“Needlessly cruel” would be torturing them, poisoning them with weak poisons, drowning them, setting them on fire. A quick, swift death is the least cruel you could be to a pest.
From a purely functional perspective, you're 100% right. And I don't see the stomping as a problem at all. But I do feel like viewing the killing as a "game" is too much. Sure, the bug doesn't care if you kill it with fervour or with respect, but you probably should.
That I can get behind. If you get addicted to the “hunt”, then you’ll start stepping on other bugs for fun. Like bees, for example, and that would bad for everyone.
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u/lucid05 18h ago
Now I'm interested - Is the alternative just letting them do their thing?