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Couple of nights ago I was taking a dump at 3AM and saw something dark creepin on my bathroom floor. I wasn't wearing my glasses at the time so my vision was kinda blurry. I'm not usually creeped out by bugs (I always let spiders live) but something about this dude rubbed me the wrong way and I instantly grabbed some tissue and killed it (fucker was quick but I managed to get him).

After that I spend some time on Google and found out about these things. Apparently they are pretty harmless and common so I just let it be for that time.

Last night I was up late and went to get a glass of water and saw a big motherfucker in my goddamn kitchen sink! I panicked and just flushed it down with water, after a while realizing it probably did nothing to harm it. I remembered reading that pouring boiling water into plugholes could kill them so I did that right afterwards.

I decided to check my bathroom after that (these are nocturnal animals so only change to catch them is at night) and, what do you know, saw one of this fuckers near my radiator. Killed that one and saw another smaller one running away right next to me. I punched that one with my fist and the only evidence left of it was some weird gray dust on my knuckles. Decided to turn off the lights and come back later and found an another one.

Something about these living here just pisses me off. I don't mind seeing few in my bathroom but finding one in the kitchen was too much. I'd gladly adopt some spiders just to eat these nasty primeval cunts. I just moved here, roughly 1,5 months ago, and the apartment is quite old so they're probably all over the sewage and fighting them seems kinda pointless. I live in a sub-arctic climate so I shouldn't have to deal with this bullshit.

I am curious though if anyone here has any experience with getting rid of them.

And no, I'm not burning the building down (just yet).
 
You kill these things but not spiders? Weird.. Anyways, I'm never coming back to this topic because someone's gonna post a spider picture. Best of luck with your infestation.
 
I see one or two of them every few weeks in my bathroom when i go in there at night. Luckily nothing in my kitchen or bedroom yet. But since it's an old building and i'm moving into a new apartment soon, i don't really care.
 
On occasion I see one hanging out in the bathtub drain, and I saw one crawling on the bathroom sink. Killed immediately.

They also bother me too. Just ugly and annoying. Crazy that you found so many.
 
Yeah I really don't like the way they look. They look sly, like an alien that wants to run down your throat when you're sleeping and control you. Fortunately I've only seen them once, in my old Uni house.
 
They look gross but they usually stay on the floor or cown molding so I just kill em and don't worry about it much. Roaches on the other hand, demand a much more drastic response
 
They don<t have eyes and can live more than a year without eating.

They are monsters straight out of Doctor Who.
 
Depends if you care about anything you own made out of paper. Books, comics, game and dvd/blu-ray covers, if it's left sitting around, they will eat that shit . Get in your ceiling and set off some silverfish bombs, then dust and vacuum everywhere. This may have to be repeated a number of times.
 
Iacobellis said:
What the fuck is this...

You hate them, yet post this scary ass, fucked up, nightmare-inducing .gif.
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I just wanna share the pain bruh.

Sojgat said:
Depends if you care about anything you own made out of paper. Books, comics, game and dvd/blu-ray covers, if it's left sitting around, they will eat that shit . Get in your ceiling and set off some silverfish bombs, then dust and vacuum everywhere. This may have to be repeated a number of times.
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Silverfish bombs?
 
Don't leave paper or clothes on the floor. If you have carpets, vacuum regularly. And to get rid of the ones already there try a do-it-yourself silver fish insecticide spray.
 
So do they actually rise out of drains or how the hell did one end up in my kitchen sink? I read that they can't climb on flat surfaces...
 
If you see one every few weeks in the bathroom than it's ok. A few won't do much damage and can be actually useful because they eat mold spores and mites.

But it sounds like they are everywhere so buy some silverfish traps.
 
I'm in the bathroom staring at one of these little critters right now. I had no idea they were called Silverfish. Seems pretty harmless.
 
When my sister was very young, about 6 or so. She had a habit of taking cereal from the kitchen and just mowing down with handfuls. One day she shoved a handful of rice crispies on her mouth and then spit them all over the dinning room. Turns out there was a silver fish in the box and she had just shoved it into her mouth. To this day she talks about it with a horrified vacant look on her face like someone who had gone through some serious shit.
 
tarius1210 said:
Some of you are so gross. You leave insects running in your house (or apartment).

Ugh...disgusting.
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I kill insects. Just not all of them. Mosquitoes are #1 on my hitlist. Just because they make a lot of noise when i go to sleep. Wasps, instant kill. Fuck off wasp.
I don't kill spiders though, cause they might catch flies and .. mosquitoes. I do set them free outside of the house when they are big.

Silverfish really don't do anything. They're not bugging me in any way.
 
Always-honest said:
I kill insects. Just not all of them. Mosquitoes are #1 on my hitlist. Just because they make a lot of noise when i go to sleep. Wasps, instant kill. Fuck off wasp.
I don't kill spiders though, cause they might catch flies and .. mosquitoes. I do set them free outside of the house when they are big.

Silverfish really don't do anything. They're not bugging me in any way.
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I don't concern myself with killing or not killing insects at all. I just let a few geckos into my apartment and they take care of the insect issue themselves while also being awesome wall climbing badass lizard folk.
 
I occasionally see silver fish in my home. I hate them so much.

I told a friend about how much I hate silver fish. He said, "Those little things? Whenever I see one I just smack it with my hand."

With your hand!!!!??? AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
 
t-storm said:
While initially alarming and startling, I've grown accustomed to the house centipedes in our place we see from time to time and have come to think of them as cute.


Dawwwwww
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oh yeah sooo cute

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/barf
/nope



I don't really mind the silverfish, but they are kinda gross when you see them just as you want to take a piss in the night (and I don't want visitors to see a giant silverfish colony in my bathroom). I just flush them down the toilet, dead or alive.
 
Maninthemirror said:
Yeah earwigs are known to get into the ear and once they break through the wall, they start eating thru the brain
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Come on guys, that's a myth.
From wiki:
It is a common myth that earwigs crawl into the human ear and lay eggs in the brain. Finding earwigs in the human ear is rare, as most species do not fly and prefer dark and damp areas (such as basements) rather than typical bedrooms
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It's true though that they love tight spaces. In spring, I wanted to water some plants but I couldn't press the handle for the shower head. Turns out, tons of earwigs were inside and were collectively strong enough to not get crushed (at first, then they left upon closer inspection...).




That said, there are bugs that crawl into human ears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPPnxwKuFM

...and they are (seemingly?) bigger than an earwig D:
 
SolidusDave said:
Come on guys, that's a myth.
From wiki:


It's true though that they love tight spaces. In spring, I wanted to water some plants but I couldn't press the handle for the shower head. Turns out, tons of earwigs were inside and were collectively strong enough to not get crushed (at first, then they left upon closer inspection...).




That said, there are bugs that crawl into human ears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPPnxwKuFM

...and they are much bigger than an earwig D:
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Great video! Would watch again!
 
Misterinenja said:
So do they actually rise out of drains or how the hell did one end up in my kitchen sink? I read that they can't climb on flat surfaces...
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Well one once fell on my backbag from the ceiling in a public toilet so I guess they can climb. Also, since you're Finnish too, I once googled advice on getting rid of them after finding a few on by bedroom floor and found a nice horror story from a Finn who had found hundreds of them on their kitchen floor after being away from home for a week. So look forward to that then!

And yeah I sometimes pour boiling water down the drains, haven't seen one in a long time luckily.
 
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