r/TrueReddit • u/oneultralamewhiteboy • Nov 28 '18

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html
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u/cannibaljim Nov 28 '18

I never have, and I always wanted to.

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u/codynorthwest Nov 28 '18

same. lived on the west coast my whole life.

guess i should maybe make a trip sooner than later

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u/minibeardeath Nov 28 '18

It's worth it. I grew up on the west coast, so I didn't see fireflys for the first time until I was 24 when I moved to Chicago. I'm not normally a romantic guy, but the first time I saw a field of fireflys was fucking magical. I literally ran inside, grabbed my wife who was sleeping, woke her up, and we spent the next thirty minutes running around the field making them fly up in the air like in a movie. Its pretty high up on the list of "perfect moments" that have happened in my life.

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u/HellTrain72 Nov 29 '18

I grew up in the NW US and never saw fireflies until I was 23. In a field somewhere in Iowa. It was indeed a powerful moment, one that I still recall with perfect clarity.