Dust mites

[The Joker]

Ok, last night I was in my bedroom looking thru my DVD collection, which I keep in black mahogany storage units. I was sitting there looking straight in front of me at one of the unit's drawers, and I thought I saw one of the little white specks of dust on it move. So I stared really close at it, and there it was moving. It was like a little tiny insect.

Then I noticed that several of the little white specks of dust were moving. I looked up on the Net to see what they might be. They're bloody dust mites!!! I never ever noticed them before. They're only visible against dark surfaces.

So, I did a little research on them, and every home has them. Even the cleanest of homes. But the most disturbing thing I found out was that every bed mattress has an average of 2-5 million dust mites in it. They're in your pillows, too. In fact, if you have a pillow that flops when you hold it in the middle, it's because it's being weighed down by dust mite fecal waste

Check out these videos about them: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=eqsdA56zCVQ
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4fTY9FgbA

Anyone with asthma will get irritated by their presence. But most people are not affected by their presence.
It's just disgusting to think these little creepy crawlies are all over the house crapping everywhere. I'm going to be dusting every inch of my bedroom more frequently from now on!!!

 

[Rando]

how didn't you know about this?

after 6 months half the weight inyour pillow is dust mite poop/

 

[The Joker]

how didn't you know about this?

I never noticed the little buggers before. You generally don't unless they're on a dark surface. So I never really read up on them. I generally keep my room very clean.

 

[Movies205]

I just checked my pillow, it hasn't been corrupted by Dust Mite Feces!

 

[DDS]

This thread is itchy...

 

[Spade]

Yeah, I've read up on them when I was smaller. It doesn't help that the late-night news shows always make a point of the semen and dust mite fecal matter that must be on your pillows when you go to your local Holiday Inn. But...meh. I've learned to just put the obvious nastiness out of mind. They fulfill a purpose, both in our houses and in our eyelashes. So it's not like they're just lounging around in my house.

 

[bullets]

in an average matress there could be 2 million dust mites.

 

[Rando]

there are so many organisms in my bed!

 

[Alex The Great]

I just turned off all the lights and closed the blinds in my room and sat there and saw a bunch of em scurrying across my Warddrobe. I lost sight of em after that. Those pesky Mites!

 

[DDS]

 

[Rando]

fun AND delicious!

 

[Captain Planet!]

if you have a pillow that flops when you hold it in the middle, it's because it's being weighed down by dust mite fecal waste

Rad.

 

[Lord Valumart]

how didn't you know about this?

after 6 months half the weight inyour pillow is dust mite poop/

damn thats some comfortable poop...

 

[Alex The Great]

I'm sleeping in ****?


Awseme

 

[Rando]

damn thats some comfortable poop...

and oddly not smelly.

 

[Lord Valumart]

and oddly not smelly.

the best kind of poop

 

[Untilteld]

there are so many organisms in my bed!

Charlie Sheen would be proud.

 

[Rando]

Charlie Sheen would be proud.

Everymans goal in life : make Ma-Sheen happy.

 

[SuperFerret]

Like I always say: better dust mite crap on your pillow than anyone else's.

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

If dust mites bother you, it probably won't help to let you know that millions of microscopic creatures are crawling over you at any given time.

We may not realize it, but each one of us is a walking ecosystem. Minuscule, eight-legged Demodex mites nestle head down inside the follicles of the eyelashes, feasting unnoticed on skin cells. Microscopic bacteria live on the tongue, teeth, and skin and in the intestine*. Dormant viruses like herpes simplex may loiter for years inside nerve cells. Perhaps strangest of all are the self-replicating, viruslike pieces of DNA that infected ancient humans and still make up about 8 percent of our genome.

Most of the time we share our bodies harmoniously with the 90 trillion or so microbes. But sometimes the arrangement turns contentious, as when blood-sucking bedbugs, fleas, and lice invade, or when herpes simplex or human papillomaviruses cause surface membranes to erupt in nasty pustules or warts. Just taking antibiotics may disturb the ecosystem in our gut by killing not only disease-*causing organisms but also good bacteria, like Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Living with microbes demands a biological balancing act. For the most part, though, we are blissfully oblivious to the microscopic life we carry around with us. Considering what those organisms look like, that may be a good thing.

hmm

 

[Crook]

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4fTY9FgbA

Man this vid is the worst. I realize this is the case for everyone, but just seeing them magnified and crawling around like that makes me incredibly uncomfortable. There must be a way to get rid of these f**kers.

Ignorance truly is bliss...

 

[The Joker]

If dust mites bother you, it probably won't help to let you know that millions of microscopic creatures are crawling over you at any given time.

LOL! I know all about that. At least the bacteria are not visible on any coloured surface to the naked eye.

Ignorance truly is bliss...

Amen to that!

 

[BizarroAids]

I'm sleeping in their poop, they are covered in my ***.

 

[Hobgoblin]

If dust mites bother you, it probably won't help to let you know that millions of microscopic creatures are crawling over you at any given time.



hmm

So what you're saying is....I'm Galactus?

 

[Spade]

I'd say Unicron, but without the laser eyes and awesome voice.