This always makes me think. Cockroaches don’t bite, are not venomous, basically can’t do us any harm. I’m not afraid of wild dogs, spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, wolves, hyenas, wild hogs, bears (encountered them all) but I might actually scream if I get surprised by a cockroach.

I think this collective fear of cockroaches that we have cannot be without reason and must have an evolutionary reason.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I don’t know but the palmetto bugs here, I have an irrational level of fear of those. They will fly AT you. Just writing about them freaks me out.

    I am sure they have a place in the world, and a function. But if I never again see a flying mating swarm of them it will still be one too many times.

    I love spiders, love snakes. Rats are so interesting and clever. Love vultures and crows. Bugs in general I don’t like except ladybugs, dragonflies, bees, and butterflies but only the overgrown roaches really terrify me.

    • dismay3915@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      YES these are the exact fuckers that we have here and I’m talking about. WHAT TYE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THEM DUDE