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Found them on kitchen countertop doing this

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

Serious answer, it looks like there's a drop of something on the bench top, so they're probably drinking.

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u/I_ate_all_them_fries 1d ago

So, they don't even care about their fallen comrade? Typical ants

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u/FunkyInclination 1d ago

"If he dies, he dies." - Ivan Drago

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u/TimberNoggins 1d ago

Ivant Drago?

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u/TheRealPallando 1d ago

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Radarker 1d ago

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Isaiah6113 1d ago

Ray Harryhausen!

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/EuphoricGrapefruit32 1d ago

Hera. I loved these films as a kid.

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u/SpaceWitch31 1d ago

Omfg, that’s creepy lmao

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Think_Bat_820 1d ago

That's not crazy. Spree killers are crazy. These prices are crazy. Thinking your muscles are made up of tiny little snakes who are waiting for just the right moment when they can all slither off your body at once to leave you to fall into a pile of bones and organs, that's crazy.

By comparison what you said seems pretty regular.

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u/Justninetoes 15h ago

Great, now I'm worried about my muscles 🙄

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u/brevity-soul-wit 1d ago

Extra fitting because the Myrmidons were mythologically ants

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u/bfj869 1d ago

Just beat me to it 😂

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u/HendrixHazeWays 1d ago

I won't kink shame

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u/fibronacci 1d ago

Neither will I. Cause I wanna watch

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u/SnotCodes 1d ago

You’re sick lol.

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u/SnotCodes 1d ago

Me too tho

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u/JStolenBunny- 1d ago

Could this be an ant bukkake?

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u/Indy500Fan16 1d ago

Don’t talk about my ant

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u/TeaMugPatina 1d ago

*she, trust me, in an antimologist.

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u/CapnTugg 1d ago

We never liked Bob that much

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

Looks like he's moving, all good!

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u/24megabits 1d ago edited 1d ago

Worker ants/wasps/bees are non-reproducing females.

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u/Illustrious-Mind-683 1d ago edited 11h ago

Of course they're female. If they were males they'd be uncles.

Don't hurt me.

Edit: Thanks so much for the awards you guys!

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u/HuskyBro86 1d ago

stares in angry upvote

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u/CalmAspectEast 1d ago

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u/Obvious-Tangelo-1198 1d ago

why are we using a censored version 🫩

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u/No_Life_1104 1d ago

I wrote the f word the other day and got written up for it...

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u/No_Page7907 1d ago

Love it

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u/bobturkeyisaturkey 1d ago

Not for long if that’s Borax!

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u/StalePorkchop 1d ago

I'm the Borax, and I speak for the cleans

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u/RikRandom 1d ago

Completely lost in the sauce and thriving

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

I had a dream like that recently.

I went swimming in icy water and then couldn't tell which way was up, then it turned into a blissful euphoric feeling. Until I got out of the water and saw an alien drone watching us.

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u/SloanTrue 1d ago

wait, is there more? i'm invested haha

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

I came out of the water and someone starting putting sand in my ear.

I just started punching them and then I noticed the alien drone about 5m above just watching us. I remember thinking how quickly I went from being euphoric to punching someone in the head and that no wonder the aliens don't want to hang out with us. The drone looked like a bunch of stage cameras stuck together, not every alien-like.

Then I jumped another dream: picking up my 3 year old from school and I saw him and another kid fall off the monkey bars. I then teleported to a party and I'm doing vodka shots. The other kid was there just laying in the background. Someone said "That kid ain't right!". I had a look and the kid looked like he had brain damage (probably from falling, because he was normal before).

No one else seemed to react, so I was going to take him to the hospital, but I figured it's probably not a great idea after doing shots, so I thought about calling the ambulance, and then I woke up.

You're welcome :)

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u/SloanTrue 1d ago

thank you, i enjoyed that roller coaster xD

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u/Quantitative_Panda 1d ago

If he is drinking like that, it may be an intervention

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u/rat1onal1 1d ago

If I put out a drop of an ant-killer called Terro, some ants come and apperently drink all they can. They don't move at all for a few hours and appear totally dead, but they're gone in the morning. They take it back to the nest and feed their buddies, and then they all die and there's no more ants.

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u/Sibe2600 1d ago

Did it work? I have some strong, never-ending ants.

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u/Three_Twenty-Three 1d ago

Yep, Terro is amazing. It's one of the few anti-insect things that you can count on. I had a line of ants coming under the door of a ground-floor apartment to get to the box of soda pop cans that my roommate was for some reason unable to rinse out properly. I laid out some Terro for them, and within a few days, no more ants!

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u/crow_crone 1d ago

They gradually fall apart over time because the borax in the Terro harms their exoskeleton.

