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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

In school, about 20 years ago, we visited a village with a monestary. We slept there. There were a lot of fireflies. I moved to this village 2 years ago. I‘ve yet to see a single firefly.

Heck there’s moments on days when I visit my parents and walk their dog where I can’t even hear a bird.

I drive on the road for 16 years now. Compared to when I started, there aren’t that many insects colliding with me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    When I was a kid in the 70s dad taught me to always clean the bugs off when stopping for gas. Now I can put in 700 miles across the American South and not clean the windshield once.

    That's what got me thinking about all this originally. Saw a picture on reddit years ago, couple of teen girls posing on their 70s hot rod, totally covered in bug guts.

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