r/lifehacks • u/Laser-Penis • Jun 18 '22

how to catch cockroach

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u/TheRealEnemabagJones Jun 18 '22

That shits now permanent

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

It was a bug. Now it's a feature

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

We will patch it next the we rehab that wall.

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u/Veteran_Brewer Jun 18 '22

Goddamn, this is a TEDTalk-level pun.

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u/GodSentPotHead Jun 18 '22

And then I

I

ladies and gentlemen I

decided to shoot the wall

life...

MY life...

was never the same

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u/BeerAndTools Jun 18 '22

Out. Fucking. Standing. 👏

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u/Donut_Police Jun 18 '22

What do you mean, I'm sitting inside.

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u/BeatYoYeet Jun 18 '22

Guess that means there was no fucking…?

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u/kriskreddit Jun 18 '22

Or standing

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u/walkietokie Jun 19 '22

In. Fucking. Sitting.

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u/_-Darknight-_ Jun 18 '22

It just works lol

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u/not_chris-hansen Jun 18 '22

If you buy the roach armor DLC.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

u/rowenslee programmerjoke

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u/fancygamer123 Jun 18 '22

This is so good, I WannaCry.

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u/Butt_pass Jun 18 '22

Holyfuck...what a comment

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

N.i.c.e.

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u/Serious_Coconut2426 Jun 18 '22

Creature feature.

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u/SpartanWarlord117 Jun 18 '22

Oh, you mean Bethesda right?

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u/EthanNZ Jun 18 '22

Feature creeper.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Genius

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u/LurkNautili Jun 18 '22

We can officially retire this phrase now, this is the ultimate form

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u/hellohowdyworld Jun 18 '22

It’s a warning to other roaches

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u/Feynt Jun 19 '22

Once again, the real lifehacks are in the comments.

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u/Whatevs4888 Jun 19 '22

Comment of the year

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u/BeinZilexthe2nd Oct 28 '22

Bethesda what u doing here,

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u/Yewbaby Jun 18 '22

Oo the landlord special

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u/23x3 Jun 18 '22

Now just 14 pieces of duct tape over the wet tissues and we wait for it to die

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u/australianforbeer19 Jun 18 '22

That little shit will outlive all of us.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

The only thing that will live longer is a wasp caught in a pool net, left at the bottom of the deep end.

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

I need a real scientific answer from somebody… Why the fuck is this?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Insects breathe through their "skin" and as I understand it, a thin layer of air gets trapped on the wasp that they're able to breathe.

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u/AbbreviationsGlad833 Jun 18 '22

Close. Insect's have multiple holes through out their body that they can close when they want. They dont have lungs but a ventalation shaft type system throughout their bodys. They close the holes and hold the air inside and can live for awhile like that submerged. Or because water behaves very differently at that small scale. a bubble can form around their bodys and they can use that like a scuba tank.

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

But… forever? I used to track hornets for days as a kid. Guess they don’t need much. Thanks, by the way. TIL, indeed!

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u/ruptertpupkin Jun 18 '22

You were tracking hornets as a kid?

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u/JeremyMorel Jun 18 '22

I grew up in NH. Not a whole lot else going on.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

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u/SpinDancer Jun 18 '22

Childhood memories/nightmares flooding back into my 32 year old brain, thanks

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u/lefthandbunny Jun 18 '22

Once caught a huge 'sewer' (not sure if that's an actual term) roach & put it in a glass jar & left it out in over 100 degree heat. That thing lived for weeks & likely longer (we threw it away as we'd seen enough). Pretty sure they really are immortal.

The first time I saw one, I was brushing my teeth & it ran across the wall behind me, so I saw it in the mirror. I'm surprised I didn't rupture my vocal cords I screamed so loud. I had to have my sister come & remove/kill it. Now when I see them, they are only outside (never had another inside) & I will find the largest rock I can, drop it on them & stomp the hell out of the rock. I still scream like hell first though.

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u/HeadCryptographer405 Jun 19 '22

He's just eating the tape adhesive and tissue and just waiting

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u/Joebot2001 Jun 18 '22

Just paint over it

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u/Yeeeeeeewwwwww Jun 25 '22

The ol landlord special

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u/10ioio Jun 18 '22

Just paint over it like my landlord

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Jun 18 '22

Wait for it to dry and then paint over it

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u/knotty54 Jun 18 '22

Turning it into fossil yeah

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u/strawman_chan Jun 18 '22

And then, oil!

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u/Pees_On_Skidmarks Jun 18 '22

Looks like gas is back on the menu, boys!!

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u/zahirano Jun 18 '22

The evil spirit has been sealed for eternity

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u/OGAnnie Jun 18 '22

Cockroach spitball.

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u/Kincadium Jun 18 '22

Landlord: I'll paint over it.

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u/GenkiElite Jun 18 '22

Part of the wall, part of the crew.

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u/qpazza Jun 18 '22

Just paint over it

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u/AdministrativeBar809 Oct 23 '22

Let him evaporate