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[–] [email protected] 126 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The landlord has offered to cover it with cheap white paint, but that’s the best he can do

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

I’m pretty sure landlords paint by putting fireworks inside a can of paint, a la Mr bean.

https://youtu.be/T9MAmWnOznI (skip to 2:43, I don’t know how to do that on mobile)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I have seen apartments with a dead cockroach literally painted over, on the wall. Part of the ship part of the crew vibes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Someone ought to put a bug in their ear about this then

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What I want to know is why did her landlord embed itself in her ear??

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Free rent, or so they thought

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

Free rent, or so they thought

This is NOT what I thought people meant when they use the phrase "Living rent free in your head"

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I had this happen to me a long time ago. I woke up hearing the thing scratching/chewing at my eardrum, and it's extremely painful.

Cockroaches cannot walk backwards, so when in a confined space like that, they'll naturally try to chew their way forward.

Advice, should this ever happen to anyone else, as long as you catch it early and don't have a hole in your eardrum, is to pour rubbing alcohol in your ear, then of course go see a doctor.

Rubbing alcohol will like immediately kill the little demon, preventing any further chewing, but of course you'll need to see a doctor to get it out.

I feel really bad for the woman though, sounds like she didn't catch it early enough, as apparently more damages were done which prompted surgery. If you catch it early enough, it should be about as simple as killing it and removing it with tweezers.

Luckily I have absolutely no hearing loss after my experience, largely because I thought quick to kill it with rubbing alcohol.

I hope her landlord pays up, that's really messed up.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cockroaches are among my greatest fears. The fact that this has happened to multiple people is among the worst things I've ever learned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm very happy to live in a country that only has one tiny unobtrusive species of cockroach that doesn't even like it indoors. Actually I don't think I've ever seen one.

Seems only Ectobius lapponicus can survive Norwegian winters

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Currently in temporary lodging with roaches. They spray regularly so not an infestation. I was worried, but the one I've seen so far was way too massive to even fit in my ear, so that makes me feel better... I think.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just spent a good hot minute or 10 looking for advice I posted months ago for you, and anyone else for that matter..

https://lemmy.world/post/8391598

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hell yeah thanks

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

dude I really wish I hadn't read this right before bed. holy crap. I can't even imagine what the sound of a fucking cockroach scratching on my eardrum would sound like. oh my god.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Think like if you stuck a Q-Tip in your ear, but the tip is more like a miniature toothbrush. Then twist it for a bit.

That's the best way I can describe it, very unpleasant and painful.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

#WHAT THE FUCK

Is this even that common in the UK?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

That is horrific

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I wish I hadn't clicked on this. And especially not read the long comment about the chewing the eardrum stuff.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

What a ridiculous lawsuit. The tenant should get $200 million and get to pull the rope that releases the landlord's guillotine. Also, should get to flick the match that burns down the apartment complex.

I don't fuck around with roaches.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

her landlord probably wants charge her pet rent for it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve never even seen a cockroach in the UK, I didn’t realise they were a thing here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I might have to move to the UK

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Before I moved to the southern US, the only time I'd ever encountered one is when I was a kid. My older brother was in a science class that had "pet german hissing cockroaches," and it was his turn to take them home with him. Well, I dunno if he let them out on purpose or what, but I was showering in our shared bathroom, and when I went to unfold and use my towel, I discovered that it was full of those disgusting creatures. I flew out of that bathroom, man. So my very first experience with them was traumatizing, and now I live in the South, and these things are the bane of my existence. Every few days (now that it's getting colder) I'll see one and it feels like a pustule of hate bursts within me, renewing my sense of bewilderment that man, in all his glory, cannot rid himself of these loathsome, vile things.

I need to move, man.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Eh she's going to get evicted because because the second tenant (cockroach) didn't pay for rent