▲ 39 ▼ What's something common from your childhood that you never see anymore? (piefed.blahaj.zone) submitted 1 year ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/askuk@feddit.uk 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tramort@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children) A windscreen covered with insects Because all of the insects are dead permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago You definitely see a lot less of them. Some of that was intentional, at least in the US, as the "love bug" problem was supposedly something that we caused and the solution was to spread sterilized bugs that would mingle with the regular bugs and prevent the population booms. No idea how well it worked, it could just be that our overuse of pesticides did the real work. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago You ought to see my car... they're all on the front of that one permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago You definitely see a lot less of them. Some of that was intentional, at least in the US, as the "love bug" problem was supposedly something that we caused and the solution was to spread sterilized bugs that would mingle with the regular bugs and prevent the population booms. No idea how well it worked, it could just be that our overuse of pesticides did the real work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago You ought to see my car... they're all on the front of that one permalink fedilink source parent