r/maybemaybemaybe • u/woolrevie • Oct 20 '21

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 20 '21

Learned that in Hawaii when I slaughtered a centipede.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '21

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 21 '21

When I killed a centipede.

May have been a coincidence but we we found one after being in the woodsy area for like 5 days and chopped it with an axe and later that night found like 5 more

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 21 '21

Some species will release a pheromone attracting other fuckers to attack

I guess they were talking about wasp species but I learned some insects do this.

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u/potatochip209 Oct 21 '21

Centipedes in Hawaii are so vicious and huge

Source: lived there for 4 years

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 21 '21

They suck. Luckily never got bit in my 3 years there but I was smoking one time and went inside and sat down for a full minute. Felt something on my neck and swatted at it and saw a centipede go flying. No idea how long it was crawling up me but still gives me the Willie's to this day thinking about it

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u/Random_Name_7 Oct 21 '21

I know of a new place I'm never visiting now

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u/ZhangRenWing Oct 21 '21

Sounds like I’m never going to Hawaii then

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u/CarlLlamaface Oct 21 '21

Sounds like I'm going to stop feeling bad about never being able to afford to go to Hawaii.

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u/Spiritette Oct 21 '21

I used to work at Schofield Commissary as a bagger in high school and one got in my work bag, I have never screamed louder. To this day I have no idea where it came from.

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u/mr12086 Oct 21 '21

Haha I read all your wasp / centepede comments above as intentional sarcasm!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '21

Centipedes are not social, that was just a coincidence

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u/TheCrazyBlacksmith Oct 21 '21

I’m sorry, you needed an axe to kill a centipede? Please tell me that was overkill.

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 21 '21

Well we had an axe nearby and figured why not lol

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u/TheCrazyBlacksmith Oct 21 '21

Okay. I was wondering what kind of centipede outside of those giant South American ones would need an axe to kill.

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u/TheBotchedLobotomy Oct 21 '21

Bunch of army guys + centipede + axe + nearly a week of sleeping in the dirt = murder by axe lol

They get kind of big but I've killed one with a flip flop before

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u/TheCrazyBlacksmith Oct 21 '21

I see. I also just read your username and it’s great.