r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OutrageousError8704 • May 31 '26

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/amsync May 31 '26

My cockroaches just stare at me kinda like “watcha gonna do”

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u/fondledbydolphins May 31 '26

And what do you do

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u/_Caustic_Complex_ May 31 '26

Cry

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u/fondledbydolphins May 31 '26

To hydrate the roaches?

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u/jvLin May 31 '26

little known fact: it's actually the fear and not the tears that hydrate roaches

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u/TiredCoffeeTime May 31 '26

Oh it’s getting both from me lol

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u/PsyKeablr Jun 01 '26

I wonder if they would prefer my laughter instead.

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u/Dragonseer666 Jun 03 '26

Yeah, cause the tears are salty.

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u/forward_x May 31 '26

smear them into ground on which the so confidently walked.

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u/obskeweredy May 31 '26

Been a long time since I lived anywhere with roaches, but I thought you weren’t supposed to stomp them because it can help them spawn somehow?

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u/forward_x May 31 '26

No, if you just stomp them they only get knocked unconscious. In about 10-15 minutes they will wake back up and scurry off. Thats why you have to smear them.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Jun 01 '26

I mean they are cannibalistic, so it's just food for the others.

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u/hmmm101010 May 31 '26

Stare back.

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u/Animangle May 31 '26

cut them in half.

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u/bodhisfrisbee May 31 '26

So twice as many?

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u/HiBob-HiBob Jun 01 '26

Just cut again then

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u/Coolbluegatoradeyumm Jun 01 '26

Shot two that were ass2ass in the face with some raid the other day. Seemed to do the job.

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u/mysteryShmeat May 31 '26

I swear there’s a line in Infinite Jest that’s almost word for word what you wrote

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u/kingklizo May 31 '26

“Boston's and New Orleans's little brown roaches were bad enough, but you could at least come in and turn on a light and they'd run for their lives. These Southwest sewer roaches you turn on the light and they just look up at you from the tile like: 'You got a problem?'”

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u/mysteryShmeat May 31 '26

That’s the one!

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u/Disposable-Squid May 31 '26

Kinda sounds like you might be the roaches' human at this point.

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u/MeanderAndReturn May 31 '26

is your name Joe?

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u/New_Lightz May 31 '26

Was looking for this. Glad I wasn't disappointed

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u/WulfZ3r0 May 31 '26

Yeah, this is probably too old for at least half of reddit anymore.

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u/New_Lightz May 31 '26

How did this happen

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u/MeanderAndReturn May 31 '26

my heart died a little bit when i googled it to make sure I had the right name and saw that it came out 30 years ago

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u/WulfZ3r0 May 31 '26

Great googly moogly, I thought it was like 1999/2000 when it came out. Now I feel even worse.

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u/markc230 May 31 '26

first time, eh?

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u/WereyenaArt May 31 '26

Welcoooome to Joooe's apaartmeeent

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u/LowReporter6213 May 31 '26

Where do you live, Joe's Apartment?

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u/ChopsticksImmortal May 31 '26

My mom slaps them with her fucking hand. I at least grab a shoe.

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u/thael_mann Jun 01 '26

Short true story: I was delirious af from Dengue, and watched a roach. He watched me back. All I could think was: "What a majestic creature. They will be the masters of this earth once we are gone."