>potential bf thinks I'm disgusting because I have four pet roaches
Do any of you guys think bugs are cute? Would you want to discuss them?
>>28295991
Ew, fucking dlsgusting
I'll be your entomologist bf.
>>28295991
>owning pet Turks
I love bugs OP, especially ants.
Get a better bf. Someone who likes bugs too.
Maybe even me.
>>28296016
I used to be fascinated but repelled by them before I got them. It took me awhile to get used to holding them but now the fear is completely gone. They're actually very sweet and will eat tomatoe slices out of my hand.
>>28295991
BOY DO IPls pls marry me I'm the one who's been making bug edits
>>28296073
I used to have the old style plastic antfarm as a kid. Do you have any bugs as pets?
Fuck that normie. Roaches are cute
>Muh only cats n doggos
>>28295991
I think bugs are cute. I like holding big wild bugs, like central american roaches that were six inches long and flew all over everywhere. as a kid most people especially girls thought it was really weird. It's really not a big deal though
Males who can't stand bugs need to get a grip
I don't like bugs but I don't hate him. I wouldn't particularly want to talk about them, I have little to contribute to that conversation. Just don't take them out when I'm home.
>>28295991
For the most part no
Roaches carry tons of diseases and people often end up with maggot infestation from them
>>28296131
>Roaches carry tons of diseases and people often end up with maggot infestation from them
>roaches
>maggot
>roaches
>spreading diseases
Full of bullshit
Not that they can't. But roaches are actually pretty clean. They shit in the walls so yes, you could get a disease, but nah. And maggots come from flies dumbass
Yoooo. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who owned bugbros. I had spiders & scorpions.
>>28296122
I used to love bugs but be terrified of holding them. That fear has dissipated since I got my roaches. I have an emperor scorpion now too but I can't really hold him very often because it stresses him out and he stings once in awhile.
>Owning pet T-
>>28296053
FUCK!
>>28296100
No not currently, but I would really like to create an obstacle course for ants. I'd also like to start cricket farming, both for myself and for the ants I will get. Crickets are an excellent source of food.
>>28296073
>>28296100
I coexist peacefully with an ant infestation in my bedroom. Sometimes they like to crawl up on my feet and I have carefully brush them off. One actually managed to climb up the chair onto my shoulder earlier. Luckily they don't crawl in my bed (I think).
>>28295991
Bugs are awesome
Pets just die.
Why get attached? Just to experience pain?
>>28296180
I may be incorrect but I think certain types of ants will follow blues lines on paper, I can't remember if it's color marker or scented marker that they'll follow. You can create pretty fun paths for them. Even leave a treat for them at the end.
>tfw no ant colony simulation game complete with a player controllable ant so one can steer their ant colony to success by laying down hormone paths
>owned a pet tarantula
>loved that thing
>brought it to school in a tupperware container for show and tell (nothing went wrong)
>away for a weekend
>two preteen girls in my house for some reason
>dad tells them I own a tarantula, it's in the tank in my room
>they go into my room alone to see it
>pick up rock, get scared, drop the rock on it and kill it
>>28296270
>not playing Sim Ant
>>28296220
>believing emotional attachment is zero-sum or a long-term net painful experience
I don't think you really believe that, you'd be totally fucked in the head. Probably you've lost an animal you loved dearly, or you're really afraid of that happening and can't cope with death? Or you've never had a pet?
>>28296358
it's kind of outdated man
I'd prefer something more sophisticated
>>28296314
they were banished from the house forever right?
My mantis was my best friend. He's no longer with us.
>>28296388
Life is a long-term net painful experience.
Part of why I hate all parents.
If any of you guys would like to talk about bugs some more. Here is proof of LONDON and my email. I own four hissing cockroaches and an emperor scorpion right now but I'm looking to get a tarantula as well. I want a centipede as well but I hear they are very aggressive and don't make great pets.[email protected]
>>28296421
They left, I don't even remember who they were or who knew them that they even got into the house in the first place. They were like friends of neighbors or some shit, one-time visitors. I was so mad
I don't even remember if they told anyone or if they just bailed. Fuck people who are irrationally scared of bugs and extra-fuck people who go into people's rooms unsupervised and fucking kill pets because they're little bitches
god fucking damn
I always had problems with people being in my room.
