WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE AFRAID OF BED BUGS

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I DON'T HAVE BED BUGS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF THEM! IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WAS AFRAID OF BED BUGS THAN THEY WOULDN'T EXIST!!!!

[Instant Classic]

How else am I supposed to tell someone good night?

[The Unconquered Sun]

wolf spiders are a natural predator to bed bugs. simply get a few dozen and release them in your house.

and make sure there are at least a few breading pairs to increase the population over time



before you know it, you'll be sleeping in comfort and safety knowing that there are thousands of these arachnids freely roaming your home at night keeping you safe from bed bugs.

 
glad i could help.

[Rolent Tex]

Bed bugs are assholes.

[Mozenrath]

If I remember correctly, they're not a known vector of any diseases, so they're just annoying.

As a matter of fact, cockroaches apparently will eat them, and are considerably more sanitary than most would assume, their bodies being practically teflon to most microbial life, and they groom themselves. Maybe people could stand to be a little more tolerant of roaches. That said, I have thankfully not had an infestation of either.

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I used to work at a hotel. People are in fact afraid of them.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Mar 19, 2016 0:30:48 GMT -5 The Unconquered Sun said:

wolf spiders are a natural predator to bed bugs. simply get a few dozen and release them in your house.

and make sure there are at least a few breading pairs to increase the population over time



before you know it, you'll be sleeping in comfort and safety knowing that there are thousands of these arachnids freely roaming your home at night keeping you safe from bed bugs.

 
glad i could help.

But if you do get tired of the wolf spider you can bring an owl to your home since they eat the wolf spiders.

[Long A, Short A]

Bed bugs almost took my sanity from me this past summer. Those bastards eat me alive and caused me to throw away all my bed linins. I also ended up throwing away my bed.(it was a shitty bed anyway)

[Sephiroth]

Because not many know they reproduce by the male stabbing the female with his hoo ha.

[Father Dougal McGuire]

f*** bed bugs. In one of my first apartments my roommate infested the place by bringing in a couch he found by the dumpster. It took a lot of patience on my part not to kick their ass on general principle.

[Rolent Tex]

Mar 19, 2016 12:47:39 GMT -5 Father Dougal McGuire said:

f*** bed bugs. In one of my first apartments my roommate infested the place by bringing in a couch he found by the dumpster. It took a lot of patience on my part not to kick their ass on general principle.

You sure it wasn't my mattress I threw away when we moved out of an infested apartment? It vanished literally in seconds.

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I had them in my old apartment too. They were coming from the next apartment over, and I had seen the "heat pipe" show up in other apartments. I didn't know what that truck was for at the time, but once I read up I found out it was other people who'd had bed bugs. They just drive a truck up with a huge heater, feed a pipe into the apartment, and then burn the hell out of your room for hours until they just shrivel up. Everyone was afraid of telling the apartment though as they had a history of putting whoever "spoke up" on the hook for the bill. On top of that, in their policy whoever was deemed "responsible" for the infestation would be on the hook for any inspection/treatment in nearby apartments, which I assumed that meant if I said something to the managers they would charge me for several apartments' treatment.

If you ever get them, there are some sprays that work, but you HAVE to hit them directly. You cannot just spray in an area and assume it flushes them out. If the spray doesn't make direct contact with them, they'll mosey right through it like it's nothing. So it's most important to find where they're lingering before you go spraying...unfortunately that can also be a real bitch as pretty much EVERY nook, cranny, corner and crevice in the room and even nearby rooms is fair game.

[Rolent Tex]

Mar 19, 2016 14:53:01 GMT -5 @geneyussrevolution said:

I had them in my old apartment too. They were coming from the next apartment over, and I had seen the "heat pipe" show up in other apartments. I didn't know what that truck was for at the time, but once I read up I found out it was other people who'd had bed bugs. They just drive a truck up with a huge heater, feed a pipe into the apartment, and then burn the hell out of your room for hours until they just shrivel up. Everyone was afraid of telling the apartment though as they had a history of putting whoever "spoke up" on the hook for the bill. On top of that, in their policy whoever was deemed "responsible" for the infestation would be on the hook for any inspection/treatment in nearby apartments, which I assumed that meant if I said something to the managers they would charge me for several apartments' treatment.

If you ever get them, there are some sprays that work, but you HAVE to hit them directly. You cannot just spray in an area and assume it flushes them out. If the spray doesn't make direct contact with them, they'll mosey right through it like it's nothing. So it's most important to find where they're lingering before you go spraying...unfortunately that can also be a real bitch as pretty much EVERY nook, cranny, corner and crevice in the room and even nearby rooms is fair game.

