I was browsing Amazon randomly and came across a listing for glue traps. Those things are a huge trigger for me emotionally and for some reason I couldn't look away. I decided to read the reviews, I definitely did not click or look at any photos. Thankfully some of the reviewers acknowledged that this is inhumane, but the vast majority of them just praised the product as if they were reviewing a pack of lightbulbs. It was scary. These people are witnessing firsthand a cruel barbarous act toward another living creature, and they don't bat an eye. It's one thing for people to buy their meat and dairy neatly cleaned and packaged at the store and have no notion of what is going on behind the scenes (still not an excuse but hopefully you get my point). But glue traps are on another level. I stopped using glue traps years ago for fruit flies (before I became vegan), when I had a beautiful tiny moth stuck to one and I video taped and zoomed in on the fruit flies suffering immensely. I vowed to never use one again after that, and I'm just living with the drain flies in my basement flying in my face, even up my nose! I don't know which drain they've infested, but that's another story. Sometimes I do trap them in a bottle and release them outside and they freeze to death in the winter, but it's a lot better than being stuck on a cruel glue trap and suffering for who knows how long.

I also have a rodent problem that's been ongoing for years. A pretty big one too, it's just impossible to find their entrance, it could be anywhere from outside. So I know all about dealing with that. I'd honestly rather have the mice and rats destroy my home and having it all come crashing down than ever even think about using a glue trap. My family sometimes uses poison though, which I also hate so much. But it's a HUGE issue sometimes throughout the year, I don't condone it or participate. I actually save all the little mice and nurse them back to health if I find one that looks off, or gets trapped somewhere. My cat was a rescue and goes outside and likes to bring them back, so of course I will keep it nice and cozy until it regains itself, or dies. So obviously not all people are this way of course, which is fine. But the fact that I'm living in a world where so many people think glue traps are a good thing, and they think factory farming and the cruelty to animals is totally fine, and eating animal products is something to be proud about, it just feels like I'm living among a large majority of psychopaths. It's very unsettling, but it also makes me feel better about my failed life, because this is definitely not a world I'd be happy in or want to make an effort for. Thank goodness we only have 1 life and that we die. I find so much comfort in that fact.

Hey Ya'll I recently read Consider the Turkey by Peter Singer and then looked online for templates or bullet-points I could use for an email but couldn't find one so I drafted one and thought I'd share in case anyone of my US peers wanted to use. Apologies for poor reddit formatting:

Hi, I’m running 13.1 miles for this really great charity who has done a lot for animal rights in the Uk, I would appreciate any donations!!!

https://gofund.me/78f4ab2c