>>28296443
enjoy your 12 thousand beta orbitersqt
>>28296427
I know this feel.
I had a super sweet Egyptian Mantis called Koobus.
He was deadly. Time came for him to moult and something went wrong. I was feeding him crickets at the time and the hunter became the hunted.
I found him in a crumpled heap, mangled, still alive but barely.
So I crushed him to dead with a chopping board. Slammed it down so fast he wouldn't have known.
Gave me feels for a week.
>>28296443
Was thinking of a trap door spider next. I caught a house centipede once. Named her John cena-pede. Get a Chinese mantis
>>28296181
Oh, you poor, naive retard.
>>28296506
That sucks I had to put mine out of its misery as well. Once it got out and I lost it for 2 weeks then I noticed fat mantis shits on my windowsill. He was living in ladybugs.
>>28296429
Oh, an anti natalist
All I can say is try acid and you might mellow out. Mellow hedonism / epicureanism is the solution buddy. I alternate between antinatalism and natalism depending on my mood so I feel confident telling you that it's all in the neurochemical stew, and that if that's the case, it should be everyone's number one priority to allow themselves to enjoy life
Anyway have you ever had a pet?
>>28296517
Don't let that centipede die, they're bros.
>>28296480
That makes me so angry it hurts.
Why didn't you tell the neighbors? Why didn't you get them to contact their parents? They should have been punished, forced to apologize, and bought you a new tarantula.
I really hate hearing stories like this where it's too late for the teller to fix things. Fuck this cruel earth.
>>28296517
Mantis are pretty cool, seems like they would be very fragile and difficult to handle without hurting. I'd be worried about accidentally injuring one. How long did John cena-pede live for?
>>28296528
No clue he escaped about a week into captivity. She was replaced by a leapord slug which quickly escaped and left slime trails all over the house haha
>>28296488
I've actually gotten no responses which is sad because I was hoping somebody would want to be bugbros.
>>28296642
I'll send you an email but I got no time to chat tonight due to an exam tommorow
>>28296443
Your whole chest and skin are disgusting, Jesus fuck. I'd rather fuck one of the cockroaches desu.
>>28296662
Why do you think I'm on /r9k/?
>keeping potential terraformars
STOBBIT
>>28296569
It would have been fair to do that, but as far as my end of the situation worked out, I don't harbor any resentment for the girls, as long as they felt guilty, and if they don't, it's not my problem. It's not like it was a dog or cat or bird. I've felt much worse about losing other pets, ones with actual personalities. I'd say it was an okay learning experience about shittiness and uncontrollability, which although it sucks, is something I think is important to understand
>playing vidya in my room
>feel something cool and wet on my foot, then it moves
>its a qt slugbro
>me and my gf admire it before gently setting it outside on some damp soil
Slugbros a best
>>28296443
>gregrose
>>28296642
I just recently got the whole place fumigated
>tfw literally no bugs in a 150m radius around me
original commenterinosadnasd
I fucking hate insects. Like holy shit when I was younger I could pick up ladybugs and shit but now I kill all bugs on sight.
Bugs, are you kidding me? BUENOS AIRES..
>>28295991
>Do any of you guys think bugs are cute? Would you want to discuss them?
Bugs are pretty cute. I've never had any as pets but I live in Australia so I've always been surrounded by spiders. Always use to wave hello to the big Huntsmans when I was a kid. In highschool I just taught the chemistry and biology when I was studying. Loved those critters.
And in spring they always had babies in either my bedroom or the bathroom so for a few days we'd have swarms of tiny little guys running across the ceilings and walls.
The housemates I've got now are scared of spiders so I have to pick them up and put them outside before anyone else works up the courage to bugspray them. Bullies.
