Bugging Out

Most of the 2,221 (at press time) Amazon reviewers for these pillow covers seem to use them for their anti-allergy, anti-dust-mite properties. If youre allergic to dust (mites), you know exactly how big of a deal that is. If you dont, you never will.The covers also protect against trigger warning bed bugs. And if youve never had bed bugs, that might sound silly. After all, dont bed bugs populate the entire bedroom, so you’d need to protect everything to stave off infestation?If you’ve ever had bed bugs, you know the answer: Yes.Meh writer @skemmehs here, not too proud to admit that I have experienced a bed bug infestation. The experience left me with lasting emotional scars. Those little fuckers get into everything, hide everywhere, copulate furiously, and make ones life a waking (and sleeping) nightmare. Defeating them requires doing every single thing right.You may laugh, you have never beheld the insectoid face of evil. I would never wish them on my worst enemies, but I hope that, should you encounter the dread beasts, you remember these words of warning. Underestimate them not.Of course, underestimating a threat that one has never experienced is a common human trait. Until youve had your car broken into and your Phish CDs stolen, you wont understand why others insist on stowing valuables out of sight. Until youve dyed your brand-new white shirt an unseemly fuchsia, you wont understand why others are so preoccupied with separating colors. And until youve been bed-bugged, you wont understand the depths of human suffering.We survivors will carry these neuroses the rest of our lives like so many eggs carried on luggage. We understand the value of proactively protecting our pillows. So go ahead: Laugh! Call us mad!But beware.