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I'll be rubbing my face for the next three days with imaginary itches from bugs that live on my face.

by delinka 12y ago

lotsofmangos 12y ago
I've been trying to come up with a plan of how to teach them how to tapdance. So, if you see someone out busking with a lab microscope and a boombox, shouting something about face spiders, then chuck us a quid. I promise to remember it when me and the crew are rich and famous.
Houshalter 12y ago
You could probably kill them with rubbing alcohol on your skin.
- octagonal 12y ago
  I really hope this article doesn't make anyone actually try to get rid of these arachnids although I'm sure "hygiene" companies will be all over this in a few years. > Spiders are living on your FACE! Please buy our stuff.
  - jjoonathan 12y ago
    Yup, and then once they are dead something 100x worse fills the niche and people start getting mange or something...
  - rdtsc 12y ago
    Already happening in Easter Europe and China. Go to the doctor and they show you under the microscope -- look you got spiders on your face. Buy this cream we made in the basement over at my cousins' it will help you.
- ivanca 12y ago
  Nope. Mittens are animals not bacteria and they are very tought, here are some still alive after 30 minutes in alcohol. http://youtu.be/EUa6jZeUUOY http://youtu.be/EUa6jZeUUOY
  - troels 12y ago
    Mites. Not mittens.
    - lilsunnybee 12y ago
      Mittens are animals too! :-) https://www.google.com/search?q=mittens+animal&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=mittens+animal&tbm=isch
  - Houshalter 12y ago
    That's interesting. I know that eyelash mites and insects are quickly killed by alcohol though. Perhaps they used a different type or concentration? I know it can't be pure alcohol won't work for example, it needs some water to absorb into the cell.
    - ivanca 12y ago
      The guy has more similar videos using bleach, ammonia and other substances and the mites survives them all.
- seszett 12y ago
  It would work at most until the next time you come in contact with a human or another mammal, which is probably not very far away. I guess even just shaking hands would be enough, since people often touch their face with their hands. The individual mites communities on each mammal are probably not very isolated but come often in contact with mites from other animals.

I'll be rubbing my face for the next three days with imaginary itches from bugs that live on my face.

by delinka 12y ago

I'll be rubbing my face for the next three days with imaginary itches from bugs that live on my face.

I've been trying to come up with a plan of how to teach them how to tapdance. So, if you see someone out busking with a lab microscope and a boombox, shouting something about face spiders, then chuck us a quid. I promise to remember it when me and the crew are rich and famous.

Houshalter 12y ago

You could probably kill them with rubbing alcohol on your skin.

octagonal 12y ago
I really hope this article doesn't make anyone actually try to get rid of these arachnids although I'm sure "hygiene" companies will be all over this in a few years. > Spiders are living on your FACE! Please buy our stuff.
- jjoonathan 12y ago
  Yup, and then once they are dead something 100x worse fills the niche and people start getting mange or something...
- rdtsc 12y ago
  Already happening in Easter Europe and China. Go to the doctor and they show you under the microscope -- look you got spiders on your face. Buy this cream we made in the basement over at my cousins' it will help you.
ivanca 12y ago
Nope. Mittens are animals not bacteria and they are very tought, here are some still alive after 30 minutes in alcohol. http://youtu.be/EUa6jZeUUOY http://youtu.be/EUa6jZeUUOY
- troels 12y ago
  Mites. Not mittens.
  - lilsunnybee 12y ago
    Mittens are animals too! :-) https://www.google.com/search?q=mittens+animal&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=mittens+animal&tbm=isch
- Houshalter 12y ago
  That's interesting. I know that eyelash mites and insects are quickly killed by alcohol though. Perhaps they used a different type or concentration? I know it can't be pure alcohol won't work for example, it needs some water to absorb into the cell.
  - ivanca 12y ago
    The guy has more similar videos using bleach, ammonia and other substances and the mites survives them all.
seszett 12y ago
It would work at most until the next time you come in contact with a human or another mammal, which is probably not very far away. I guess even just shaking hands would be enough, since people often touch their face with their hands. The individual mites communities on each mammal are probably not very isolated but come often in contact with mites from other animals.