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Nuts to that, I don't want to spend every summer covered in weeping sores from whatever infection the local mosquitos carry. The wife and I look like crackheads
by Sophistifunk 9y ago
Nuts to that, I don't want to spend every summer covered in weeping sores from whatever infection the local mosquitos carry. The wife and I look like crackheads half the summer. If I could I would DDT my whole neighbourhood and wouldn't bat an eye.
- kristopolous 9y agoAnd then when the food chain collapses or when you find out you've been eating what's been eating the poisoned insects...and now you have all the poisons too? When ecosystems are poisoned, either the bottom gets kicked out or the top of the food chain dies off first. Not smart...
- ablation 9y agoPrecisely the sort of attitude that explains why we appear to be in the mess we're in, regarding declining insect populations.
- sametmax 9y agoI feel your pain. But because something is very inconvenient doesn't mean every solution to get rid of it is worth it on the long run. And we desperately need to start thinking and acting long term here. We are really messing things up. Badly.