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[–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Roaches don't have squatters rights.

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[–] Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well let's get specific; what sort of person would you pick over 1000 roaches, and vice versa?

If the guy was a chill roommate, probably preferable to cockroaches. Creepy or violent would probably push things towards the mostly harmless insects.

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago

A person, she/he will be staying there nice and tight 🪢

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Person seems solvable

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My attic is over the detached garage, so I’d choose person hands down.

I probably wouldn’t know for a really long time, because I don’t use that space (the ladder up there is duct-taped where it cracked at some point, and since I don’t use it, I’m not about to replace it) it stays decently warm up there so less concern about finding a frozen corpse, and if someone did croak in the garage, the smell wouldn’t permanently be in the house.

But roaches would find their way into the house.

[–] CapnMoisesBKind@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean. With roaches you could always hire an exterminator. Not so with a person.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess you could call the cops, they really like killing people.

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[–] Behaviorbabe@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun one. I grew up in trailers and we had roaches. Id wake up with them crawling all over. Turn on a light and up the walls they go. Now I’m a behavior therapist and I’d take the person who obviously means me no harm over skittering ass bugs. There’s nothing that says they have to stay either or that they can’t be helped :)

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

As someone who had bedbugs, I'd rather wrestle a person than ever see a bug in my place that isn't a spider again.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I legit used to farm cockroaches in bins in my garage to sell online to reptile owners. I'll take the cockroaches.

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[–] Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

After the summer we have been having if I found a person I my attic they would not be found living.

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[–] vegaQuake@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

100% would do the person

you can befriend them easier than roaches

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Id rather find a person. Finding them implies i was looking for them all along right? Haha

[–] prenupbutter@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Am I the only one here who can't work out what the second person is saying in that reply? Having a "has anyone really been far even as decided..." moment.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd definitely go with a body since the authorities can come and clean up the evidence in a shorter amount of time than it takes for the office at this apartment complex I'm living in to send in someone to take care of the roaches.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A person can't hide in my shirts to crawl on me when I put them on

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