And then there's the effort put into making us even more squeamish. Kinda like you can't sell pointless cleaning products to people who aren't paranoid about "g

And then there's the effort put into making us even more squeamish. Kinda like you can't sell pointless cleaning products to people who aren't paranoid about "germs" etc. Yes, nobody wants insects in their home, but there's still a difference between that and finding them "gross" when they're outside doing their thing IMO. I wouldn't assume that our distance from insects is just a result of our "natural" being grossed out by them, it might also be the other way around. Probably a bit of both. I'm sure there's a lot baked in for good reason evolutionarily, insects do transmit diseases after all. But still, we also have a lot of great ways to deal with that without outright having to turn everything into a wasteland. Maggots and fruit flies and spiders are one thing, but if people are grossed out by a butterfly, the problem is with them. Yes, I also jump when a big fat spider crawls on me when I don't expect it, but other than that, it's a matter of practice and perspective. ("it's even more scared of you than you of it" and all that). If we can't grow up to even that level we're truly hopeless.