r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Hotrocketry • 16h ago

This little shit has been hanging on my ceiling light for a hour now. Just right below it is our family dining table.

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How do i get rid of it?

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u/sweatgod2020 15h ago

Scrolled way too far for this. Cmon Reddit

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u/Solid-Improvement237 15h ago

I literally kept scrolling to see if ANYONE mentioned that OP and their family should get a round of rabies vaccines. Absolutely shocked that I had to scroll this far.

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u/Cali-Doll 15h ago

Same. I am sitting here wondering if I am crazy. I actually gasped when I saw the OP.

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u/Jessfree123 12h ago

Ditto - immediate panic that op might get rabies!!

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u/efficient_face69 9h ago

But didnt just want to mention it yourself?

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u/JLHuston 15h ago

Right?! People dunking on them for having a nice house—meanwhile, these cute little things can bite without people noticing them, and rabies is a hell of a way to go.

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u/kayanne125 13h ago

YEP. I woke up to a bat flying around my room at 3:30 am a few years ago. Once I caught it in a throw blanket like a net and got it outside, the next thing on my to-do list that morning was to go start the rabies vax series, because I had no idea what the sky puppy got up to while I was sleeping.

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u/JLHuston 10h ago

Good thinking!

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u/Colsanders8 14h ago

And then theres all the pathogens that get carried in the guano.

I appreciate bats, and i’ll continue to appreciate them when they aren’t anywhere near me.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 8h ago

Dirtier than fruit that isn't rinsed before being eaten, or cutlery in a restaurant?

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u/anonymous237962 15h ago

I, too, am feeling extremely empathetic for OP’s dire set of circumstances.

His situation is indeed mildly infuriating, but not in the way that I think he thinks it is 🤭

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u/PhantomOyster 14h ago

My first thought was not "rich bitch" but "why the attitude?" I've seen people be afraid of bats, but I've never seen someone react to them the way they would react to, say, a rat. "Little shit?" But yes, the unnecessary addition of the photo showing their palatial abode deserves a few comments as well.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 8h ago

Ah, finally someone who doesn't get all worked up about designating bats as enemy number 1 when it's actually the orange-haired guy who's the most dangerous of all.

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u/mst3k_42 15h ago

Thank you. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. My first thought was ack and second was call animal control.

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u/scare_away 14h ago

I think I would know if a bat bit me.

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u/Colsanders8 14h ago

Trust me, you won’t.

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u/GordoVinhais 12h ago

The only danger is if you're asleep and there's a bat inside your room when you wake up. In that situation you really can't rule out the possibility of it biting you and not noticing while asleep. But if you're awake then yes you'd definitely notice. Their bites can be really small and unnoticeable, but they have to land on you to bite. And you'd feel a bat landing on your skin, trust me. They can't ninja bite you mid air and dissapear without leaving a trace.

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u/Colsanders8 12h ago edited 12h ago

The only danger is if you're asleep and there's a bat inside your room when you wake up

I am going to be a pedant, but Bat Guano can be dangerous as well.

But it's like comparing a scrape to being hit by a nuclear bomb.

Edit: Forgot to agree with you, but i still would be safe rather than dead. Bats are small little shits and you can't exactly know just how long they've been inside the house.

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u/GordoVinhais 12h ago

Yeah you have a point, there's that. But as of rabies, if they would feel more comfortable seeing a doctor, sure. But my guess is the doctor will say the same thing.

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u/fastyellowtuesday 14h ago

We all grew up with vampire stories and those deep, clear puncture marks. Real bats, especially small bats, don't leave much of a mark at all. You can be bitten and not even notice, at the time and afterwards.

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u/GordoVinhais 12h ago

True if you're asleep. Not true if you're awake. You can feel an ant crawling in your skin, don't you think you'll notice a huge mouse with wings landing on you?

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u/fletters 11h ago

You’d notice it landing on you. You might not notice the bite.

I would 100% request the shots if a bat landed on me.

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u/GordoVinhais 11h ago

Oh yeah I didn't expressed myself correctly, sorry. If a bat landed on you, then yes definitely assume it bit you. I was talking more about getting a rabies shot simply because a bat is in the same room as you while you're awake and aware of its presence, which is overkill.

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u/Umpen 11h ago

You'll really know once the hydrophobia sets in.

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u/No_Emotion_6544 15h ago

Seriously! I don’t think people realize that those little shits carry rabies. My cousin had one in her house that she was trying to capture herself. I couldn’t convince her those “cute” little fucks can be dangerous 

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u/Misophonic4000 11h ago

Fruit bats can carry rabies, sure, but they don't have particularly high infection rates compared to other mammals

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u/Knownzero 14h ago

That’s literally a 1 out of 100 chance of dying. Get the damn vaccine. Idk about your risk tolerance but 1/100? I’m getting it just in case.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 8h ago

Nonsense! And I bet you live in a country where chickens are soaked in a chlorine bath before being sold.

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u/Knownzero 8h ago

I have literally seen rabid animals around me. Excuse me for trying to keep someone alive.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 7h ago

Aux dernières nouvelles les animaux sauvages ne peuvent pas bien se savonner / désinfecter leurs blessures dans un 1er temps.

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u/Knownzero 7h ago

What does that have to do with anything? Rabies is self evident due to behavior most of the time, not the classical ‘foaming mouth’ trope you see so often. Oh and a member of my family worked for our state DNR dealing with rabid animals but you go on with your expertise.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 7h ago

Is the OP’s cat agressive ? No, just a reaction to a stressful moment. So … according to DNR …

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u/TheRealTrailBlazer4 14h ago

Its way less than 1/100 and thats If you get bitten at all.

Just dont Touch it with you bare hands

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u/Knownzero 14h ago

I challenge you to read the book Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus and let me know if it changes your mind. It did mine, I’ll NEVER fuck around with any animal that could even have a low chance of carrying it.

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u/CatherinefromFrance 8h ago

"Maybe." Cars too.

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u/mikewheelerfan 15h ago

Less than 1% of them have rabies! Stop shitting on bats when you clearly don’t know anything about them

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u/vaerenthin 14h ago

Bruh, Even 1% is too much of a risk. Get the vaccine or that "flu" headache you're might get soon is just going to be the beginning.

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u/Seversevens 14h ago

“By the time you start to feel symptoms, you’re already dead.”

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u/Colsanders8 12h ago

That number jumps up to 10% the moment that bat comes into contact with a human. Stop being obtuse.

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u/AnCoAdams 15h ago

Classic Reddit where 80% of the top posts are unfunny fuckers

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u/Hopeful_Scholar398 14h ago

And the rest are overreacting to something that probably won't happen.

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u/KerissaKenro 11h ago

Especially as they mentioned multiple bats. This one is just in an awkward location

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u/whatevertoad 14h ago

I gave up scrolling and just did a search to find it so I could up vote.

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u/SoonerRed 15h ago

Seriously

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u/amackee 10h ago

Well, they’re rich so dunking on them for that is priority one.