You'd feel differently, if you lived somewhere malaria was common.

Most people get malaria from the bite of an infective mosquito, also called a vector.

Most cases of malaria diagnosed in the U.S. are in people who have traveled to or from other countries where malaria is widespread. We call this imported malaria.

Locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted malaria is a rare event in the U.S.

The most unpopular opinion.

I guess you’re lucky to not live in a place with malaria and dengue.

a truly unpopular opinion. i take it you don't hail from inland alaska or florida.

Enjoy your Dengue, Malaria, Zika, Ross River, West Nile, Barmah Forest, Chikungunya, Elephantiasis, Japanese Encephalitis, Murray Valley and/or Yellow Fever.

You are only contributing to the small subset of mosquitoes that feed on humans. And spread diseases among them.

Historically speaking, the mosquito is one of the biggest killer in human history. If not the biggest.

There's got to be an upper limit where it's unbearable without bug spray. Head to Northern Canada, go for a tromp in the bush, and find out what yours is!

What I hate the most on them is that these bastards will fly really close to your ear right before sleeping. Light up the room to kill it? It is gone. Close the lights and head back to sleep? It is back, flying right next to your ear.

That's fine. Perhaps you're a person that doesn't react to the itch? They go after me and I get quite itchy, but blackflies don't bite me much at all. When blackflies do bite me I get a bit of a bump but not like my friends.

FREAK (no offense)

Pack it up folks, this one wins

Were I omnipotent, mosquitoes would cease to be. Ticks, too.

Take a large amount of vitamin B-12 daily. B-12 is what you may have associated with the smell of fresh baked bread. The tablets smell like a commercial bakery. You can't overdose on B-12, you just sweat it out. Sweating it out masks the smell of your blood, and mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, and fleas will all just kinda ignore you. Doesn't work on bedbugs since it doesn't mask the smell of you exhaling, which is what bedbugs use to hunt.

A large amount would be between 500-1500 mg daily depending on your size.

They can give you malaria bro. It kills you.

What blood type are you? Certain blood types don't get bitten by them as much. I'm a blood type that they generally ignore, but as a kid one time i got bitten by a lot one summer and it annoyed me and seemed to hurt.

I have lived in Lapland my whole life, and yeah, I don't mind the mosquitoes that much. The first weeks suck, the bites itch like hell, but after that.. I don't even feel the stings, really. I might have my whole leg covered black by mosquitoes, stinging away, just let them. I use it as a mental challenge, close them out, be stronger than the annoyances.

I also pick lot of berries, mushroom and do gardening so no, you can't use mosquitoe poison when handling food. Better just get used and/or use thick clothes.

You're cooked

I've been told if mosquito bites don't itch it could mean you have a poor immune system. I for one have a thick blanket of fur and am not so bothered by them.

You aren't providing nourishment necessarily, they just use a protein in your blood to produce their eggs. They bite you then go lay their eggs.

im one of those people who they seem to preferentially go for and the bites are so itchy. I can't upvote except I do because I upvote everything unrelated to voting which I think are dumb. ironically not for this sub though that actually uses the voting. anyway I can't see someone having an opinion about how much you yourself mind things. yeah so im going to downvote.

I don't mind þe "biting," I mind þe allergic reaction and itchiness afterwards.

This is how I feel about bed bugs. Most humans have no reaction to bed bug bites so from everything I understand the only downside to having bed bugs is having bed bugs.

I'm not saying I don't think bed bugs are gross and as someone who's had them before would never wish them on anyone but the most annoying part of them is the effort required to get rid of them.