I’d like to talk about these little 8 leged spiders that crawl upon your bed and body, yall. Thousands of them.

Chemicals don’t get rid of them. They just come back. Strong soap, and bleach are not affective--they still live.

They feed upon your dead skin. Because they have a rudimentary stomach, incapable of the type of digestion we enjoy, they must excrete an enzyme on the fungus Aspergillus repens, which digests most of the material they need it to digest outside of them. It’s basically digesting the food previous to placing delicious morsels of dead skin in their mouths. And this is happening all over your body right now as you read this.

In the great outdoors, Sunlight and natural enemies keep their populations in check, but the average human home provides a nice stable environment for them to not only live, but flourish. Dust mites are thought to be one of the leading causes of Asthma in households (their waste matter which drops from your skin gets in your bed, pillows, etc. irritating breathing).

A few things you can do, in desperate attempts to control the population of them is getting rid of carpeting in the bedroom, washing sheets at least once a week. Freeze your pillow cases for an hour or two. vacuum your bed and upholstered furniture, and buy a HEPA air filter--beware though as HEPA air filters generate ozone which can irritate lungs and cause other side affects. Finally, if you own pets, you can try killing them I guess.

I feel that eventually, though it seems unlikely, that one day, dust mites will make the evolutionary leap from eating dead skin to feeding on live human flesh. Imagine thousands of these creatures feasting of you as you scream yourself delirious.

If the evolutionary step were to take place, mankind would be in certain peril.

i don't know about y'all BUT

i couldn't eem leave DNA at a crime

scene...

my body is reft of any moisture

i'm damn near chapped

i can't eem generate dead skin...

Freeze your pillow cases? I'm guessing this is after they are pulled from the dryer.

First, giant "murder hornets" and now these microscopic creatures in my bed...awesome.

If I don't see them, they don't exist. It's just for my mental health you know.

[Edited 5/11/20 23:38pm]

imago said:

This thread is a disaster.

imago said:

This thread is a disaster.

don't give up yet, it mite improve!

XxAxX said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

You mean dustsaster!

i laughed so hard i was afraid dust might go up my nose!

XxAxX said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

XxAxX said:

i laughed so hard i was afraid dust might go up my nose!

You mean mite

i wonder if bed bugs could be trained to eat dust mites?

damn. that backfired. i was googles searching for animated gifs of dust mites dancing and now i itch all over and plan to wash ALL my bedding right now.

I'm trying to save your lives.


I'm trying to save humankind.

RJOrion said:

Earth Wing & Fire had a song about this back in 1974 "Mitey, Mitey"

Also, ew at this thread.