"Wouldn't hurt a fly"

[Five_Inch_Heels]

We've all heard the expression and have probably used it a few times.

Random thought occurred to me ... CAN you hurt a fly? Do they have any mechanism to experience pain in any form? There have been times when I only got them with a glancing blow of the fly swatter. They kind of spin and crash, then wander around as if they had a broken wing or something before you swat them again.

 

[pensivepoet]

Another thread about Aella?

 

[Aquagal]

I'm sure pulling their legs off isn't pleasurable.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Hard_Rom]

As long haired kids and teenagers we would use our hair to harness them to some small object and have them lift or move it about. A dozen flies can make a pencil move about.

Flies cannot see directly over head if you use a thin object. I would amaze friends by being able to cut flies in half with a sword.

It takes the reaction times of an F1 driver to snatch flies out of the air regularly.

As a kid I would catch them and feed them to spiders in our basement windows. Spiders are our friends... Fata!

 

[pensivepoet]

As long haired kids and teenagers we would use our hair to harness them to some small object and have them lift or move it about. A dozen flies can make a pencil move about.

Flies cannot see directly over head if you use a thin object. I would amaze friends by being able to cut flies in half with a sword.

It takes the reaction times of an F1 driver to snatch flies out of the air regularly.

As a kid I would catch them and feed them to spiders in our basement windows. Spiders are our friends... Fata!

An F-1 driver?
Was there a study or is this from the JBJ book of facts?

 

[Hard_Rom]

An F-1 driver?
Was there a study or is this from the JBJ book of facts?

I don't make spurious claims or invent facts to fit my distorted view of reality. Anyone who has seen a few of my posts knows how I regularly quote Wikipedia.

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/how-train-f1-driver
http://www.formula1blog.com/editorial/driver-reaction-times/
http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/255994/f1_driver_versus_normal_person.html
http://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/science/science-city-speed-and-racing

At speeds of 273 kph things happen real fucking fast, F1 drivers train regularly on devices that are made to improve their already athletic abilities.

Because you are ignorant on a subject it is not a reason to make accusations or falsehood.

Average human reaction times are about .5 seconds. Tou see this used in non-professional drag racing with a .5 second delay between last yellow light and the green light. A pro tree uses a .3 second delay.

A fast ball pitch takes less than .5 seconds to cover distance to hitter. Therefore you must actually begin to swing before the pitcher releases the ball.

Wikipedia makes sages of us all. Those who actually take the time to research facts.

And using short grammatically short sentences and hitting the enter button to make it look like verse is not poetry.

 

[doctor_insanus]

http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/greatest/pics/thefly4.gif

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Fuckin' goddamn gif postin' mother fuckers should all be shot and fed to the flies.

 

[spacekowboy]

This seems like it should fit here.
http://45.media.tumblr.com/9e13078daf2c1cc0ef214ce0b3772324/tumblr_o4lgv4p7dG1rp1voro2_250.gif

 

[Hard_Rom]

http://pt.musicplayon.com/play?v=573865

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

.............

Profound indeed.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Profound indeed.

As profound as 75% of posts on the GB by 50% of the people. Thought I had the wrong link.

 

[nerfhearder]

We've all heard the expression and have probably used it a few times.

Random thought occurred to me ... CAN you hurt a fly? Do they have any mechanism to experience pain in any form? There have been times when I only got them with a glancing blow of the fly swatter. They kind of spin and crash, then wander around as if they had a broken wing or something before you swat them again.

It's thought that insects do not feel pain because they lack a certain kind of receptor or something. Or maybe that's just us telling ourselves that so we don't feel bad about the genocide we unleash on them every single day since the beginning of time.

 

[pensivepoet]

I don't make spurious claims or invent facts to fit my distorted view of reality. Anyone who has seen a few of my posts knows how I regularly quote Wikipedia.

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/how-train-f1-driver
http://www.formula1blog.com/editorial/driver-reaction-times/
http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/255994/f1_driver_versus_normal_person.html
http://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/science/science-city-speed-and-racing

At speeds of 273 kph things happen real fucking fast, F1 drivers train regularly on devices that are made to improve their already athletic abilities.

Because you are ignorant on a subject it is not a reason to make accusations or falsehood.

Average human reaction times are about .5 seconds. Tou see this used in non-professional drag racing with a .5 second delay between last yellow light and the green light. A pro tree uses a .3 second delay.

A fast ball pitch takes less than .5 seconds to cover distance to hitter. Therefore you must actually begin to swing before the pitcher releases the ball.

Wikipedia makes sages of us all. Those who actually take the time to research facts.

And using short grammatically short sentences and hitting the enter button to make it look like verse is not poetry.

Holy shit!
I had no idea I was in the pesence of a wiki sage.
I'm so embarrassed.
And now I have to go back down the mountain and spread the word.

 

[nerfhearder]

Holy shit!
I had no idea I was in the pesence of a wiki sage.
I'm so embarrassed.
And now I have to go back down the mountain and spread the word.

Now you've done it, you'll be on his ignore list in no time.

 

[pensivepoet]

Now you've done it, you'll be on his ignore list in no time.

Alright!
Another Purple Heart
But I've gained wisdom and knowledge.
Enlightenment is priceless.

 

[nerfhearder]

Alright!
Another Purple Heart
But I've gained wisdom and knowledge.
Enlightenment is priceless.

All hail Wiki!

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

It's thought that insects do not feel pain because they lack a certain kind of receptor or something. Or maybe that's just us telling ourselves that so we don't feel bad about the genocide we unleash on them every single day since the beginning of time.

And yet, they continue to outnumber us exponentially.

 

[nerfhearder]

And yet, they continue to outnumber us exponentially.

Because they are evil.

 

[Emerson40]

All hail Wiki!

http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwf9quhmAD1qzjw8go1_500.png

 

[pensivepoet]

I think if fish could scream there'd be a lot less fisherpeople.
Not sure if they feel pain (haven't checked with wiki) but they sure don't seem to enjoy it.

 

[nerfhearder]

I think if fish could scream there'd be a lot less fisherpeople.
Not sure if they feel pain (haven't checked with wiki) but they sure don't seem to enjoy it.

I actually did look this up and apparently they feel pain to some extent but it's impossible to know just how much or how they process it. They don't experience it like humans and that makes us feel better about that Filet O Fish we had yesterday for lunch.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I think if fish could scream there'd be a lot less fisherpeople.
Not sure if they feel pain (haven't checked with wiki) but they sure don't seem to enjoy it.

Cattle can bellow in pain, doesn't stop people from eating burgers or making shoes out of them. Trout have a brain the size of a pea and about as smooth. Pain for us entails an emotional response not just a physical sensation.

 

[pensivepoet]

I actually did look this up and apparently they feel pain to some extent but it's impossible to know just how much or how they process it. They don't experience it like humans and that makes us feel better about that Filet O Fish we had yesterday for lunch.

Well I've caught my share of fish and I've never had one surrender without some protest.
They don't really seem to enjoy being filleted either.
And most people hum when they fillet (I looked it up)