative connotations of the word come from the creature itself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The phonology of "moth" is just bad (not just subjectively but in a way that I'm sure linguists could pick apart). It's adjacent to "moist". That's the kind of name you give something you don't like, a name made to be spat out. Contrast to other monosyllabic names like "fly", a decidedly more despicable insect but with a much prettier name. Which one would be easier to use in a song?

Also I just checked and moths are butterflies, etymologically it's just that old Germanic peoples assigned a different name to the less colorful butterflies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Hang on, what is bad about the word moist? Some of my favourite things are moist!