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I feel like thats not even that many roaches for a real infestation

Also doesnt mention what kind

And there are proffesionals you can call probably once to deal with that problem.

If you find a human living in your attic unbeknownst to you well

Thats a lifetime of therapy or more to deal with after dealing with the immediate problem

Roaches every time

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38 points

I was going to say exactly this. 1,000 roaches is not that many roaches, can be easily dealt with, and pose no serious immediate threat.

One human could kill you and your entire family and then burn your house down.

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43 points

If you see 1 roach, there’s probably 1,000 more hiding. If you see 1,000 roaches…

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47 points

Then there’s only one hiding?

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22 points

Roaches can cause respiratory problems, but I’d take that over potential murder and rape.

Also, I would be very disappointed in my dogs if they didn’t notice a person living in the attic. You can find a ball by scent–you’d better notice a person creeping around!

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23 points

A person creeping around? That’s just Paul, mate. You know Paul, he’s been living in the attic for years. Stupid human, doesn’t even recognize it’s own flatmates.

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4 points

My dog would have just befriended the person and convinced them to bring him snacks.

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5 points

Why do we assume the human wants to harm you? If they’re in your attic, that means they would have already killed you if they wanted.

Chances are if you maintain peace, they will.

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5 points

I don’t want random dildos hanging out in my house without my knowledge, friendly or not. At least with the roaches, I don’t have to have a conversation.

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2 points

It’s so interesting that people assume the worst of the human, unironically says something about society. I was just imagining a homeless person.

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1 point

Because humans are much more sneaky and vicious than that. People like that in the real world are squatters who can and have harmed them on discovery.

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8 points

Absolutely with you here. Roaches is normal at worst

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7 points

fr, that person might rape and/or murder me but the roaches won’t lol

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6 points

What if it’s a nice person though?

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11 points

They would have asked if they could live in my attic

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7 points

May I live in your attic? I’m a great cook.

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1 point

to be fairy there are also professionals who will be all too willing to take any unregistered humans off your hands…

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1 point

A LIFETIME of therapy?

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46 points

I’d rather the person. A roommate that’s so good, I didn’t even notice them there until I physically checked the attic? Perfect.

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20 points

That was my thought, if they’ve gone unnoticed until then that means they are quiet, that alone puts them in the top 5% of roommates.

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3 points

Are they tidy? Do they clean up and keep the noise at a dull roar? They can stay.

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35 points

You can legally kill roaches.

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20 points

You can legally kill people too. Cops do it all the time.

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16 points

See, the issue with your statement is the “you” part. As a dark skinned person with leftist political stances, I don’t believe I can get away with what cops do.

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19 points

Cops are just one of many examples. Here are some other ways of legally killing people:

  • joining the army
  • becoming a doctor and systemically neglect women and poc
  • fatally injuring someone in self defense
  • getting someone pregant in places with abortion bans

Notice that I said killing, not ‘murdering’. So long as it’s either not deliberate or acceptable by law, you can legally get people killed.

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4 points

Instructions unclear. Apparently being overrun by a roach army is not a good enough reason to burn your own house down.

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34 points

From a practical standpoint, the person is theoretically easier to get rid of than the roaches because there’s almost certainly only one of them and even if there’s two, of opposite sex, it takes considerably more time and effort for them to produce any more of them and even then more than a decade before those offspring can themselves breed. That said a person is as big as at least 1000 cockroaches and has more natural defences.

It’s a bit of a conundrum because there’s probably more readily available resources for getting rid of roaches than a person, but they’re probably less effective than most anti person resources that you can get if you can get them. You could try the anti roach tactics on the person but you’d have to get like a lot of roach spray and a lot of protective equipment because the cornered person is pretty dangerous. You couldn’t even really call in a professional either because I reckon they’d likely run away when they discovered they weren’t dealing with roaches.

Depending on your area the local police would probably be the best stand in for pest control at this scale and probably pretty effective too so ultimately the person is probably the better option of the 2 but that said it’d be an awful lot more disturbing than the 1000 roaches. There is at least the option of becoming friends with the person though which is not really an option with the roaches.

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19 points

I’m sure tenting the whole house for a few days will get rid of both easily

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10 points

I’m leaning roaches just because I won’t have as much difficulty explaining why I killed them.

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5 points

Yeah but I feel like modern insecticides/ pest control methods are pretty good. Probably could have the roaches nipped in the bud with 1-2 visits from a decent exterminator. Involving the police etc sounds like a much bigger ordeal

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33 points

Does anyone know I’ve found this person?

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19 points

I want to hear your answer for both options.

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7 points

1000 roaches?

I’d roll them into a blunt.

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3 points

No, I mean when they know you found someone and when they don’t.

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5 points

What?

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22 points

Free person.

Think of the possibilities.

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7 points

“Is anyone aware that I have located the individual in my attic?”

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