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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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 9 points 6 days ago

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

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