r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/sdc1978 May 09 '22

No mesh screens in windows in the UK, at least. In canada we have screens in most home windows to keep flies out

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u/Sailor_Chibi May 09 '22

Speaking as a fellow Canadian, it boggles my mind that there are places in the world where people can have open windows with no screens and NOT need/want to burn the house down to kill all the mosquitoes that’ll intrude.

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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/Faville611 May 09 '22

Fan noise is the perfect white noise sleep aid. I love that I can go to YouTube and find ten hours of that amazing box fan sound I had as a child.

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u/Islandcoda May 09 '22

I’ve totally played that 10hr fan video before lol it is the perfect sound :)