recursive 5 days ago

> and the mosquito could become the friend of humanity.

This is impossible.

One night in the northwoods of Minnesota will quickly and completely disabuse you of this fantastical notion. I would make all mosquitoes extinct at great personal cost, if there was a way to do it. Being disease vectors doesn't even have much to do with it. They are the most profoundly irritating bug, with zero redeeming qualities. They make large swathes of country difficult to exist in during dawn and dusk. I cannot express in words the depths of my hate for mosquitoes.

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keepamovin 4 days ago

Maybe they are feeding on your hatred? I don’t get a bad itch from them. Long sleeves keep them away. A broad brim hat with gauze to shoulders keeps them off your face. The noise doesn’t bug me. “Tis the sound of dusk”