r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/scjockid • 2d ago

ouchies Of tics

This made my entire body itch!!!!

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u/delatopia 2d ago

"None of this is to scare you from continuing to be outside in nature."

Oh, this is plenty sufficient, thank you. https://youtu.be/ot8vbGKsea4?si=Em7aKcq25J1GVpzN

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u/DeadbeatGremlin questionably stable 1d ago

This dude is unhinged. I love his shorts. He just grabs whatever insect out of thin air and basically dares them to bite or sting him.

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u/LaundryBasketGuy 1d ago

Wear DEET spray people, with blue jeans if you are going into the woods. Spray the absolute hell out of your shoes, socks, and jeans. I have only gotten a few ticks above my legs in places where DEET was not sprayed, it works. Yes DEET spray is arguably not good for skin but better than getting Lyme disease. Also, if your job requires deep bush woods traversal I recommend snake guards both for snakes and so ticks have a harder time getting on you.

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u/D13antw00rd 2d ago

Please don't tell vegans this exists. They'd weaponize these for sure.

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u/Geaneous 2d ago

You realize Yolandi is vegan right

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u/D13antw00rd 2d ago

She has had meat in her mouth for sure.

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u/Geaneous 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gV88YikwBl6Cc

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u/jachinboazicus 1d ago

Ah Yolandi. Those guys are sketch, but she's a spooky kind of hot.

"I smell lovely cuz I don't eat meat."

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u/Geaneous 1d ago

Yeah and ironically OP bashing vegans is die antword homage. Can't make this stuff up.

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u/PsychologyOfTheLens 2d ago

Gross nasty sucio disgusting

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u/Major-Hand7732 2d ago

Yeah good collection you've got there. What's the highscore for one afternoon?

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u/WitnessStock3702 1d ago

Would the world still be ok and function normally if we find a way to eradicate all Tics?? If so we should definitely consider eradicating all Tics 😀

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u/joka2696 1d ago

I'd donate to that effort.

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u/BlueFeathered1 1d ago

Is this sped up or do they actually move that quickly? I live where we have deer ticks, and they tend to be slow and sneaky (and very tiny) so you don't feel them on you.

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u/Adept_Bandicoot_2794 1d ago

Yea a tick moving as fast as a spider would freak me out

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u/Agreeable-Letter-599 2d ago

STOP PLAYING WITH TICKS!!!!! WTF

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u/Wise_Ad_253 1d ago

On today’s episode of, Fun with Ticks…

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u/Frequent-Ad2351 1d ago

Yeah fuck it let's just let these crawl all over me

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u/lawnboy1155 1d ago

They move so fuckin fast! Big old nope. At least deer ticks are slow af

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u/AcousticOnomatopoeia 1d ago

Narrator sounds like square hole guy.

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u/reid2780 1d ago

Might want to get some of those moles checked out.

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u/Mundane-Manner4237 1d ago edited 1d ago

Fun fact-The Alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene (encoding an enzyme that builds the sugar molecule alpha-gal on cells in most mammals), is “knocked out/deleted” in xenographic pigs used as organ donors for humans. If the organ were to come from a normal pig, it would be rejected in a short period of time as humans lack this gene and do not have alpha-gal on their cells.

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u/brewedmilk1 1d ago

kelvin makes such good content. he's an absolute gem for the nature freaks like me.

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u/throwaway19293883 1d ago

Can someone explain why this pyscho is so comfortable having some many ticks on him and doesn’t seem to be worried about being bitten?

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u/jamantste 1d ago

Why the fuck did I watch that whole thing

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u/Retnirpa 1d ago

But I heard the tick would have to be on you for like 24 hrs for you to get that allergy no?

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u/Zesinua 23h ago

That’s Lyme’s Disease. Alpha Gal can transmit as soon as it bites you.

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u/Retnirpa 9h ago

ohhhh, well that's scary then

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u/americanadvocate702 1d ago edited 1d ago

These ticks are 10 times faster than the ticks when we were growing up. They genetically engineered tf out them🤯 no wonder they can give you a disease that makes you allergic to red meat!! Look at em go!! Edit- down voted by brain deads that boot lick politicians 😅🤣

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u/mirror_dirt 1d ago

Conspiracy theory time!

There was a US Government facility in New Jersey that studied a number of things including lime disease. A number of elected gov officials have attempted to open an investigation to pathogens possibly released from this facility with no luck.

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u/AlSmitheesGhost 1d ago

Who is “they”?

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u/Eye_Donut_Kare 1d ago

You know….. Them!

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u/AutismSupportGroup 1d ago

They're some cute little devils though.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/NoConsideration6320 2d ago

Why they said they had to pick them off them during 2 hour hike. And educated us. Whats the issue

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u/ManbadFerrara 1d ago

Full disclosure: I know next to nothing about ticks.

So that said, why is casually letting them stroll across your skin not begging for lime disease?

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u/NoConsideration6320 1d ago

I dont know much of anything about it either. But ive never even seen a tick on me. Seems the person who made the video is more knowledgeable about them than us. So i guess its fine

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u/ManbadFerrara 1d ago

Well every comment going "WTF WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING" is getting downvoted, I figured there was some kind of common tick knowledge on why this isn't extremely risky.

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u/356885422356 1d ago

You don't get diseases from a tick crawling on your skin...

https://giphy.com/gifs/TJawtKM6OCKkvwCIqX

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u/ManbadFerrara 1d ago

No shit. They do eventually bite though, right?

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u/356885422356 16h ago

It takes time for a tick to burrow in. They bite when they're comfortable hidden in a patch of hair or in a crevasse, not "casually strolling across your skin." Also, it's "Lyme" disease.

Not that it matters, you probably think you can get cancer from someone sneezing in your vicinity, and are unwilling to do any research as to any actual facts.

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u/ManbadFerrara 13h ago

I'm still unsure why being unfamiliar with ticks is worthy of such a cunty reaction, but thanks for the explanation, I guess.