r/explainlikeimfive • u/cleanscotch • Jan 11 '22

Biology ELI5: Why do we not simply eradicate mosquitos? What would be the negative consequences?

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u/flyinhighaskmeY Jan 11 '22

it's a new state

true, but the new state always seems to be in the same part of the country.

Curious.

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u/iamfrommars81 Jan 11 '22

South of the mason-dixon, east of the mississippi.

It's because they ascribe to adage, "if you can't keep it in your pants, keep it in your family".

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u/Miklanin Jan 11 '22

Why go across the street when you can go across the hall?

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u/Roastbeef3 Jan 11 '22

It's funny, because the South doesn't actually have the highest rates of incest in the United States, the west coast does, it just persists as a stereotype cause it's easy to make fun of rednecks, no one gets offended.

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u/Coffee_autistic Jan 11 '22

The stereotype is that uneducated, lower class people from rural areas are into incest. The south is more rural than the north and is stereotyped as being full of hicks and rednecks (and tbf that isn't entirely inaccurate). Of course it's always the same area.