Our old complex accused everyone of bringing the bedbugs with them which is hilarious considering the North American bedbug is extinct. The infestations were brought from South/Central America. A coworker was accused of the same thing and took a plug cover off the wall and discovered a dead bedbug painted over. They replaced all of their furniture.

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Mar 19, 2016 23:52:51 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

Mar 19, 2016 14:53:01 GMT -5 @geneyussrevolution said:

I had them in my old apartment too. They were coming from the next apartment over, and I had seen the "heat pipe" show up in other apartments. I didn't know what that truck was for at the time, but once I read up I found out it was other people who'd had bed bugs. They just drive a truck up with a huge heater, feed a pipe into the apartment, and then burn the hell out of your room for hours until they just shrivel up. Everyone was afraid of telling the apartment though as they had a history of putting whoever "spoke up" on the hook for the bill. On top of that, in their policy whoever was deemed "responsible" for the infestation would be on the hook for any inspection/treatment in nearby apartments, which I assumed that meant if I said something to the managers they would charge me for several apartments' treatment.

If you ever get them, there are some sprays that work, but you HAVE to hit them directly. You cannot just spray in an area and assume it flushes them out. If the spray doesn't make direct contact with them, they'll mosey right through it like it's nothing. So it's most important to find where they're lingering before you go spraying...unfortunately that can also be a real bitch as pretty much EVERY nook, cranny, corner and crevice in the room and even nearby rooms is fair game.

Our old complex accused everyone of bringing the bedbugs with them which is hilarious considering the North American bedbug is extinct. The infestations were brought from South/Central America. A coworker was accused of the same thing and took a plug cover off the wall and discovered a dead bedbug painted over. They replaced all of their furniture.

It was just such bullshit that asking for help was not just a questionable or bad idea, but it was literally the worst thing you could do. Not all apartments are like that; some will gladly handle the problem on their own dime regardless of who's found responsible or at least make an effort to have apartments inspected and see where the infestation is rooted at. But then some (like my place) want a name to put the blame on, and going to them is just doing all the work for them. I was just lucky Raid came out with a (at the time) new spray for them, and once I figured out where they were coming from (the wall between me and the next apartment), it was on. It's been 3-4 years now and I'm clean as a whistle, but that month or so where I didn't know what it was, scratched the hell out of the bites because they itched so bad, and trying to get rid of them was miserable.

Might I mention this was in the middle of the summer, and when I walked outside one day in 100 degree weather and saw my neighboring apartment-dwellers outside ALL wearing long pants (some with sweats even), I about lost my shit. They knew they had them, and just lived with it...that, or another apartment had them WAY worse than either of us.

[Joe Neglia]

Why aren't we afraid of them? Because we were conditioned for years not to be. Our parents or others telling us "don't let the bed bugs bite" instilled the notion deep into our psyches that we had some sort of control over them and could, in fact, keep the bed bugs from biting.

In closing, grown-ups are assholes.

[Dub H]

Mar 19, 2016 7:53:42 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

If I remember correctly, they're not a known vector of any diseases, so they're just annoying.

As a matter of fact, cockroaches apparently will eat them, and are considerably more sanitary than most would assume, their bodies being practically teflon to most microbial life, and they groom themselves. Maybe people could stand to be a little more tolerant of roaches. That said, I have thankfully not had an infestation of either.

[Joe Neglia]

Mar 19, 2016 7:53:42 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

As a matter of fact, cockroaches apparently will eat them, and are considerably more sanitary than most would assume, their bodies being practically teflon to most microbial life, and they groom themselves. Maybe people could stand to be a little more tolerant of roaches. That said, I have thankfully not had an infestation of either.

"Okay, so then what do we get to get rid of the roaches?"

"We'll let loose some mice, they'll eat them."

"Okay, and then what do we get to eat the mice?"

"Cats are too cliche, let's go with snakes."

"O...okay, and then what do we get to take out the snakes?"

"I dunno man, a mongoose or something."

"And your plan to extract said mongoose from your premises?"

"Gorilla, man. It's all about the gorilla."

[Perfect Timing]

Head Lice wins that's why.

[Long A, Short A]

What's the name of the red dirt like stuff you can sprinkle in your house that helps kill those bastards? ____ Earth.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

f*** bed bugs. My family has gotten them twice in the last 4 years. They are a massive pain in the ass to get rid of, including getting rid of all the mattresses and bed posts. I'm hoping to god we don't get them again this summer.