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[–] 86 points 1 year ago (17 children)

i imagine that fuckin stinks

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    not to the roaches.. i learned that the hard way a few years ago.

    during covid, i left a couple of cases of empty bottles on my kitchen floor and didn't think anything of them for a month or so. that's how i found out my neighbors had cleanliness issues, and the roaches found out they had a new place next door to terrorize. horrible experience - don't keep your empties in your apartment.

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    It kind of sounds like you had cleanliness issue too.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    it was covid lockdown. i don't think i was the only one who skipped the odd laundry day.

    this was a whole different thing, though. i'd already lived here (i'm still in the same place) for three years without any issues. i'm not neurotic, but i do try to keep my place clean.

    or at least i thought i did..

    these roaches taught me so much. to this day, i still keep my organic waste in a bag in my freezer. i got rid of my coffee machine and switched to instant - explaining why would probably make you sick. i never leave dishes to "soak" any more.

    i'm telling you, it got bad. really bad. i talked to the super, and she said that someone moved in who 'was from a different part of the world and is used to roaches'. like, what? it got to the point where i always had a fly swatter in one had and a bottle of windex in the other. i was killing 20-30 by hand every night. they weren't coming over for food; they were so bad at the other apartment that they were coming there to scope a new place to live.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i got rid of my coffee machine and switched to instant - explaining why would probably make you sick.

    I have a French press so I don’t have to worry about brewing roach coffee.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Pourover gang here to also flex on this guy's roach tea.

    Fr though, I dealt* with roaches for years and it was legitimately traumatizing. Any time I feel something brush my leg or I catch a glimpse of something dark in the corner of my eye I begin to panic. I've woken up in a cold sweat because I would have dreams of roaches and shit. Truly awful experience

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    “Left a couple of cases of empty alcohol bottles on the floor for a month….”

    “Then I got roaches from it! That’s how I knew my neighbors had cleanliness issues.”

    …….?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Learned the trick. Quick, very quick, rinse in the sink, dunk it upside down in the drain. Rinse (heh) and repeat for the next can. Almost zero effort, clean cans for the recycling bag. I took a load the size pictured for recycling last month. No stink. Only got a lousy $100.10. :(

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