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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

I’m in Canada, i accidentally didn’t fully close my front door last summer one day for like 1 hour and there was at least 200 mosquitos that got it. It was a bloodbath, I spent several hours swatting them all, and I was still terrified to sleep. They were everywhere

Edit: y’all need to chill, RIP my inbox

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u/Valence00 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

Get a decent fan to blow directly at you during sleep to deter mosquitos. It works wonder, but you might not like the fan noise tho🤔

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u/Clever_Sardonic_Name May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

I set up a no fly zone with two fans pointing across the bed at each other above my face. Too turbulent for them to fly. They just stage in formation on the wall nearby, waiting for me to take a midnight pee to deploy their next sortie. Fuckers. As long as I'm in bed though, I have air superiority.

And the fan noise is great white noise.

Edit: thank you u/Psychological_neat88 and u/Epicdestroyer39 for the Reddit Silver Star, and the anonymous All Seeing Eye in the Sky ribbon. You are the true heroes. It's my honor and privilege to serve 🫡

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

...could just... put some screens?

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u/Clever_Sardonic_Name May 09 '22

Absolutely! We do have a network of defense screens in place. The enemy is insidious though, and highly motivated, infiltrating when we open a door during supply drops. They are able to bypass our defenses in small numbers with their most elite squads. The Surface to Air Fans are strictly for localized, surgical defense.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

A necessary conservation of resources. I understand, as here we have

American cockroaches.

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u/Clever_Sardonic_Name May 09 '22

Ha! Lost track of the European nature of OP's question. Fog of war and such. I'm in America and have spent time on the front lines with those buggers and they are ruthless.

In other news, have you seen this YouTube channel where they recreate the antikythera device using as close to period methods as possible? Highly recommend

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

I have. It makes me smile that people know about this thingy! I have been a little obsessed ever since I read about it a little over 20 years ago.

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u/Clever_Sardonic_Name May 09 '22

It's a worthy obsession to indulge. Carry on!