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Chris ⊕ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0145c0c5 @134318c2 @dc243d62 Having been so successful with cockroach eradication I look forward to equal success with terror and prostration before our eventual insect overlords.
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myrmepropagandist | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fcbf5051 @0145c0c5 @dc243d62 

If we'd take sewer design more seriously we could greatly reduce the roaches and rats. 

But no one thinks about it in terms of the city being an ecosystem where creatures, not just people MUST live. So what creatures do we want to live with? Which ones do we not want?
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Chris ⊕ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @134318c2 @0145c0c5 @dc243d62 Yeah, it's tough to throw them out when there's a big sign that says "Free Fud and Howzes".  Once we've created an ideal environment, it's almost impossible to meaningfully control them.
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myrmepropagandist | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fcbf5051 @0145c0c5 @dc243d62 

Is someone asked me to design a rat and roach farm I would just copy the NYC sewers. It's basically a perfect habitat. 

Killing them will never ever ever ever ever work until we face that simple fact.