Something to Think About Next Time You Get High

[Fengzi]

Know what a dust mite is? That's one in the picture below. Their favorite food is human skin. Not the skin that's still on our bodies but the dead skin that's continually falling off of our bodies. They like to hang out in places where we spend a lot of time (and lose a lot of skin) like your couch, favorite chair, or your bed. In fact, the average bed has anywhere between 100,000 to 10 million of these guys scampering around. And when you're in there they're scampering over you too.

Think about that the next time you smoke a bowl and crash on the couch :(

[Brittoker]

nice

[T.i.m]

Yuck thats nasty hope i dont think about it well getting high its a good way to ruin a buzz

[Weeden]

See, this is why I sleep with a ring of fire around my bed.

[hipEstoner]

damn,, maybe thats why i get soo high,, im smoking those fuckin bitches that have been eating my weed

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Well who cares? If you've been on the "couch" or your bed for a while in the morning and you wear the same clothes for the rest of the day, you'll have them all over you as you read this lol.

Also carpets are places they like to live so wherever you walk, they're on your feet at least lol!

[SensiRide]

Thats fucked up :( I dont wanna think about beasties crawling all over me when I'm high, maybe thats why you get itchy sometimes, too many of these little guys in the one spot lol
YUK!
What a buzzkill!

[Reefer Rogue]

Know what a dust mite is? That's one in the picture below. Their favorite food is human skin. Not the skin that's still on our bodies but the dead skin that's continually falling off of our bodies. They like to hang out in places where we spend a lot of time (and lose a lot of skin) like your couch, favorite chair, or your bed. In fact, the average bed has anywhere between 100,000 to 10 million of these guys scampering around. And when you're in there they're scampering over you too.

Think about that the next time you smoke a bowl and crash on the couch :(

I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Harvesthetic]

nuke the f*ckers, with real tiny bombs, and put on rastakaze's mask while you're at it lol

[RastaKaze]

actually that was a nice mask lol I feel kinda dumb man im in NY that thing coulda saved my life... lol, I guess I'll be feeling it when the terrorists release an airborne chemical disease and I look over at my gas mask that I de installed the air filtre from

[beachguy in thongs]

That's, actually, a falacy.

There are no other living things other than Humans, cats, dogs, horses, mosquitos, flies, birds, and ants. Fish are mechanical forces of nature.

[eddievanzant]

Who cares? I learned a term in science: mutualism. It's where both organisms benefit. They keep my couch free of skin and they get a free meal.

[smokey91]

How small are they

[L Rag]

Man, IM JUST GOING TO BED.. :(

[iTokethings]

can you imagen how horrible everything would be if these lil guys wern't around

[smok3y]

Now I know why iv always got ichy balls when i sit on the sofa... lol

[vej33]

Imagine if these guys were the size of spiders or something, Mites are the grosses little things fuckin to look at ever.

Im not sayin they skeeze me out, but they just look like a thing from space.

[Breukelen advocaat]

I have my bed and comforter encased in mite-proof covers. My chair frames are wood & metal, and covered in leather.

So there!

[StickyfingahZ]

Thats fucked up :( I dont wanna think about beasties crawling all over me when I'm high, maybe thats why you get itchy sometimes, too many of these little guys in the one spot lol
YUK!
What a buzzkill!

Agreed

[inbud]

mite proof covers...does that mean they just live in your sheets? saw this on oprah....i also understand they cant live on/in the tempurpedic matress cause it is made of petroleum products...and again..wonder if they would live in the sheets.....can i see these lil buggers with my radio shack scope, that i use to look at tricholms?

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Who cares? I learned a term in science: mutualism. It's where both organisms benefit. They keep my couch free of skin and they get a free meal.

You mean symbiosis?





The little critters don't creep me out. I'm terrified of spiders, but even being covered in spiders wouldn't creep me out if I knew they were microscopic.

Besides, just think of all the gross-looking bacteria scrawling all over your body. :D

[Markass]

I'm glad they prefer dead skin that's fallen off over the skin that's on my body..:thumbsup:

[Breukelen advocaat]

mite proof covers...does that mean they just live in your sheets? saw this on oprah....i also understand they cant live on/in the tempurpedic matress cause it is made of petroleum products...and again..wonder if they would live in the sheets.....can i see these lil buggers with my radio shack scope, that i use to look at tricholms?

If your sheets are washed regularly, then that would get rid of them. I believe that silk is mite proof. I also have a dehumidifier which makes it difficult for them to thrive.

Maybe you can't eliminate them entirely, but I'd rather have a few hundred than a few hundred thousand to millions.

You can get cheap plastic bed and boxspring covers for about five bucks or so in discount stores. That's what I use. The anti-allergen comforter cover was about 30 dollars. There are also sprays that you can safely use on beds to kill them.



Control of dust mites can be difficult, time-consuming and expensive. For people who are extremely sensitive, the following measures should be taken:

Enclose mattresses, box springs and pillows in zippered allergen- and dust-proof covers.
Wash bedding materials, including pillow cases, sheets, blankets and mattress pads every other week in hot water (130 °F).
Eliminate or reduce fabric wall hangings such as tapestries or pennants.
Purchase stuffed toys that are machine washable.
Avoid using curtains, drapes or blinds on windows. Use plastic shades instead.
Remove carpeting from the bedroom of the allergic person and replace it with tile or wooden floors.
Replace upholstered furniture with wooden or plastic furniture.
Vacuum often with a vacuum cleaner provided with a high efficiency purifying air (HEPA) filtration system. Throw away vacuum bags after use because dust mites can leave the bag.
Dust Mites (http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic2551.htm)

[TurnyBright]

i dont mind them any more than i mind my tapeworm

EEWWW

[L Rag]

You mean symbiosis?




