So let’s talk about bug bites, shall we?
When you’re outside in grassy areas, you may get the occasional mosquito bite. Hell, you may even get “eaten alive” by mosquitos and- sometimes- even spiders.
In Central America bug bites are a way of life. The Eskimos have something like 42 words for snow… The locals (currently in Guatemala) have 20+ kinds of bug bite symptoms and all sorts of words for them:
“the one that oozes pus”
“the white mound with a blood dot.”
“the scabby blood one”
“the pus one- but it coagulates”
“the poison-rash”
“the venomous bite”
“slightly blue or green”
“pale to pink when you touch it.”
“suuuuper itchy and the bumps are in unspeakable places.”
“red and strong swelling”
“puffy, oozy and smelly”
“red and puffy, but not itchy”
“red and white and really itchy”
“it feels like a needle is caught in your blood and it’s trying to get out” (this is actually a parasite that IS in your blood/skin and trying to get out.)
Some phrases that have been uttered lately:
“I want to cut my ___ off and respawn another.”
“I would rather have 100 tick bites that this.”
“if a tarantula bit me right now, he would die from ingesting poison/venom from all these oozy ones.”
“is it true that if you sunburn on top of bites they feel better?” (yes)
“pica! Pica! Pica!!!!”