• Takios
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    In elementary school, our gym got infested by bees or wasps (don’t remember exactly) and they were everywhere. We still were forced to do sports class in there. I got stung twice and then ran outside, bawling my eyes out. I’m now in my 30s and have a severe phobia of bees, wasps and hornets. Bumblebees are fine though for some reason.

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      Because bumblebees are cute and just want to play?

      Sorry you had to deal with that. Your school should be ashamed.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      My parents forced me to play outside when I was very young, and I didn’t want to. Stepped on what’s probably a mud wasp nest, and two wasps circled my leg and stung me a bunch. I cried a lot.

      Anything yellow and black bug near me makes me MAD DASH AWAY. I got made fun of for a long time, “oh they won’t hurt you, just ignore them”

      Like motherfucker I CANNOT IGNORE THEM YOU TWAT

      I love fluffy bumblebees though. I still panic before I confirm fluff.

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        “oh they won’t hurt you, just ignore them”

        Oh yeah I got hit with this a lot. But I have empiric evidence of the contrary right in my memory! D:

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      Bumblebees don’t sting. They just kinda bounce around. They also aren’t laser focused like wasps and some bees. They do bite though, so don’t let them land on you.