Poll: ...If You Could Drive ONE Pest to Extinction (WITHOUT ANY ECOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS)...

[VaudevillianVeteran]

The first option. Although bees aren't so bad, the rest of them can die.

 

[GodofDisaster]

Last summer I got a job in my Uncle's shop. My job was to stock shelves, help with deliveries and when needed take out any rubbish, plus a few other chores.

The most difficult of these tasks, was taking out the rubbish why? Because of fucking wasps constantly swarming the bins. I had take a can of bug spray and a fly swatter with me every single time. However despite being constantly surrounded by them I was never stung once, but I did kill a lot of wasps.

 

[Fightgarr]

My roommate would probably say mice. One is keeping him up every night at the moment. I say pandas. There is no bigger waste of resources on a less ecologically adapted, destined to die animal.

 

[Jark212]

I'd stomp out Mosquitoes, because they kill millions of people and make camping not as fun if you forget the repellent...

Then Wasps because:

Spoiler: For strong language...

 

[CheesusCrust]

Mosquitoes: Not because of my hate for them (well partly because of my hate) but because of the thousands of deaths the little disease spreading bastards inflict on people.

 

[knight56]

My ex-girlfriend. Ba-dum-tish!

But seriously. Anything that stings. I could care less about honey.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I"m rather interested in that you didnt put up Crickets/Locust. I think the people in Africa would like some words with you.

But I'll say either Stinkbugs (they're just bothersome) or any parasitic life form, because there's no need for them.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Mosquitoes. God damn fucking mosquitoes. Fuck those blood-sucking, malaria-carrying little bastards.

 

[Spoonius]

...How do you kill spiders with a thong? I'm trying to picture that, and honestly, the image I'm coming up with isn't that appealing. XD

Lol...

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I picked cockroaches too. It's not really that they're that much worse than anything else, it's just that they're everywhere. I swear, it's like no matter what you do, you'll find them sneaking around somewhere nearby. At least most of the other pests serve some kind of purpose. Maybe not as much with the mosquitos, but the others do, so it balances out the annoyance.

They reckon for every one cockroach you see, there are a hundred others elsewhere in your house.

Apparently, if you see them during the daytime, you're fucked. They only come out during the day if they're desperate (ie, they don't get a chance to eat at night because there are so many others competing for food).

 

[rekabdarb]

Politicians. those are the worst pests

Good work not reading the OP like that.

OT: Flies. They become unbearable during the Summer.

Um... i have no idea what you are talking about

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'd stomp out Mosquitoes, because they kill millions of people and make camping not as fun if you forget the repellent...

Then Wasps because:

Spoiler: For strong language...

Some types of wasp do pollinate things, and the rest are important predators in the insect world, but understand where you're coming from -- although garden variety wasps aren't all that agressive, it's the hornets and the yellowjackets that will kill you. I got chased half a football field by a swarm of yellow jackets once, and they only stopped then because I got inside and closed the door on 'em. Even then, I had to jump in the shower to get a few out of my clothes and hair. It took us all summer to kill that nest, which was underground and roughly the size of a basketball. Wasps, on the other hand, generally leave well enough alone, and won't chase you very far at all if you somehow manage to piss them off.

Edit: also, a wasp's nest is frickin' huge if it's larger than a golf ball. That basketball sized yellow jacket nest? Right about average for an established colony.

 

[Count Igor]

Cockroaches.

EWWEWWEWWEWWEWW!

 

[deus-ex-machina]

Woodlice.

I have a phobia of them and whenever I'm clearing up the front or back areas of my home, the little bastards always hide under a rock.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

...How do you kill spiders with a thong? I'm trying to picture that, and honestly, the image I'm coming up with isn't that appealing. XD

Lol...

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I picked cockroaches too. It's not really that they're that much worse than anything else, it's just that they're everywhere. I swear, it's like no matter what you do, you'll find them sneaking around somewhere nearby. At least most of the other pests serve some kind of purpose. Maybe not as much with the mosquitos, but the others do, so it balances out the annoyance.

They reckon for every one cockroach you see, there are a hundred others elsewhere in your house.

Apparently, if you see them during the daytime, you're fucked. They only come out during the day if they're desperate (ie, they don't get a chance to eat at night because there are so many others competing for food).

The confusion is understandable; in a lot of places, including the Southern U.S., that kind of shoe is referred to as a "flip-flop," or a "sandal" if you want to get fancy. "Thong" almost always refers to a specific type of underwear, although it can occasionally mean a strip of fabric, as in "a leather thong." That meaning isn't seen much outside of strips of leather, though -- and is mostly used as a descriptive tool in period and fantasy fiction novels. I'm actually not sure in what parts of the country/world "thong" means the same thing as "flip-flop." You'd certainly get a funny look for using it that way in Florida.

 

[dancinginfernal]

All insects and arachnids to ever exist ever.

Ever.

 

[jengaman]

Ants Ants Ants, they're going to rise up one day watch

 

[Nouw]

You guys do know without spiders that your insect pest problems will probably triple and probably more? No ecological problems? What will replace spiders hmmm???

I choose null, they all play their part.

 

[Tim_Buoy]

for me it hjas to be roaches i can kill everything else effectivly but dam once thoose suckers get into your house it takes a wizard to get rid of them

 

[Harlemura]

Flies. Even if it was just when the sun goes down they all die and come back when it rises, I wouldn't mind.
Having my summer plagued by "BzzzzZZZZZZzzzzZZzzzzz" whenever I'm trying to sleep gets tiresome, to say the least.

And now I'm picturing a fly with a vuvuzela and I'm crying inside.

 

[cp2u]

Wasps. Not bees, mind you. Bees make delicious honey, but wasps just fly around stinging (or at least scaring) people.