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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 11 points 1 week ago

I started releasing rather than killing spiders after reading "Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

In that future, most animals have disappeared and people consider the sight of a spider as an extraordinary thing. Sparing a single spider might be vain, but it feels right knowing insect/spider population is quickly decreasing.