Exactly. If we're going to kill everything else, why not them?

If cockroaches went extinct, there would actually be some pretty significant effects on ecosystems. They’re not just pests; they play a crucial role as decomposers. Cockroaches help break down dead organic matter—stuff like leaves, wood, and even dead animals. Without them, you’d start to see a buildup of this kind of waste, and the whole process of nutrient recycling would slow down. This matters because a lot of plants rely on nutrients that get released when organic material decomposes. If that process stalls, it could disrupt plant growth and soil health.

Plus, cockroaches are food for a ton of animals—birds, reptiles, small mammals, and other insects all rely on them. If they disappeared, it would mess with food chains, potentially leading to population drops in species that depend on them. And let’s not forget, cockroaches are also tied into the microbial world. They carry microorganisms that help break down certain materials, so their extinction could mess with those processes too.

So yeah, it’s easy to think the world would be better without them because they’re gross, but in reality, ecosystems would take a pretty big hit if cockroaches went extinct overnight.

I saw three in the past hour. Two while I was in the shower, and one in the kitchen. I will do anything to have these fuckers extinct

On the surface this seems like it could be a running joke. A sequel to an 11 year old spinoff from Shrek 2. Ridiculous that they came out with such a good film.

It's a great movie, it brought me to tears, I highly recommend it.

I'm also just a sucker for Death depictions

But unfortunately, hunting nazis is still illegal.

This, we can't have only the bad parts of mass extinction

There is a species of mosquito that is a prolific pollinator, one of them for blueberries.

Their eggs are a rich snack for fish. The reason they're a rich snack is because their mom sucked blood.

That said, we can probably kill off the one species that causes malaria. Other species will move into the gap.

Well there's like 30 species and only 4 that hurt humans, so mosquitoes can stay, but those specific 4 can die off.

Everything I've read suggests that mosquitoes aren't a primary food source for anything, and that their absence would be relatively easily adusted for by those creatures that do eat them. Still, that's a hell of a dice roll.

Edit: And apparently that may be wrong anyway.

For other animals—such as lizards, frogs, spiders, and other insects—adult mosquitoes are the primary food source.

Mosquitos aren't some special niche. Take out mosquitos and something else moves in to replace them, something that doesn't bite.

There's nothing that solely depends on mosquitos, and wouldn't prefer to eat other things which mosquitos may be suppressing by existing themselves.

You think people want to extinguish mosquitoes because they bite is annoying?!

Doing it on purpose for self defense seems less bad to me than indiscriminately because we want to be more comfortable but maybe that's a meaningless distinction.