Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
Very nice.


My biggest problem is the people who won't listen at all. They, with a angry look on their face says "I don't care if they are harmless, I kill them anyway" I work with a lot of those people. They do not believe any snake can have a redeeming quality.
My former sister-in-law is like this. Whenever I'd post something on my Facebook page about Scylla, she'd come off with "The only good snake is a DEAD ONE! KILL IT!!", and "That's DISGUSTING! Where's the shovel?", sometimes even worse. And yes, she'd use caps for emphasis. I tried to explain, to educate, and mentioned others who were scared at first then realized she's harmless, all to no avail.

So, when I'd finally had the last straw, I let my anger take over, and when she'd post stuff about how baby bunnies were in her yard, I'd say "WOW! Great snake food!" When she posted a picture of one of her friend's new baby, I posted "Aaw, it's all wrinkly and scrunched up like an old man....now, how many weeks old are they supposed to be before their eyes open?" Finally, when she made mention of her cat, I said "Cats are sneaky, temperamental, unpredictable, evil, and they walk all through their own sh*t before jumping up and walking all over YOU, tables where you serve food, and not to mention their mouths have more filth than a public bathroom floor. They torture what should be their food, and then not even eat it. The only good cat is a DEAD cat. DROWN IT!!"

Of course, I didn't actually mean any of that stuff (well, maybe some of the stuff about cats...), and it could be construed as me sinking to her level, but her unnecessarily rude remarks about my choice of pets stopped, which was my goal anyway.

Sometimes, and with certain people, you really just have to let them know in no uncertain terms they're being unreasonable, irrational douche bags.