Madelaine McMasters Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Just now, Fritigern Gothly said: Why would you fear a water bear? They are super tiny, nearly indestructible, and seem to play crucial roles in keeping our water clean! Never mind those li'l mites that live in our eyelids, or the fact that the bugs in our gut outnumber the cells in our bodies, and secrete chemicals that affect our thinking, so we'll eat stuff they like. Free will? Pffft! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Fritigern Gothly said: They are super tiny that helps...so tiny....I mean we breathe these dust mites in all the time and I'm not freaked out...until I see this photo: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rolig Loon said: They are disgusting little bugs, one step down the Icky Things ladder from centipedes, which are already pretty near the bottom. Don't Google "centipede vs snake". Anyone who fears centipedes will discover that fear is bigger than they imagined. Edited August 5, 2019 by Madelaine McMasters 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Don't Google "centipede vs snake". Anyone who fears centipedes will discover that fear is bigger than they imagined. Thank you for the warning. I will avoid the temptation. Now, do not think about an elephant. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said: She looks like a hamburger bun... with attitude. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Madelaine McMasters said: She looks like a hamburger bun... with attitude. Those damm mites...I try not to remember what they look like when feeling them buried into my leg, causing it to itch mercilessly. Mites from the grass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseelvira Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Rolig Loon said: You are wrong about silverfish, however. They are disgusting little bugs, one step down the Icky Things ladder from centipedes, which are already pretty near the bottom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Graves Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerolle Llewellyn Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 31 minutes ago, Fritigern Gothly said: Why would you fear a water bear? They are super tiny, nearly indestructible, and seem to play crucial roles in keeping our water clean! They look like water lice, lol. Sorry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 This thread has reminded me of the fact that the most beautiful things on Earth are also the most deadly. Doesn't mean we can't appreciate the beauty while avoiding death. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Graves Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I agree with Selene, there is beauty in all things, including the deadliest of things. I also think that tardigrades are fantastic little creatures. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerolle Llewellyn Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: This thread has reminded me of the fact that the most beautiful things on Earth are also the most deadly. Doesn't mean we can't appreciate the beauty while avoiding death. What is deadly about these two? They both look pretty, and pretty harmless, too. Although perhaps the bottom one might be a piece of Kryptonite, I suppose... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Caerolle Llewellyn said: What is deadly about these two? They both look pretty, and pretty harmless, too. Although perhaps the bottom one might be a piece of Kryptonite, I suppose... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia https://www.the-open-mind.com/the-most-beautiful-but-deadly-crystals-on-the-planet/ Found a better link for the laurel. Edited August 6, 2019 by Selene Gregoire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairreLilette Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Luna Bliss said: It is cute, especially far off in some body of water that I'll never visit. Now silverfish, that's another matter. I was visiting San Francisco recently and awoke to one sitting on my chest, gleaming in the moonlight!! I still haven't recovered.. I agree with the silverfish. One crawled out of my dental floss once. It must have been living in my dental floss. I never really got over it. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hexem Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Those women that know how good looking they are and have no souls to offset it. I've swam with sharks and faced down insane, armed men. Not scary. Those women? Frightening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Gadget Portal said: Those women that know how good looking they are and have no souls to offset it. I've swam with sharks and faced down insane, armed men. Not scary. Those women? Frightening. This fear is easily dealt with, Gadget. Just keep your distance from me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morena Tully Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 This thread is nothing what I thought before I opened it... Even on forums, I still visit them with my SL frame of mind. I thought of my biggest fear *in SL* Which is accidentally saying something extremely personal in the wrong chat window..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Luna Bliss said: Those damm mites...I try not to remember what they look like when feeling them buried into my leg, causing it to itch mercilessly. Mites from the grass. When I was a child, and read books out in the back yard in summer, I'd occasionally find a mite scurrying across a page. I'd try to coax the li'l bugger to a spot in the text where it would act as a comma, changing the meaning of a sentence. Failing that, I'd chase it into a drawing or photograph, where it would appear as large as a dog or that elephant I'm not thinking about. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Madelaine McMasters said: When I was a child, and read books out in the back yard in summer, I'd occasionally find a mite scurrying across a page. I'd try to coax the li'l bugger to a spot in the text where it would act as a comma, changing the meaning of a sentence. Failing that, I'd chase it into a drawing or photograph, where it would appear as large as a dog or that elephant I'm not thinking about. Chiggers. I freakin do not like chiggers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairreLilette Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: Chiggers. I freakin do not like chiggers. I lived through a chigger pestilence once as a youngster. I murdered a lot of chiggers. Never saw one again since. It was horrible! There must have been 10 trillion chiggers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Graves Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) "All beauty must die" Edited August 6, 2019 by Gabriele Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, FairreLilette said: I lived through a chigger pestilence once as a youngster. I murdered a lot of chiggers. Never saw one again since. It was horrible! There must have been 10 trillion chiggers! I'm the one they always attack first and by the time they are done feeding on me they aren't hungry so they leave everyone else alone. Same with the damn ants, skeeters, anything that flies and bites or stings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerolle Llewellyn Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Selene Gregoire said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia https://www.the-open-mind.com/the-most-beautiful-but-deadly-crystals-on-the-planet/ Found a better link for the laurel. Thanks for the links! Funny, I am from Kentucky and they have a Mountain Laurel festival in eastern Ky every year, or at least used to. And pretty green rocks that are radioactive and emit radon. Nice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairreLilette Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: I'm the one they always attack first and by the time they are done feeding on me they aren't hungry so they leave everyone else alone. Same with the damn ants, skeeters, anything that flies and bites or stings. I think you need to put menthol on your skin or something like that. Maybe there is something that could help. Gawd, I will never forget that chigger pestilence. It was trillions of them. Awful, awful, awful. We won though and got rid of them finally but it was unbelievable! I don't use any perfumed anything either because I don't like bees or wasps either thinking I am a flower. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerolle Llewellyn Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: I'm the one they always attack first and by the time they are done feeding on me they aren't hungry so they leave everyone else alone. Same with the damn ants, skeeters, anything that flies and bites or stings. You must be quite tasty, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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