And this is how we get greased-up super roaches living in our sewers
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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Nah, they can't live long covered in oil/grease.
Insects don't have lungs, they absorb their oxygen through their skin. When covered in oil (which will eventually happen as they crawl around in there), they can't absorb oxygen and will eventually perish.
Hence the super roaches
Teenage Mutant Ninja Roaches?
Don't flush roaches, they wreak havoc at the sanitation plant. Remember the Three C's of stuff that regularly plugs up the sanitation system: Cockroaches, Condoms, Corn.
With my other comment aside, and assuming you're correct (which sounds absolutely absurd that roaches would clog septic lines), how would you suggest to dispose of the roaches?
Cuz I'm not about to eat them (though the cooking oil and bread makes it tempting...)
Forget that, i want to know what I'm supposed to do with my corn!
Poproach sammich?
Funerals? Cremation?
Grind up and dissolve in alcohol. Add a bit of pigment and roach-shellac some wood.
Aren't the roaches already pigment at that point?
Am I the only one that caught the legit shellac joke?
I already suggested bonfire in my original post. Try reading maybe?
Aren't there already a billion roaches living in any given sewer system?
Do roaches swim?
If the roaches are so big as to clog up the sanitation system, you're dealing with the big ones, not the typical little German cockroaches that infest by the thousands.
I really don't see how the little bastards could clog up a system designed to process my much larger turds.
Edit: Also considering that my trap approach doesn't use poison at all, shouldn't the roaches decompose anyways?
Could be your turds aren't made out of chitin.
Is that a challenge?
Yes
I think the difference is that turds break down, while cockroaches are more durable. And I'm not talking about the pipes under your house... moreso the waste water treatment facility down the line.
I do not work in sanitation, I just remember reading that somewhere and the Three C's stuck in my mind.
As for an alternative disposal method, I would suggest throwing the carcasses into a volcano.
We use septic grinders where I'm from, figured the city would be smart enough to do the same.
Probably because their exoskeleton is tough and waterproof. So they pile up and clog stuff.
Meh, maybe that's why we're smart enough to use poop grinders in our septic systems out in the sticks.
What, you didn't know that's a thing? God fucking damn, rednecks actually know a thing that city folk don't!