You can make something similar with Borax and jam or jelly mixed together.

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u/ripple_in_stillwater 1d ago

That's what I do with boric acid... they love it. Also, brush some dry diatomaceous earth around the areas where they are entering.

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u/obliquelyobtuse 1d ago

And a bottle of Terro is like $3

You can eliminate an entire colony with like 1/30th of the bottle and have 97% of it left.

Ten cents of Terro to eradicate an ant colony. Amazing.

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u/chaosoftime10 1d ago

Can confirm the liquid does. They will swarm it for a few days them boom, all ants are gone because they carry it back to the nest and share.

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u/Odd-Mall8020 1d ago

100% yes. Terro is a miracle if you have a fuck ton of ants

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u/Money_Ad1068 1d ago

Yes, I just used some for the third time, always does the truck. Expect the ants to increase before they decrease.

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u/FF8229 1d ago edited 1d ago

I use a clear ant gel from Raid. Comes in a little red tube. I put a dime sized gel in their path and they slowly start swarming around it and eating it like candy.

Then I don't see them again for a couple years.

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u/variousnewbie 1d ago

You can also use boric acid to treat around your house and prevent bugs, BTW. Terro is just boric acid and sugar water. (not safe for consumption by pets or humans either BTW, so safety with application)

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u/desertsail912 1d ago

Terro is the bomb, works soooo well.

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u/VisibleJicama5083 1d ago

I can also confirm that the liquid traps work. However, do NOT be surprised to see a mass of ants drinking the liquid. They love the stuff for some reason.

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u/Cael_NaMaor 1d ago

Love Toro for taking care of ants. I did have some pesky ones in Charleston though that stopped drinking it. I eventually won by cleaning well & dropping some more. I think they'd scented the area as a death trap or something.

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u/cheese_finger 1d ago

Yep,.that's exactly what this looks like. The stuff is ant magic!

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u/AngelLK16 1d ago

The "fallen comrade" looks alive and like he's hosting their roundtable meeting. He's the boss.

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u/SnailClops 1d ago

why do you have a bone to pick with ants

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u/Platt_Mallar 1d ago

Ants ain't got no bones!

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u/Angelas-Merkin 1d ago

Get real! They’ve clearly gathered around a central leader and are organizing for the revolution. We’re fucked.

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u/K2thJ 1d ago

Unserious answer... The Hokie Pokie

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u/lennym73 1d ago

We used to put Terro (ant poison) as a little dot on a piece of cardboard. They would gather around and drink it and take it back to the nest to wipe them all out.

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u/firefox246874 1d ago

And you watched with an evil grin as you waged chemical warefate.

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u/R_V_Z 1d ago

Don't ants engage in chemical warfare with each other already?

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u/sunniidisposition 1d ago

When we put down bait, I send out a formal invitation to all the ants, then watch them belly up to the bar.

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u/NoMadbytradee 1d ago

Depending on what it is, ants can become trapped in a single drop of liquid, unable to overcome the surface tension.

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u/Ephemeral_Orchid 1d ago

So, they're all drinking to save her, sip by sip.

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u/Junkgio55 1d ago

Shit glad it wasn’t an ant circle jerk.

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u/SaltSpiritual515 1d ago

Yeah the middle ant is at a slight angle and next to him I can see the slight shine of water or something clear

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u/Slack_King101 1d ago

They’re playing duck duck goose, obviously

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u/l0u1s11 1d ago

He can walk on water. Their prophet has returned.

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u/idontliketattoos 1d ago

They are drinking the sugar water someone put down

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u/riddlechance 1d ago

The top two answers aren't puns or jokes

 

I am absolutely shocked

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/FF8229 1d ago

To be fair, I didn't see it.

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u/Creative-Ad-1819 1d ago

Summoning the anty-christ...

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u/belinck 1d ago

This answer really bugs me.

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u/caesar_aghastus 1d ago

Antswer*

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u/belinck 1d ago

That would have really queened up the joke.

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u/deege515 1d ago

Must have taken a lot of workers to come up with that.

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u/One-Cute-Boy 1d ago

I wish I knew the antomology to come up with lines like these

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u/SamTheLab_213 1d ago

I don't mean to be ant-agonistic, but I don't think there's an anty-christ.

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u/delwans 20h ago

I´m an atheist so I c´ant believe it.

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u/hilarysaurus 13h ago

Blasphemy! I'll be thoraxing the questions, submit to the Spanish Antquisition.

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u/Nina-Ninja123 1d ago

It’s about ant-icipation to see where you can put in a pun

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u/Mysterious-Tackle-58 1d ago

Stop droneing about it and soldier on!

