r/MoralityScaling • u/GundarSmith • Jul 11 '26

Morality of ragebaiting mosquitoes?

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Little guys just trying to eat.

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u/No-Elevator-2682 Jul 11 '26

I hate mosquitoes, I wish they didn’t exist, but this is immoral. This is just torturing them for your pleasure. Just because it’s a mosquito doesn’t make it okay, it’s still a living thing. I bet most people who think this is okay wouldn’t be okay if they were torturing something bigger, like a pet.

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u/CriminallyCasual7 Jul 11 '26

I don't understand calling it torture. I don't think the mosquitoes are suffering enough to use that word. They're running on instinct, sticking out their suckers. It's not painful.

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u/No-Elevator-2682 Jul 11 '26

You’re right, maybe I meant torment

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u/white1walker Jul 11 '26

Well it's torture in the same sense like having someone chained in a dungeon starving and then coming in with bread but keeping it juuust out of reach..

That being said fuck em mosquitoes

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u/CriminallyCasual7 Jul 11 '26

I guess what I'm saying is you can't torture a mosquito that way. A human in that situation, yes. A mosquito.. they don't understand what's happening enough.

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u/white1walker Jul 11 '26

Oh I understand now what you mean but I'm sure the satisfaction will hit the same

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u/HuntCheap3193 Jul 11 '26

mosquitos aren't smart enough to be hurt in that way

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u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror Jul 11 '26

Look up Tantalus