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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 21 points 4 days ago

Roach bin
Dermestid beetle
Pap smear

The further you read, the worse it gets.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 15 points 3 days ago

Thank God my English is not enough to understand these.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mine either. But I did the mistake of websearching them:

  • roach bin - apparently some people breed cockroaches as pets, or to feed their actual pets with.
  • dermestid beetle aka carpet beetle - they're so notorious for feasting on dead bodies that forensics uses their presence/development to estimate date of death.
  • pap smear - cells collected from the cervix, used to check for cancer.
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

Thanks, now it got worse for me too. -_-

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