I just put out beer in trays. They die, but they die happy. 
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The advice I got from an Easterner was “Put out a hollowed out cantaloupe. In the morning dispose of it and the slugs inside it.”
I told her “Here in Oregon one of them will just pick it up, walk home, and say 'Look, Ma! I’m a turtle!”
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Did someone say “angry octopus”?
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Or, they are just after a hug… they are after all just built as the ultimate hugging animal
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Only that attracts all the local slugs to your garden and some of 'em will get distracted and still eat your stuff. The correct tactic is to convince your neighbours to leave beer traps…
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Sort of like those Japanese beetle traps. Useless in your yard, but if you give them as gifts to all your neighbors…
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But they are born with sticky limbs and grappling abilities. Punching may be a “friendlier” way of expressing displeasure and exposes them to attack less than grabbing something, but they even have a pro wrestling move named after them:
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For the love of God, why?
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And anyway - the octopus is not angry, it is taking social distancing serious.
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