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[I'm new be nice]

I get a lot of bugs where I live and I don't like to kill them so I grab them with some tissue and toss them into the toilet and flush. I just want to banish them from my home not harm them, do you think they're okay down there?

 

[TUSR]

Think it through.

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

 

[magichans]

They go to Bug Heaven

(a giant feces sewer)

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I've wondered this myself a couple times. Sorta giving them a chance...maybe...kinda...who knows.

 

[shira]

Think it through.

Unless there is soap in the water they still alive

 

[joelseph]

Think it through.

I guess it depends on how long a bug can hold it's breath.

 

[Byakuya769]

They chose to meet death. Give them their due.

 

[Mordeccai]

Sadly (or not, depending on if you hate bugs) most of them do in fact die. They breathe through tiny holes throughout the outside of their body called spiracles (they don't have lungs) so essentially their whole body becomes flooded with water and all the other chemicals we have in our sewage. For the most part, any bugs you're finding in or around your home are gonna die when they're flowing through your septic tanks. Aquatic bugs are a different story but its not likely you'll have those near your home. Unless you live near a swamp or some shit.

If they make it all the way through they might just live in a shitty heaven for a little bit and eat what they can but even still they get trapped in there and die.

 

[Bread]

Most bugs can hold their breaths for minutes at a time. They just get flushed to the sewers and climb their way back up to your toilet bowl where they wait for you to sit down so they can exact their revenge.


edit: the guy above me is a liar, im a scientist you can trust me

 

[Sorian]

I put them out of their misery. It's like a deadly game of hide and seek. If they can stay hidden then they live.

 

[I'm new be nice]

They chose to meet death. Give them their due.

A centipede was on my ceiling and it jumped down at me, I was really impressed, I couldn't bear the thought of killing something so brave.

 

[magichans]

They chose to meet death. Give them their due.

*karate chops a massive roach HYAH*

 

[User Name Here]

I always thought they eventually become mutated monsters that will one day raise from the sewers to conquer humanity.

 

[triplestation]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8_N-xjytcU

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

If you cared about the tiny little insects, you would throw them outside. Instead you flush them down the toilet.

 

[magichans]

Caring about bugs and preserving their lives is like caring about the welfare of bacteria.

 

[I'm new be nice]

Sadly (or not, depending on if you hate bugs) most of them do in fact die. They breathe through tiny holes throughout the outside of their body called spiracles (they don't have lungs) so essentially their whole body becomes flooded with water and all the other chemicals we have in our sewage. For the most part, any bugs you're finding in or around your home are gonna die when they're flowing through your septic tanks. Aquatic bugs are a different story but its not likely you'll have those near your home. Unless you live near a swamp or some shit.

If they make it all the way through they might just live in a shitty heaven for a little bit and eat what they can but even still they get trapped in there and die.

Dam, it's better to squish their heads I guess. I don't feel like walking over to the door.

 

[akira28]

probably kills most of them, but depends on how long they spend in your water pipes before emptying out into the sewer. Roaches probably live. The fuckers.

 

[Mordeccai]

Most bugs can hold their breaths for minutes at a time. They just get flushed to the sewers and climb their way back up to your toilet bowl where they wait for you to sit down so they can exact their revenge.

This is true. They don't need to breathe often at all and hell some bugs can live for weeks at a time when they stay still, they don't need food or water if they aren't using any energy. Septic tanks aren't a prime environment for them though, while they're fairly smart buggers navigating the twists and turns of sewage systems is beyond their skills.

Now snakes? Yeah, snakes will come out of your toilets and bite your ass. So don't flush them.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Seems like a waste of water. If I really want a bug dead I just kill it and throw/scrape the corpse into the trash, otherwise I corral it in a bowl or something and toss it in the backyard where it can fend for itself amongst the birds, cats and lizards trying to eat it.

 

[I'm new be nice]

If you cared about the tiny little insects, you would throw them outside. Instead you flush them down the toilet.

I care about them, but walking over to the door? That's a lot of energy, they would want it this way.

 

[DragonSworne]

Flushing them actual hurts more than crushed them to death.

 

[akira28]

Caring about bugs and preserving their lives is like caring about the welfare of bacteria.

I care about bugs in general, but not generally individual bugs. Unless they're cool bugs like butterflies or something. Preying mantises.

 

[Stellactic]

At least do your business while you're at it so as to not waste water. That insect just cost you the price of a flush.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

As long as they're gone, I don't care if they're alive or dead.

 

[Mordeccai]

Dam, it's better to squish their heads I guess. I don't feel like walking over to the door.

Squish their entire bodies. If you destroy the head they'll still live. I have seen headless cockroaches live for days. They die after a while because they can't eat, not because their head is gone. Their nervous system isn't centralized in the head like ours is, its throughout the entire body.

So yeah pretty much just stomp on the fuckers and exterminate their existence.

 

[Dishwalla]

I don't tend to flush bugs, usually I trap them in an old Lucky Charms box or something and throw the box outside and let it sit there for a day or two before retrieving it and throwing it away. By then the bug is gone.

 

[cheststrongwell]

I crush them before I flush. Mine die for sure.

 

[WorldStar]

Caring about bugs and preserving their lives is like caring about the welfare of bacteria.

Tell that to PETA

 

[tmarques]

You're wasting a ridiculous amount of water to get rid of a bug. I don't kill bugs either, but just take them outside, for crying out loud.

 

[UrbanRats]

I think it depends on the beast you're dealing with.

I tried to drown fly maggots, and the bastards would die!

 

[Mordeccai]

Tell that to PETA

While the sentiment is ridiculous... I'm actually impressed at this pages knowledge of pest management. The furthest I expected them to go is "Put screens on your windows and seal all cracks in your house."

Kinda weird that they advocate Gentrol though. Its basically the genophage from Mass Effect for roaches. Is sterilizing an entire population really more humane than killing them? For christ sake there are billions on billions of them, they're not gonna miss a few.

 

[PowderedToast]

They go to Bug Heaven

(a giant feces sewer)

lmao

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i dont like to think about this

 

[Shadow2222]

When giants attack us someday, we will all say, "Ah shit, this is what it feels like to be an ant."

 

[Tenacious-V]

 

[MIMIC]

Toilet water only makes them stronger.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I want these type of questions to be real, so, so badly.

 

[PaulX]

I lost sleep when I flushed a lady bug down

 

[I'm new be nice]

Holy fuck!!!

 

[speculawyer]

I don't care. They lack sufficient neural capacity. I view insects as crude robots that have great movement skills.

 

[I'm new be nice]

I don't care. They lack sufficient neural capacity. I view insects as crude robots that have great movement skills.

That's not true, they live and breathe the toilet water I submerge them in!

 

[Yaboosh]

I want these type of questions to be real, so, so badly.

It is nice to want things.

 

[Bay Maximus]

I get a lot of bugs where I live and I don't like to kill them so I grab them with some tissue and toss them into the toilet and flush. I just want to banish them from my home not harm them, do you think they're okay down there?

No op, I think they're pretty fucking far from okay.

 

[Unbounded]

Weed out the weak so that the strong may flourish.

 

[DY_nasty]

Outstanding.

 

[Busaiku]

I make sure to take a leak and try and hit them.

 

[ffdgh]

Lol at 4chan being the source

 

[stressboy]

Flushing them actual hurts more than crushed them to death.

GOOD

 

[UrokeJoe]

They will be away and not bug you anymore.