alyth@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy is it so easy to avoid nettles as an adult?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so easy to avoid nettles as an adult?alyth@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHellfire103@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoI don’t wear shorts nearly as much as I used to, and I’m paranoid enough about ticks that I stay away from long grass and verges.
minus-squarejubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIf I want to go for a hike, or even for a short walk in my back yard, it’s a choice between slathering myself in bug spray or being eaten alive by chiggers. I choose neither.
minus-squareHellfire103@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI am forever grateful that my country doesn’t have chiggers. I’ll take those ticks that make you allergic to red meat over chiggers any day.
I don’t wear shorts nearly as much as I used to, and I’m paranoid enough about ticks that I stay away from long grass and verges.
If I want to go for a hike, or even for a short walk in my back yard, it’s a choice between slathering myself in bug spray or being eaten alive by chiggers. I choose neither.
I am forever grateful that my country doesn’t have chiggers. I’ll take those ticks that make you allergic to red meat over chiggers any day.