I, for one, welcome our minute overlords.
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Slippery Slope Fallacy smh my head a librarian should know better smh
Not to mention how badly we'd be outnumbered.
I think in mass, it's even. So in number it's beyond good and evil
Doesn't this imply that everyone who uses the library will become evil?
That is why Elsevier, Springer and publishing houses work so hard to paywall knowledge and keep it inaccessible, lest we become corrupted.
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Ants society seems to be much fairier than humans'. The only thing is that I can't carry up 50 times my own weight
Except for the part where they breed captive aphids and corral them to and from plants so they can feed, only to ~~lacerate their exoskeletons~~ [eat the ass] and feed on their secretions while keeping them alive to do it again...
Edit: correction
Humans do this. I think ants still have the moral high ground.
Yeah, and humans are sociopaths. That doesn't make it right when ants do it. That's antkie logic.
"I'm against XYZ atrocity" "So you support LMNO atrocity?!?!?!"
Lacerate their exoskeleton? Do you have a source for that? According to Wikipedia, the honeydew is excreted from the aphids' anus and happens even when the ants aren't involved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid#Ant_mutualism
Edit: I'm not trying to be the guy who yells "SoUrCe!?" whenever presented new information, I'd just like to correct my misunderstanding if I'm wrong but don't want to incorporate misinformation XD
I coulda sworn I've read somewhere that they make a light incision to get to the honeydew, but it could be a false memory. I'm not gonna go looking for where I read that, but I'll accept "they eat ass" as a correct answer.
Anyone seen the Phineas and Ferb episode where ants are enlarged then evolve?
Ants already have taken over the world. They vastly outnumber humans and already live in just about every area humans do.
Hmm, at least they haven't taken over my kitchen. Yet.
There’s a certain irony in the fact that a library IS a repository for knowledge. So we are so much better suited to keep control of the world?
Can confirm. Taught ants to read Twilight and they began to sparkle in the sun.
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On second thought, that might have been the sugar I bribed them with...
I will eat this Danish and welcome, for one, our new insect overlords.
Maybe we should give the ants a chance at the helm. Humans really mucked up theirs
It's true, watch the documentary "Phase IV". Preferably the director's cut.
The ants aren't going to do anything. They just want to play some gungi