So I was browsing the internet for termite related information, as I do, and I came across someone who said that we shouldn’t drink water because it’s ‘snowman blood’. They had a whole website dedicated to it and everything. You know how you find that stuff that you’re not sure is real or a spoof? In fact, it straddles the line between disturbing and humorous far too well? It was one of those, because they seemed really sincere about it. It doesn’t even make sense, anyway…you’re actually drinking an entire snowman body. And without a hat and a scarf and a little button face, it’s not really a snowman.
Back when I did some research on Mornington pest control business in my IT course maybe…five years ago?- I found myself in a bit of a web battle with some trolls. Sometimes it’s just bored computer people who think it’s fun to break the law and make people miserable, ruining their livelihood in the process. Yeah, those people are the absolute worst. But other times, it’s more like activists. They’d ruin our home page, branding it with their logo and all these slogans about how pests are people too. See what I mean? It’s like…I get where they’re going with the whole thing, but the whole case is flawed. Pests aren’t actually people. They’re animals. Insects, specifically. They’re taken a common phrase and twisted it so that it barely makes sense. I get the meaning, but the real question was whether they were being funny or just stupid.
At least none of our pest control guys in the field were harassed. I would’ve been pretty mad if someone out there was targeting people for such a stupid reason. Oh, fine, harass all the Mornington termite inspection people, great idea. Then it’s your own fault if your houses is eaten by termites and you can’t do anything about it.
Internet warriors, seriously.
-Dave