Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    My ex ran a very successful barbecue joint in Seattle and Arkansas. She got this and ended up shuttering her business.

    • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Good. Running a meat restaurant is a monstrous act. No kind person would operate a corpse parlour stuffed with the carcasses of slaves, for people to consume in exchange for money. The disease is forcing her to be a better person.

        • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          11 days ago

          Well let’s ask Jewish holocaust survivor, Isaac Bashevis Singer, what he thinks.

          What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.

          He says people who eat meat are Nazis. I think I trust the opinion of this Jewish holocaust survivor on this matter. He makes a pretty good point. Everyone who eats meat is a Nazi, from the animals’ point of view. And I agree with the animals.

          • NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            11 days ago

            this smacks of a genetic fallacy

            but regardless, the Holocaust was wrong, in part, precisely because it did treat humans like animals. this is not an indictment of how we treat animals.

            and no animal knows what a Nazi is.

            • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              11 days ago

              Yes, and that’s the problem with slavery of humans, too. It treats humans the way humanity treats animals. And nobody should be made to endure that kind of suffering.

              What makes animals unworthy of decency? Intelligence? Strength? Divine birthright of species? All distinctions drawn between human and animal which aim to excuse slavery are fascist in nature. Singer is right. The only excuses we have for eating meat are the same excuses the Nazis used for the holocaust. Humanity has not grown since 1945. They have not abandoned slavery, nor fascism. As Singer says, every meat eater is a Nazi.

              Even the little Hitler Youths in schools being fed meatloaf. What society does to children to indoctrinate them into slave-eating is disgusting. Put blood on their hands, so that without an iron will, they will never be able to accept the truth of what they have done, lest they be overcome with guilt for their crimes. It reminds me of the indoctrination rituals used by criminal gangs, where you have to commit a crime to be accepted. It’s no wonder all these adult Nazis can’t accept that slavery is wrong.

                • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                  11 days ago

                  I’m afraid that no matter what you say, Isaac Bashevis Singer has already said the following:

                  “In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they’re the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.”

                  “As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.”

                  “As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.”

                  He has said that the cruelty he experienced at the hands of the Nazis is the same cruelty meat-eaters inflict upon animals. Do you not think he has that right, to interpret his own experiences? Would you descend from heaven to tell him the meaning of the violence he suffered, because you know it better than he? He doesn’t think it’s gross, he thinks it’s true, and I trust him better than you, unless you tell me right now you were in a German concentration camp in 1945.

    • turtlesareneat@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I live in Arkansas and got my first lone star tick this year, thankfully I noticed right as it was biting me. 7 ticks in one month, mostly deer. Insane.

  • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    “They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,”

    Well, that’s a horrifying image.

  • Tinks@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Every time I go hiking with my dog I pull one of these little bastards off his fur. I cover him in permethrin, as well as every inch of my clothing, shoes and hat, so I’m not SUPER stressed about it, but it’s still annoying. A couple days ago I found one in his tail floof (he’s a golden so it’s a giant poof.) The tick was near dead already by the time I got it untangled from his fur thanks to the permethrin though. Usually I spot the ticks on him either because they’re on his head (where they’re easy to spot immediately), or because they got tangled in his fur and couldn’t jump off. I’ve never once seen one bite him thankfully.

    It’s wild to me because I have only seen other kinds of ticks twice so far this season, but otherwise it’s all lone star ticks, which are not supposed to be the most common where I am. They’re definitely more prominent this year though. Of all the tick diseases, alpha-gal terrifies me the most, so I’m not thrilled by this increase in lone stars.

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I am hoping to take a vaccine that can kill them dead, or least take care of their parasites. As a guy who likes steaks, hot dogs, and juicy burgers, these ticks are abominations.

    Oh, and the Wall of Flesh that prevents screwflys from spreading through the neck of Panama has started to fail. You and your pets will likely have your flesh being eaten.

    What a wonderful time to live on the American continent. 🤕

      • not_amm@lemmy.ml
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        11 days ago

        Bruh, I see more meat-eaters following and actively commenting on vegan pages and forums than vegans being annoying lol

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 days ago

          Can confirm IRL, too. I’m not vegan, but vegetarian. Cannot tell you how many rather stupid conversations I’ve had (initiated by omnivores that discover I’m vegetarian, which I don’t exactly advertise, but obviously there are times it comes up if you are sharing a meal at work, or with friends/relatives and so on).

          That’s even with me not really having any desire to proselytize or anything. It’d be one thing if I was upping the ante in response. But there is a certain kind of omnivore that seem to be deeply triggered by the existence of veg*ns. I mean, it really really seems to bother them.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      Honestly, I feel like this is a big fuck you from mother nature, telling us that our industrial farming practices, that are contributing so heavily to climate change, are now worth fuck all. And I am very much not a vegan.

      • Saleh@feddit.org
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        11 days ago

        Yeah, but all ticks can do that. The “meat allergy ones” are a species that is only moving now because of climate change, which in no small part is also caused by emissions from factory farming.

  • RedFrank24@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Funny, humanity contributing to the reduction of the climate crisis by increasing the number of ticks causing people to become allergic to meat, meaning less demand for meat, meaning less greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere as cattle becomes less profitable.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      11 days ago

      What kind of maniac cooks fries in beef fat?

      That sounds like a recipe for cardiac arrest.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        The alt right health grifter sphere is currently obsessed with the evils of “seed oils.” Tallow is supposed to be magically better for you.

        A couple of steps away from the raw milk drinkers and the “rebel canners.”

      • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        That’s actually extremely common. Belgian fries (the original French fries) are originally cooked in beef fat. But nowadays it’s often a beef/plant based fat mix instead. It’s actually quite hard to find vegan fries in Belgium.