>>28295991
Yep. Had a Madagascar hissing cockroach. I've also had scorpions and tarantulas. The scorpions and the tarantulas were pains in the ass because when they shed, you had to make sure the the humidity was at a certain level, or they would have problems shedding and die.
>>28296443
I think bugs are really neat, OP.
Funny story-- as a young child, my favorite part of camp was seeing these huge, beautiful insects that primarily enjoyed the cool and damp environment of the showers. Some were the size of my forearm at that age, and they had long, bronzed pincers half again the size of their body. The pincers nearly seemed ornamental, like long, slightly curved versions of my mother's good chopsticks, intersecting at an elegant angle. I would carry them on my shoulders and arms as pets.
The other girls were weirded out, but grateful for my daily humane infestation clearing.
Now that I'm a grown adult, I saw a picture of my old friends, and told my coworkers this story with much nostalgia. They were horrified.
Turns out that dobsonfly pincers are like industrial-grade hole punchers. I never was bitten, so I never knew this.
Pic related. I still want one very badly, but have no way of knowing it will be as docile and friendly as my childhood experience.
>>28296314
FUCK that's horrible
I am a male and I don't like taking care of pets, but if I had pets of my own they would be serpents, tarantulas, big hissing cockroaches, or something else eccentric like that.
As far as women are concerned, well this is proof that ANY girl can get a bf. Even the most weird, damaged, ugly, fat women can get a bf. They might be put off by pet hissing cockroaches but there's some guy who will stick through it because he has no other option. It's fucking sad and it makes me want to murder OP and every woman.
>>28295991
Why no millipede or Roly poly? They are pretty cool desu
>>28296887
ah yeah I saw those at summer camp in upstate new york. I was amazed that such a big freaky looking bug could exist on the east coast. Caught me totally off guard.
I doubt you could really own one though, they probably try to fly everywhere and have a short lifespan.
>>28296165
>And maggots come from flies dumbass
Flies lay eggs on cockroaches dumbass. They then transfer the eggs to human hosts. Flies use other bugs all the time to carry eggs and plant them into proper hosts
>>28296841
bugs are repugnant for a reason. Just like niggers are disgusting because they carry disease, so are bugs. Spiders carry toxins, flies carry anthrax, roaches carry a shitload of diseases, and so on.
>>28296901
>owning a pet insect makes a girl bottom-of-the-barrel disgusting
lol what
I get you're trying to point out a double standard but this is really grasping for straws
>>28295991
I like bugs
but if you get a mosquito near me, I'll fucking kill it and all its family
I'll fucking burn them
>>28297109
of course
no one likes mosquitoes
>>28295991
literally subinsects
yeah thats pretty gross. kill them and get a less disgusting hobby.
>>28295991
In principle I don't mind unusual pets, but roaches are literally asking for trouble. Roaches are the very pets.. that... you keep...
You're that sociopathic wojak having a giggle, arent you anon?
>>28297134
mosquitos fucking traumatized me
try spending a week in a trench or in a swamp and the only thing you hear are those cunts flying around your ears
then they come and eat you
you try everything to make them leae you alone but even the most powerful spray won't work
the only time they slightly let go is when you smoke a cigarette, so 5 minutes per 3 hours
>>28297226
mosquitoes are used by other flies to carry eggs. If you get bit by one you may end up getting maggots embedded into your flesh. Don't listen to the retarded bitch OP. Bugs are gross for a reason
>>28296693
To get attention from pathetic whiteknights. Fuck off, whore.
>>28297226
Why would you spend a week in a trench or in a swamp
If you're hot enough you could tell a dude you murdered someone and he'd be like, "cool, second date?"
>>28296956
>Flies lay eggs on cockroaches dumbass.
Are you fucking stupid? Flies only lay their eggs on dead things.
>>28295991
I know how you feel, my gf lost interest when she saw my indoor beetle farm. I don't understand why people think it's weird to keep insects as pets, totally fine.
>>28296314
>You are away for the weekend
>Dad is alone in house with preteen girls
>Dad was a pedo
>Like father like son
Did OP post tits and a timestamp yet?
