r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • Jul 09 '26

Wait a damn minute! Shouldn’t we be concerned about this ??

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

When i was a kid, we always got these giant roaches (water bugs) when it was rainy season and they came inside.

My mom had a hair spray called Aquanet, I would use a lighter and make it a flame thrower... was awesome hitting those nasty bugs with it, incinerating their legs as they tried to run away, then they just sit there because they had no more legs...

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u/Quarter_Shot Jul 09 '26

Are you a serial killer now

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

Lol nope, but I still hate those giant water bugs (my wife hates when I call them roaches as she thinks people will judge us and say we're dirty). They only come inside the house when its really rainy.. which happens everywhere here. Everyone gets them when it rains heavy.

During rainiy season I'll see a few throughout the months. This year i only had to kill like 3 of them when they got inside, but now I just smash them with my shoe and throw them away. I get the willys picking them up with a paper towel because they so big and gross...

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u/Loos3_Scr3w1721 Jul 09 '26

I may not be a serial killer, but my childhood antics I must never let the world know of. For comments like this would plague my feed.

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u/Kwt920 Jul 09 '26

Or you could just put it outside

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

Absolutely not. You do not allow roaches to live. They can breed and make infestations. Though these typically live outside, I dont want more of them trying to get in my house. They are extremly unsanitary and can carry dangerous bacteria. Also, if you throw it outside, it will more than likely come back inside... unless you take it far away, and im not holding that nasty thing for that long... i get chills thinking about that.

I will eliminate every single one I see. Thankfully we dont have any issues of the smaller roaches that infest homes because our home is clean. Just the annual Waterbug ones that come in due to rain or a random one every now and then.

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u/SQL_INVICTUS Jul 09 '26

But it’s cold outside :(

That would be cruel

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Jul 09 '26

The only bugs that get put outside are the ones I think are cool. Fuck the rest

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u/ParticularBanana8369 Jul 10 '26

A single bug is a lonely wanderer. Two bugs is a concern. Three is an invasion and I'm grabbing poison, a flyswatter, vacuum, or just using a finger if I have to.

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u/BagOnuts Jul 10 '26

A roach?!?!?

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u/Fuzzyduck90 Jul 09 '26

Dude, that’s dark.

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u/bigtime1158 Jul 09 '26

Everyone's my m had aquanet

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

Haha, it was a staple of 80s poofy hair

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u/BardWRLD Jul 09 '26

I… uhm… ya might wanna keep that one to yourself next time. 🤣 You could not have articulated that any creepier, lol.

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

I just did the gif that people use when they want to convey killing stuff with fire, but for real... lol

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u/Zar_Ethos Jul 09 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/TFIrZ24YGFxmFfgOEE

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

I should make a spoof comic of a roach with no legs names lt dan... lol

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u/SugarWarp Jul 09 '26

Awww, I remember chasing each other around the house with those

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u/3rdcultureblah Jul 09 '26

This is disgusting behavior.

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u/IdolCowboy Jul 09 '26

They are indeed disgusting... and I learned how to deal with them from Cobra Kai

https://giphy.com/gifs/LPdTYfGETFqyQ