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Comment on Why are we so afraid of cockroaches?
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 days agoI lived in an apartment building with a big pipe leading to the septic tank. Cockroaches were always visible crawling in and out of the gaps between the concrete and pipe, living in the literal shithole. They carry so many germs!!!
At night, that’s scale the building and come visit us. I woke up one night to my cat staring slightly above my head. I moved a tiny bit, and a big mind cockroach jumped of my headboard onto my face, then onto the blankets, where my cat swiftly executed it (with no small level of skill and reflexes). That night left an impression on me.
I hope this explains both fear and being spooked by them.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
StillAlive@piefed.world 1 day ago
a big mind cockroach
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s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I thought I read it before posting. Sigh… I’m such a bot
StickyDango@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, that’s so gross. The building manager should get that looked at because that’s a public health concern to have sewage exposed like that. When it rains, the water will take up the space in the tank, and when there’s no space for the sewage to go, it’ll spill out in to the open and go everywhere.
As for the cockroach on your face, I personally would just leave and never come back (from a professional view, put down all the baits and get pest control if it’s too far gone). Cockroaches do bite, so be careful. If you could tell it was a mother cockroach (do you mean it was big, or it had an egg sac attached to it?), then there’s a bigger problem than just one egg sac. You’re either already or about to be a co-parent to millions of babies.
Just an FYI for anyone else who is currently living in a situation similar. 🪳 ☠️