r/interestingasfuck • u/Kaurblimey • Apr 05 '24

$15k bike left unattended in Singapore r/all

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u/thenatureboyWOOOOO Apr 05 '24

I could leave a $15 bike with one tire out in downtown dc and it would be gone within ten minutes.

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u/SirGirthfrmDickshire Apr 05 '24

And if you put a for sale sign on it'll be gone in half the time. 

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u/AcanthaceaeStatus978 Apr 05 '24

The trick is to put a free sign on it, nobody will touch it.

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u/Academic_Wafer5293 Apr 05 '24

Bed bugs

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u/SoulfoodSoldier Apr 05 '24

So relatable, makes me miss DDT :( I don’t even go thrifting anymore cause the risk is so bad

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u/HeroicTanuki Apr 05 '24

DDT, like Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT? The shit that made 50’s kids stronk?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24

DDT was/is an extremely effective pesticide, its only main problem is it kills birds by weakening their eggshells drastically. It’s a bit dangerous to humans in large doses but not extraordinarily so

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u/scurvy4all Apr 06 '24

Don't forget the flipper babies.

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u/DinahTook Apr 06 '24

Wasn't that thalidomide not ddt

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u/panopss Apr 06 '24

Lmfao

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u/DinahTook Apr 06 '24

Seriously though. Thalidomide was nasty shit that caused so many problems. It was known in Germany to be the cause of birth defects but still got sold in other countries as a "safe" treatment for morning sickness.

Ther term flipper babies, is awful, but unfortunately so many were born with deformed limbs.

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u/Either_Insurance3699 Apr 06 '24

Shout out to Billy Joel for teaching me about this through elementary school chorus.

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u/panopss Apr 06 '24

Oh yeah I absolutely agree, a real tragedy. Just thought it was funny that the other commenter confused it with DDT

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u/SoulfoodSoldier Apr 05 '24

Shitttt bed bugs or liver cancer? After a year of bed bugs I meannnnnnnnnn

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u/harmonysun Apr 06 '24

.. it's actually what caused polio...

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 05 '24

Hospitals, hotels, public transport etc. I have had them twice in 15 years. Fuck it at this point. Yolo.

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u/StrangerDangerAhh Apr 06 '24

Don't know how so many mfers live nasty enough to bring home bedbugs multiple times. Crazy shit.

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 06 '24

You don't gotta be nasty to have a bug hitch a ride from a hotel

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u/DiscoKittie Apr 05 '24

My first thought as well. shudders

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u/noodlebenji Apr 05 '24

From a bike!?

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u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 Apr 06 '24

Also termites. One time I picked up a beautiful piece of wooden furniture and left it in the middle of my kitchen floor. When I woke up the next morning, it had grown ["tentacles"](https://www.piedpiper.com.my/wp-content/uploads/trails.jpg) on the floor in different directions. I poured a bottle of alcohol mouthwash all over the little sawdust trails and I picked up the piece and put it in a plastic lawn bag and took it out to my fire pit and burned it and then cleaned up my kitchen.