If not then y'all niggers need to stop giving her free attention for being female.
I know you faggots are thirsty as fuck, but this shit has got to stop.
>>28297578
You wish.
The world wishes this.
It is sadly a lie.
>>28297845
Or, we could have an interesting thread about owning insect pets.
Guys, if I built a netting enclosure in a shady area of my yard, how big do you think it would need to be to satisfy dobsonflies? Their pincers are mighty, so I'm thinking about using a thin metal mesh, but I don't know what anti-rust sealant might hurt them.
>>28298319
You were the one who mentioned being a female to get more attention.
If you wanted to discuss owning insects you would not have brought it up.
Tits or gtfo
>>28298353
>If you wanted to discuss owning insects
>The post you're replying to is only about owning insects and has no mention of gender
Mate you're just trying to find things to banter about. Get over yourself
I've been thinking of buying a preying mantis.
Just buying a few eggpods and letting them duke it out and keeping the winner.
>>28298443
If you had a garden you could host them all there
I assume you mean the same kind of eggpods I'm used to. The kind you buy at hardware stores
You could buy one of aphids and ladybugs and get a whole ecosystem going. Like having a birdfeeder but with bugs.
>>28298481
I was probably gonna release all but 1 once they were large enough.
The exhibition of force is an amusing thought though.
>>28295991
Yeah, I like bugs desu, as long as it's a controlled environment. I find they fascinating. If I wake up and one is on my face It's a different story.
Did anyone hit op up?
>>28296841
>that picture
shoo shoo spider
>>28298419
To be fair, I did empathize with femanon OP in a passing reference to being a child camper known as "the one covered in dobsonflies". It does weird some people out. Was trying to say I know the feel because it was relevant to the thread.
>>28298481
Setting up an ecosystem sounds interesting, but wouldn't it be tough to engineer a good species balance? I'd imagine that tweaking environmental factors in favor of one species would be involved.
>>28295991
I don't know about cute, but I find bugs interesting and I'm not as bothered by them as most people.
Spiders is probably the most weird thing. I'm okay with spiders where lots of people will try to kill them as soon as they see them. I mean, I respect spiders because I know some are pretty poisonous, but I won't kill them out of hand.
>>28298866
>I'd imagine that tweaking environmental factors in favor of one species would be involved.
I would hope that simply letting a pod of ladybugs out a week before letting a pod of mantises out would work, and that they'd self-regulate till equilibrium, surviving off aphids. Certainly they wouldn't be in a perfect ratio from the start
More data is needed. Or, could just do the experiment and see what happens.
>>28296662
I thinj she looks sexy and has nice lips.
Not white knighting i just think pale skin is best
>>28299011
When you're doing this, could you make a thread on /an/? It's a slow board, so the thread would stay around for at least a month's worth of observations.
I'm interested in how your experiment will turn out.
>>28296887
>huge, beautiful insects
>dobsonfly
Pick one.
>>28295991
OP you're a dumb bitch. Bugs are like niggers and gypsies
>>28297578
>Are you fucking stupid? Flies only lay their eggs on dead things.
Depends on the species dumbass. Some lay them in water like mosquitoes and others prefer carrion. They can and have been known to put eggs in other insects who then spread them around.
I used to keep exotic mantises along with multiple roach colonies and at one point had a ziploc bag of fly larvae/pupae in my fridge. OP, do you think Hissing Cockroaches smell kinda like BBQ sauce? I do....
eww nigga wtf no. kill all bugs and things that look like fucking bugs. every time i hear buzzing or see a bee/wasp/thing that can potentially sting me i run full speed in the other direction. i've never been stung before and i'm not about to get stung anytime soon.
sorry op, I absolutely hate bugs and that would be an automatic deal breaker for me. Even if a 10/10 qt was in love with me if she had bugs then I'd rather just not have her and her bugs in my life
>>28296443
Look to be honest you're at the wrong place bitch. All you're going to get are dumb asses who wouldn't know how to even speak to a lady. TOP KEK
