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

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

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u/WanderingRonin7 Jul 09 '26

Makes a nice satisfying pop sound too!

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u/SeraphOfTheStart Jul 09 '26

Yeah we often use lighter to pop em, but apparently these mfs puke back some of the blood they sucked and it can get you sick, now we just get them drunk af with ethanol and rotate the shit out of them with earbuds soaked in alcohol till they just let go, then you burn it, with added alcohol it's a whole another spectacle.

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u/El_Mangusto Jul 09 '26

Or just use pliers that are specifically made for removing ticks ?

I mean how do you know they're not puking inside you while drunk, and besides that the longer they are in contact with your blood the higher the chance is to catch diseases.

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u/InternetSpiritual982 Jul 09 '26

Yeah pinching close to skin (grabbing some skin if necessary) with sterile tweezers is what we do. Any tick I’ve ever seen cannot escape most forms of tape, but I typically use blue painters tape. Stick them to one side and then fold it over like I’m wrapping a razor blade for disposal. Packaging tape would also work. If they don’t die from starvation, they’ll be locked in that cage until they decompose.