Why Are Cockroaches So Terrifying?

[Kureous]

I was trying to prepare some food to eat before sleeping when I saw one flying in the living room. My legs carried me out of that room faster than you could say, Jack Robinson. I don't understand it. Aren't we supposed to be the bigger ones? What is it about them that awakens such a raw, primal fear? Or is it disgust?

 

[SailusGebel]

Bruh.

 

[RepresentingEnvy]

I was trying to prepare some food to eat before sleeping when I saw one flying in the living room. My legs carried me out of that room faster than you could say, Jack Robinson. I don't understand it. Aren't we supposed to be the bigger ones? What is it about them that awakens such a raw, primal fear?

Might be to do with the instinctual fear of bugs. Bugs = rotten food, and there are some bugs that are venomous/poisonous.

 

[Kureous]

Bruh.

I'm asking unironically. I really want to know.

 

[SailusGebel]

I'm asking unironically. I really want to know.

They are not scary, they are icky.

 

[4t4t]

I was trying to prepare some food to eat before sleeping when I saw one flying in the living room. My legs carried me out of that room faster than you could say, Jack Robinson. I don't understand it. Aren't we supposed to be the bigger ones? What is it about them that awakens such a raw, primal fear? Or is it disgust?

Freaking disgusting creatures really, you gave me the shivers there... the flying ones are too creepy.
But you've got to give them credit for being immune to deadly chemical substances and nuclear radiation & a lot more that we wouldn't dream of even surviving, right!

 

[Cipiteca396]

Disease. Poison. Venom.

Sometimes it's just surprise.

 

[4t4t]

Might be to do with the instinctual fear of bugs. Bugs = rotten food, and there are some bugs that are venomous/poisonous.

Yeah, my instincts just flare instantly whenever I encounter bugs. Once it happens my reflex would be flight, always flight! Terribly-embarrassing by the way... got laughed-at like a zillion-times over.
Funny thing is that I don't even fear bugs to begin with, that's why I don't bother explaining myself.
I gave-up doing that long ago.

 

[RepresentingEnvy]

Yeah, my instincts just flare instantly whenever I encounter bugs. Once it happens my reflex would be flight, always flight! Terribly-embarrassing by the way... got laughed-at like a zillion-times over.
Funny thing is that I don't even fear bugs to begin with, that's why I don't bother explaining myself.
I gave-up doing that long ago.

I feel the same way. I am jumpy whenever anything gets near me really.

 

[4t4t]

Disease. Poison. Venom.

Sometimes it's just surprise.

I wonder if that's the reason why I'm not such a fan of novels which heavily circle around these critters!

I feel the same way. I am jumpy whenever anything gets near me really.

You know why I can tell the difference between fear and caution? My heart isn't on the same beat on both occasions!

 

[melchi]

I used to feel that way about stink bugs. We had some of those black things in the basement when I was a kid. It led to my love of spiders and reptiles when I found out they ate them.

 

[SirDogeTheFirst]

I know we are bigger but I think we have the right to fear a being that can survive a nuclear blast, no matter how small it is.

 

[sanitylimited]

you spend the first 18 years of your life learning mostly stuff you will never use while the cockroach is out grindin having a fullfiiiling life of adventure.

its a coping mechanism to prevent you from spiraling into depresion after realizing a bug has a better life then you. always assume everything else sucks. you are peak life

 

[georgelee5786]

They icky. On an unrelated note, are you female?

 

[Deleted member 54065]

I was trying to prepare some food to eat before sleeping when I saw one flying in the living room. My legs carried me out of that room faster than you could say, Jack Robinson. I don't understand it. Aren't we supposed to be the bigger ones? What is it about them that awakens such a raw, primal fear? Or is it disgust?

THEIR LEGS CRAWLING ON YOU ARE ICKY. THEY SMELL BAD. AND FINALLY...IT'S. BECAUSE. THEY. FLY.

Also, in our culture, there's a running joke that cockroaches are the real 'men', since they can make everyone scream.

 

[K5Rakitan]

My elementary school librarian had Madagascar hissing cockroaches, so the only thing I feel if I see a cockroach is disappointment that it won't hiss.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

I was trying to prepare some food to eat before sleeping when I saw one flying in the living room. My legs carried me out of that room faster than you could say, Jack Robinson. I don't understand it. Aren't we supposed to be the bigger ones? What is it about them that awakens such a raw, primal fear? Or is it disgust?

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I think you'll really relate to the dragon once you get very near the end of the chapter (but I would recommending reading all of the genius that is this manga.

 

[gaylolis]

i think the last time i saw cockroaches, it was found dead inside my bathroom. while they could survive nuclear radiations, sometimes i'm curious what in my bathroom made it more hazardous.

 

[Lorelliad]

I treat every single encounter with cockroaches as a life or death battle

 

[Tempokai]

They're not terrifying. They're fun to kill. In my childhood my uncle had cockroaches near his old countertop, and I had fun killing them barehanded or with a gazette. They're not fun to touch, though. Like a bad quality plastic.