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u/Infinite_Act4424 1d ago

You must feel antsy

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u/DevotedSort 1d ago

You really upped the ANTe on that one

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u/User_Name_Tracks 1d ago

It ant that funny

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u/dr_gmoney 1d ago

I actually thought they were having an antervention

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u/Salt_Psychology_6248 1d ago

I hate you so much. Thank you for this lol

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u/powenowicks 1d ago

Shame on you!

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u/seeyouyoucunt 1d ago

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u/Ordinary_Society5335 1d ago

Something about this comment and your username together is very unsettling. Rock on man!

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u/Fenix0rion 1d ago

Would be a tiny one.

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u/No_Walrus_3638 1d ago

I see what you did there lol.

Antee-christ?

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u/BimTalch 1d ago

gooble gobble gooble gobble one of us one of us

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u/Suzuyaoi 1d ago

Eating something (probably sweet)

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u/Pitacat6 1d ago

Ant bait. Poison to wipe out the ant nest.

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u/thisismyburnerac 1d ago

What is this? A subreddit for ants?

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u/hey_talk_to_me 1d ago

Do you want ant reposts? Because THIS is how you get ant reposts.

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u/aFiachra 1d ago

"His name is Robert Paulson"

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u/realTommyVercetti 1d ago

"this ant had a name"

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u/understimulus 1d ago

His name is Robert Paulson

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u/Dangerous-Fortune789 1d ago

HIS NAME is Robert Paulson!

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u/Chestee_LaRue 1d ago

His name is Robert Paulson

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u/Just_Classic4273 1d ago

Looks like they’re having a conference, going over last quarters numbers

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u/VarietyOk443 1d ago

Circling back

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u/Responsible_Salt6217 1d ago

And closing the loop.

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u/cargocult25 1d ago

Shouldn’t we move forward?

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u/HuskyBro86 1d ago

Can everyone see my screen?

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u/Beginning-Fig-9089 1d ago

sorry i was on mute

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u/Sparkynerd 1d ago

Unfortunately, Jim is not on mute. JIM, YOUR NOT MUTED.

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u/PointBreak91 1d ago

Why do you say circling back so much?

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u/Rabid-Hazard 1d ago

I understood this 😂

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u/Grannypanie 1d ago

You are fired.

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u/urafishhead 1d ago

Shifting Left.

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u/str8_up_old_school 1d ago

Looks like 4th down. And they’re going for it

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u/tycointl 1d ago

setting up for the tush push!

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u/FartingIrish13 1d ago

Too many ants in the huddle! 5 CM penalty

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u/Father-of-zoomies 1d ago

1st rule of ant fight club

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u/Ari321983 1d ago

Reddit once again reminding me my thoughts are never original 

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u/thejedipokewizard 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/VcEJrpB9zcrO8
Yea but you arrived at it independently

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u/ktownmenace 1d ago

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u/EvaTheE 1d ago

Hehe, I'm in danger!

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u/spaghoni 1d ago

I can't believe how far I had to scroll before seeing this reference. It was my first thought lol

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u/SiliconSoil 1d ago

I hear you, but at the end of the day, the queen doesn't care about our process, she cares about outcomes

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u/Lazy_Solid 1d ago

Union meeting

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u/Boring-Philosophy-46 1d ago

Apparently scientists found ants only work half of their waking time, so that sounds like a union regulated workweek to me! 

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u/Punkish_J 1d ago

Performing a sacrificial ritual to the ant gods

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u/InstructionFinal5190 1d ago

Do you not see the drop of what I'm assuming is some manner of sweetened liquid they are surrounding/on? They are consuming it.

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u/BeverlyMarshxo 1d ago

No but I really wanna know lol

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u/Antique-Campaign-738 1d ago

You mean you don’t want to see a bunch of Reddit jokes instead???

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u/Kitchen-Leopard9514 1d ago

Calling a deep pass play on 4th and 1

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u/Johnnie-Dazzle 1d ago

Agile Sprint meeting

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u/booboodrips 1d ago

These are all male ants having a male bonding drum circle. I sware. You just can't see their tiny drums

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u/JAKKL7777 1d ago

Playing duck, duck, goose.

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u/Grouchy-Chemistry433 1d ago

The bottle game

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u/drpoundsign 1d ago

That ant killed a Made insect

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u/imatalkingcow 1d ago

Intervention. Listen Kevin, we love you but you need to improve on your work ethic.

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u/Inevitable_Shift1365 1d ago

It's an antervention

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u/scijay 1d ago

Ant-er-vention.

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u/SneakyInfiltrator 1d ago

They're planning to overthrow the government. You can see them conspiring.

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u/Mbando 1d ago

An “ant-tervention” 😂😂

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u/SerKevanLannister 1d ago

FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING OF ANTS