#BedBug Infestation

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[petiolata]

Me finding out hyper-responsibility and responsibility OCD are a thing 😐 never read about a disorder/behavior that so specifically matched my weird f**king problems.

Guess I will bring this up in therapy...

[allthecanadianpolitics]

“The cockroach and bedbug infestations in Tammy Brown's Hamilton apartment have all but destroyed her life, she says.

Roaches have taken over her fridge and stove, contaminating her food and making it impossible to cook for her two adult daughters, one of whom lives with a disability, and her four-year-old grandson……Brown has called the city four times in under a year, begging for it to order the landlord at 221 Melvin Ave. to fix the pest problems.

She said neither public health nor bylaw has ever responded……There's a reason she hasn't heard back. The City of Hamilton isn't enforcing its own pest control rules — and hasn't for over four years, staff told CBC Hamilton……. according to public health manager, there's little evidence to suggest rats, cockroaches and bedbugs carry pathological diseases, and the idea that residents could experience negative mental health impacts is a "novel, developing notion"…”

[nyan-b1nary]

PSA that Totally Doesn't Have Anything To Do With My Job Today(TM): Please get acquainted with what bedbugs and bedbug bites look like, as well as prevention and removal strategies.

Heat is the only way to reliably kill them, as the chemicals usually only kill ~12% of a bedbug infestation.

Contrary to the name, they do not merely stick to beds; they can be found all over the house but prefer cloth surfaces that have a lot of contact with people.

If you suspect an infestation, look for either actual bedbugs or their spotting in flaps and corners, especially near the head of the bed and backs of the couch.

Below are pictures.

Pictured below is an adult bedbug. They are flat, smaller than a grain of rice, and brown with the signature ribbing on the thorax.

Pictured below is a site of infestation, including their spotting of a cloth surface. This is their feces, which is just the leftovers from blood.

Please do not be afraid or too grossed out to do your own research. If I remember correctly, Mark Rober has a pretty good video on the topic.

[mediocreclementine]

I used to be pro-maximalism, anti-minimalism, pro-fun, pro-whimsy, pro-knick knacks and shiny things.

Nothing will snap you out of that shit faster than having an infestation.

Every tiny item you saved because it was pretty is now a place for them to hide. You want to see the floors and walls as much as possible in case they're establishing themselves there. No more decor on the walls, it gives them a lovely nesting spot. The more clear surfaces the better. They could be hiding on patterns or dark colors, better switch to solid white or light shades.

Everything not utterly necessary or irreplaceable is garbage. Clutter will kill you. Clutter will bury you alive and nourish the things that feast upon you.

It sucks. If I could, I'd live in a sterile white fireproof box and periodically incinerate the place to clean, for peace of mind. I get it now. I get why minimalism can be good now.

[crushed-oranged-angered]

Sometimes I think I’m good and normal and then I find a bug bite (I don’t remember getting) on my ankle at 5am after waking up from a nightmare about bogs and next thing I know I find myself checking sheets in the dark with a phone flashlight searching for bedbugs

[lazarus-lazuli]

i’ve become obsessed with the innocent souls who go to the r/whatsthisbug subreddit asking for ids on the most fucked up creatures you could possibly encounter

[gingaswag]

i agree that people shouldn't aspire to make entire species of insects extinct but holy shit some of yall have 0 compassion or empathy for people who've directly had to live with infestations

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[littlefoxwithbighat]

Truly having A Week TM. Everybody please send good vibes and energy <33

[thesokovianaccords]

everyone knows that I'm a die-hard Paris hater

proud to have been vindicated

[hazydazy504]

[mypunkpansexualtwin]

BEGGING you to stop posting unfilterable suicide attempt mentions in the tags of randoms strangers posts what the hell is your deal

For what it's worth, 98% of that goes to the locked sideblog that nobody can see, even the person who posted it. Doesn't leave any notes, and that's where that was meant to go. So genuine apologies for that.

As for what's wrong with me, being driven up to the edge of suicide by two of your closest friends by having one ghost you after breaking the only promise you've ever asked of them for a cleanly communicated break if things went badly, and the other one dropping the entirety of the blame on you to apologize for and then blocking you without so much as acknowledging any of their own culpability in the ongoing lack of trust and communication, and having to haul your drunk ass away from that edge alone on your own mangled willpower and choose to live with knowing you'll never get any closure on any of the scars--both metaphorical and physical--tends to take some time to fix. Little bit of bitterness tends to linger after a fun little jaunt like that, especially knowing that the bulk of it is still your own fault, y'know? I've got all of like 3 people to talk about it with, including my therapist, so mostly sincere apologies that some of it bleeds through sometimes.

[myalgias]

:) <- trying not to go insane about being told that a member of the household might have lice

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Hey Frank! What do you love most about bugs?