Nope, he means mutualism. Which I didn't think about, a pretty good point

[HiAllTheTime10]

im settin on the couch gettin hi right now and it's nice

[smokey91]

I have my bed and comforter encased in mite-proof covers. My chair frames are wood & metal, and covered in leather.

So there!
Lucky bastard. How do you sleep at night.lol

[Breukelen advocaat]

Lucky bastard. How do you sleep at night.lol
Sleeping much better! Very soundly.

I started fighting back when we had a mild bed bug infestation last summer. It's an epidemic in New York City. I got rid of the motherfuckers without haveing to get an exterminator. Many of the same methods of bedbud elimination also work for dust mites.

[Trip06]

Man this shits not as bad as how the average person swallows what is it 5 spiders a year while there sleeping. Thats fuckin sick. Think about it, A fuckin spider crawls into your mouth and you end up mushin it up and swallowing it. SICK!!! Remember that when your throat feels off in the morning. I sleep with the covers over my head.

[jimmy8778]

im just a little afraid of bugs in general, except for ants and flys, but pretty much all bugs other than those, including harmless little butterflies, and these things look meaner than a butterfly. but i dont really care, in 5 minutes im going to forget they exist until they get brought up again, just like all the useless trivia i know. But google waterbear, and look at those, they are cool as shit, they are considered the toughest organism to exist, and it is believed that they could survive in space unprotected, as in without an air lock, or protection from radiation.

[Mega5010]

thank you for killing my high :mad:

[TimidK]

Ive had those bastards in my bed before. It sucks a bunch, I had to wash every blanket and sheet on my bed. At first my whole back was itching then my whole body, and since I kept scratching I had lumps everywhere! Now I change my sheets more often..

[Platinum Plus]

Who cares? I learned a term in science: mutualism. It's where both organisms benefit. They keep my couch free of skin and they get a free meal.

Yea it's the whole "You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours" kind of thing
but still that shit makes me un-easy.

[Mississippi Steve]

Ive had those bastards in my bed before. It sucks a bunch, I had to wash every blanket and sheet on my bed. At first my whole back was itching then my whole body, and since I kept scratching I had lumps everywhere! Now I change my sheets more often..

Was that mites?? or crabs??

Keeping a clean house is a good thing....but even when the house is kept spotless, rugs vacuumed, etc. and you still have the critters, check with your organic gardening center and buy a bag of ladybugs. They EAT mites, aphids, and such, without doing harm to anything else. When their food source(mites and aphids) is gone, they go away.

Its an organic solution that will work well in the garden also :thumbsup:

[Droplet]

Kinda sick but ill forget about it tomorrow so it won't matter :)

[dragonrider]

I'm terrified of spiders, but even being covered in spiders wouldn't creep me out if I knew they were microscopic.

I think mites are arachnids, so you ARE covered with millions of tiny spiders! I feel itchy just thinking about it!

Each one of us is like a small planet with millions of inhabitants --- bacteria, viruses, protozoa, mites, insects, worms, fungus, yeast. We are teaming with a complex ecology of beasties swarming all over us and creeping around inside of us!

[Kottonmouth_Dude]

wf is ur problem man? who eva posted this is a dumb ass this is a place to see how to enjoy ur high not kill it.
now imma be trippin out when im high n sleepy i wont be able to relax FUCK!

[dragonrider]

wf is ur problem man? who eva posted this is a dumb ass this is a place to see how to enjoy ur high not kill it.
now imma be trippin out when im high n sleepy i wont be able to relax FUCK!

And on top of trippin' out over the bugs crawling all over you, you've got cottonmouth, dude!

[dragonrider]

When I was in college, I had a friend who worked at a convalescent hospital. We were getting really high at his place when he mentioned they had an outbreak of scabies at the hospital. I had never heard of scabies, so I asked him what they were.

"Scabies are a kind of bug or mite that people sometimes get when they live in crowded conditions, like hospitals." The guy was sort of absent-minded and not very self-aware, especially when he was high, so sometimes he would do stuff that was sort of weird without even knowing it. So as he was explaining about the scabies, he started scratching one arm.

"Scabies live under the skin, not on the surface," he started scratching both arms at the same time.

"Scabies are tiny, so you don't see the bug. All you see is the trails they make as they burrow through your skin," now he was scratching both shoulders at he same time.

"Scabies aren't really dangersous, but some people are allergic to the scabie poop under their skin," and now he was in a contorted position trying to scratch his own back.

"It's a pain to get rid of because the scabies get onto the clothes of the hospital workers and then they get transferred to the different patients all around the hoispital," by now he was scratching himself all over with both hands --- his head, his back, his chest, his arms. The whole time I was watching him scratch like crazy while telling me about these freaky scabies, I was thinking, Shit! This dude HAS scabies! Get me the fuck out of here!

[goldxone]

they look pretty friendly to me

[jessem98]

meh

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Weird.

God made some pretty crazy shit, right?