Allie Ward

Now, what if you hate this and everyone and this whole episode and me?

You're not alone.

Many of you all capped me with questions like Ursula Goodwins, who said, I don't mind bugs, but I hate cockroaches.

Why do I dislike them so much?

Is this completely irrational?

Ziz, The Tangle System, W. Amanda Panda, Amy Hanks, Jacob Morvay, Hope, Amanda Metcalf, Anastasia Prest, Jennifer Jellytot, Mariana Alvarez, The Ren You Know, James Orsatti, Deborah L. Blanton, Sabrina Williams, Priyukli, Kenny Shaver, Mark Rubin, Ghoul Next Door, and even roach-likers, Hagular, Chloe, and Nature Nessie, needed some insight on why these creatures give people the willies.

What about Sienna wanted to know, as did a lot of people, please tell me how to love cockroaches.

They are the only animals in the world that I dislike, aside from a few notably awful human animals, they say.

What's a good way to get over your like, about them in order to appreciate them?

Roaches, again, are fashion.

There are mint green roaches with delicate wings.

There's a goofy looking ant looking one.

Beautiful banded orange and brown and yellow, kind of like a throwback 1970s van.

or an alive candy corn.

There's a Lusa hermetica, which hails from South America.

It glows under black light and has two big spooky fake eyes on its face.

You can get yourself a Halloween hisser from Madagascar.

Orange and black stripes.

It makes noises when it hates you, when it's threatened or horny.

A few species of Madagascar hissing critters huff and puff.