• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    1st wish: bring all insects together into one mega organism blob that slowly traverses the earth consuming anything it touches

      • PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Just a FYI, most bed bugs are immune to insecticides already.

        Tests and studies have shown that insecticides work as well as water for killing bed bugs. 25% kill rate and lowering each year.

        The best tool against bed bugs is heat (Steam cleaner) or Diatomaceous Earth.

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        1 year ago

        This is great. You’ve made it easier to know if we have bed bugs now. And it’s a good thing we don’t use insecticide to kill bed bugs anyway. You could use diatomaceous earth, but the most effective way of getting rid of them is to have a professional kill them with steam. Your wishes are a service to humankind.

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        1 year ago

        I think that just results in billions of dog sized bugs being dead no? Isn’t it a lack of available oxygen in the air that keeps their size down?

        Granted, every flying insect becoming as large as a dog and plummeting to the Earth instantly would be fucking horrifying.

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          The inverse-square law means that most insects lack the body structure to withstand their own weight at that size, which would mean a horrifying moment or all insects growing and then imploding under their own weight.

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            You guys are all ignoring the most fundamental law of physics: Monkey’s Paw Law.

            “Grant the desired wish in the most unpleasant way possible.”

            Hidden Effect: Phyics now supports bugs the size of dogs.