I have type-o blood. I’m already irresistible to mosquitoes, and I’m embarrassed at how long it took me to realize my wife was counting on this when we walked in the woods.
Comment on YSK: A simple trick to keep your bananas ripe for a lot longer.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Or, ya know, you can just wrap some cellophane around the bunch of stems, and wrap that with a rubber band for extra measure.
Anyways, side note, if you eat a banana (mmm tasty), well mosquitoes will be more attracted to you…
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Look just a little further into the comments, I dug up a couple relevant links.
Apparently beer is also on the skeeter menu… ☹️
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I was considering quitting bananas, maybe even my type O blood, but once you mentioned giving up beer, I immediately abandoned thr whole idea.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you smoke enough weed along with drinking the beer, the skeeters get too stoned and drunk and just fall out of the air, right?
Right?
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Looks around at my type O blood, regular (but moderated) beer intake, and love for bananas
We’ll I’ll be damned.
irish_link@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wait… what!?
This is new to me, any chance you have an article to help me understand the science behind this?
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
www.self.com/…/does-food-affect-mosquito-bites
Well hell, beer is on that mosquito menu too… ☹️
irish_link@lemmy.world 4 months ago
D’oh! Thanks for the info, now I will have to pick a different drink after mowing.
MML@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
One of the chemicals that gives bananas their smell is also released when a honey bee stings you, signaling other bees to attack.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Are you telling me some kind of gmo banana could be like a biological weapon?
MML@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I wouldn’t put it out of the realm of possibility, there have also been cases of large swarms of mosquitoes killing cows, hopefully we’re a little more peaceful before someone figures out how to use things like this as a weapon
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well, I’m writing something at the moment, and I very well may use this for my botanical witch. 😊
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Interesting, today I learned a thing 👍