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always-a-slut-4-ghouls · 2 months ago

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Every time I see anything about Europeans not having screens on their windows I remember that one post “this is why you got the plague”. I cannot read anything about Europe and window screens without remembering that post, and honestly, I am still confused as to why people there don’t have screens

#emma posts #around here if you had no screens you’d be getting west Nile and shit just because you wanted some nighttime summer breeze #even without west Nile I don’t want more mosquitoe bites than necessary #plenty of other stuff would get in too. but you would be in mosquitoe hell #how do you guys live with biting stuff getting in your house? with flies getting in your kitchen?#it only happens here if someone leaves the door open too long or they have the lights on when they open the door at night #I mean. flies get in when it starts to get cold. but it would be way worse without window screens #and I’m pretty sure mosquitoes don’t know flies’ mysterious secrets for getting through small openings #at least most flies that get in houses don’t bite #if you leave the door open and a horse fly or deer fly gets in it’s shitty #those fuckers bite #and ticks! They usually don’t get right next to your house. but that depends on what’s around your house #and mosquitoe bites itch for DAYS #how are you guys not just getting diseases and unpleasant bites in your sleep?#and what happens if a bird accidentally flies into your living room?#if that ever happens here there’s a lot of panicking between both the bird and the humans #and I love bats but you really don’t want them getting in your house and that would just make it easier #I love them a lot but they are very good at carrying diseases. they are built different when it comes to immune systems in mammals #and if you leave your window open at night and don’t have some dog to scare them off you know raccoons would be all over your kitchen #and mice and rats too. maybe squirrels. rodents get in sometimes other ways but that’s just opening the door for them like welcome guests #if they aren’t pets then you probably don’t want them there especially for sanitary reasons #and bugs that like to eat your food!#I like animals but a lot of them aren’t great in your house #and when mice have gotten into my family’s house and realized that there were multiple cats they would just hide somewhere out of reach #until they died. even with live traps around they didn’t always move from their hiding spots out of fear #it has to be a terrible way to go. I feel bad for them #more would end up dying that way or from the cats eating them if they could just wander in through open windows. often when they do get #inside it’s because a crack formed somewhere in the window insulation #and your cat could just yet themselves off the second floor or higher. one time I had the screen off for something and my cat wandered onto #the roof and only came back in when he noticed I was panicking

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