Was going to make a silly comment about this but it is legitimately very interesting...
Happy #NationalDiatomaceousEarthDay everybody
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-diatomaceous-earth-day-august-31
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Do not sprinkle on top of your cereal. Do not.
@TheBreadmonkey THEY’RE SKELETONS, PEOPLE!!!
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Might be interesting but it (I only made it part way through first para) reads like AI slop.
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Oh Man, I had bedbugs about 6 years ago and this is the one thing that kills them dead without harming humans like pesticides. I now have the legs of my bed sitting in little dishes of this stuff to stop and further infestations. Bed bugs won't be able to climb up the bed legs and bite me. I'm highly allergic to them and each bite turns into a very large, very itchy welt.
Genuinely interesting!
@TheBreadmonkey
That was 3rd time I had to deal with bedbugs in my lifetime and from experience, I can tell you pesticides should never be used. All they do is piss the bugs off and they move else where in the house, instead of concentrating in your bed or bedroom. Wearing a mask, I sprinkled it all over my bed, in the bedding, along the baseboards and on any surface I thought they might crawl over/in. Dressers, bed frame ... EVERYWHERE!
They were gone in three days, then I had to repeat the process all over again in 11 days (life cycle) to kill any that may have hatched from eggs. Total pain in the ass. Cost me $120 to replace thing I had to throw away and the washing everything in very hot water at the laundry matt. Landlord paid for the earth and anything else related to the apartment itself.
BTW I'm about 90% sure I got them from public transit aka the city bus. 🤬
