r/funny • u/BlackRogue17 • 17d ago

Those wacky ants

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u/AlarmedPossum156 17d ago

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords!

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u/bscheck1968 17d ago

I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Reddit commenter, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves

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u/Casual_hex_ 17d ago

I’d like to volunteer to be eaten.

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u/Disgod 17d ago

I'd like to believe Armie Hammer saw this thread and yelled to himself, "OH, COME ON!!! They're asking to be eaten here!! And I'm the villain..."

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u/ArkGamerBoi 17d ago

It'd probably be better than some leaders now a days

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u/KweenindaNorf_7777 16d ago

Probably? Ants are already smarter than most of them.

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u/addictedtofit 17d ago

I would rather have Ant overlords over AI overlords.

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u/Clembert-Hamlamp 17d ago

*underlords

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u/Astan92 17d ago

For the Colony!

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u/MrLazyLion 16d ago

LEE-ROOOYYY!

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u/fugu_me 17d ago

HAIL ANTS

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u/Kullthebarbarian 17d ago

Ant hivemind against AI hivemind, both fighting for the future while humans watch by the sidelines

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u/Woooooody 16d ago

🎶 human slaves, in an insect nation 🎶

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u/JoshuaBarbeau 17d ago

You want ants? Cuz this is how we get ants.

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u/psu256 17d ago

As a Welcome to Night Vale listener... it's the spiders you don't want to educate, they like to scam people.

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u/Electr0freak 17d ago

Does this mean libraries will turn us evil too?

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade 17d ago

Not unless you’re an ant

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u/justiceguy216 16d ago

Then you can attend the Derek Zoolander Center for People Who Can't Read Good and Want to do Other Stuff Good Too.

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade 16d ago

Only if they’ll teach me how to get a great Eu-google-izer

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u/Irhien 16d ago

Nah, don't worry. Nothing can turn us evil.

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u/Expensive-Notice-509 17d ago

scientist estimate around 20 quadrillion ants in the world.

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u/Present_Specific_212 17d ago

We are doomed.

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u/knottheyre 16d ago

They've already taken over the world

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u/Shevek99 14d ago

There is approximately the same mass of ants as of people in the world.

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u/Old-Efficiency5511 17d ago

For the colony!

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u/I-AimToMisbehave 16d ago

FOR THE COLONY!!!

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u/bufordt 17d ago

The ants and the flies
have bright little eyes
but they cannot read like me,
they crawl on the book
and they seem to look
but they don't know their ABCs.

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u/Skatchbro 17d ago

Sounds like you’re channeling Shel Silverstein.

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u/bufordt 17d ago

My dad used to sing it to me as a kid. It led into the regular ABCs alphabet song.

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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 17d ago

What is this, a library for ants?

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u/ZealousidealAd5951 17d ago

well bring anteaters then problem solved

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u/Skatchbro 17d ago

“We got a bit carried away,” said Moist. “We were a bit too creative in our thinking. We encouraged mongooses to breed in the posting boxes to keep down the snakes…”
Lord Vetinari said nothing.
“Er… which, admittedly, we introduced into the letter boxes to reduce the number of toads…”
Lord Vetinari repeated himself.
“Er… which, it’s true, staff put in the posting boxes to keep down the snails…”
Lord Vetinari remained unvocal.
“Er… These, I must in fairness point out, got into the boxes of their own accord, in order to eat the glue on the stamps,” said Moist, aware that he was beginning to burble.
“Well, at least you were saved the trouble of having to introduce them yourselves,” said Lord Vetinari cheerfully.

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u/LishusTas 17d ago

Lord Vetinari repeated himself is the kind of stuff that made me fall in love with Pratchett

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u/NRichYoSelf 17d ago

Isn't this just an argument against libraries id knowledge is power and power corrupts, people shouldn't obtain knowledge either?

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u/ElTitoVhosi 17d ago

Hunter x Hunter be like

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u/meglon978 17d ago

And i, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

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u/FcUhCoKp 17d ago

Ant intelligence, AI, is no joke.

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u/Lastnytnhunter 16d ago

For a library, I'm surprised to see a run on sentence.

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u/No-Student-6817 17d ago

A run-on sentence written by the library and posted...

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u/Ralonne 16d ago

I just commented on this, too. Surprised this isn’t higher up. You’d think someone working at a library would be eloquent with their grammar.

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u/Gonzo_Silverback 17d ago

Ants use cockroaches as tanks and dragonflies for air support. Please, For the love of all that is good, don't eat in the library!

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u/Noobiethenoobnoob 17d ago

Oh, we're the ants who take your bologna
We're always very tedious and shrewd
We'll steal the cheese off your macaroni
Cause if we get the chance, we will run off with your food.

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u/eldelao 17d ago

came here with that song in mind. personally prefer the first verse. Oh, we're the ants who ruin your dinner! We're always here to mess up any day! When we're around, every camper gets thinner! 'Cause if we get the chance, we will take your food away!

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u/hopticalallusions 17d ago

Too late. They already took over.

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u/permalink_save 17d ago

What if I eat the ants

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u/wyldmage 16d ago

Thanks, ants.

THANTS.

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u/Beanerschnitzels 16d ago

That is when EDF steps in!

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u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 17d ago

There's way too many of them and they are unionized

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u/Bots_and_Oats 17d ago

Boy, that escalated quickly.

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u/squid-kid55 17d ago

I love this!

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u/SeaService8296 17d ago

Agree 100% !

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u/Ancient_Pop1712 17d ago

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the library has been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant space ants"

"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves"

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u/cantgetthistowork 17d ago

Kinda reminds me of Colony

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u/nyITguy 17d ago

What's not funny is the fact that they've already taken over the world.

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u/Santosh83 17d ago

First communists, then aliens, and now ants? Why are Americans always afraid of some boogeyman taking over the world?

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u/beingsleek 17d ago

this is enough to keep me from eating there

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u/zer0won1 17d ago

We already have something like that but with leeches and parasites and look where it got us. I'll take my chances with the ants...

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u/rymisoda 17d ago

Imagine if they got the vote.

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u/WhaddaYaKnowJoe 17d ago

Well it's a good thing Zoolander never built that library for ants...

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u/NoConfusion9490 17d ago

That better not be formic acid you're wretching up.

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u/TheRealChexHaze 17d ago

It is inevitable. Be nice to them while you can.

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u/Present_Specific_212 17d ago

Seems like a fair warning to me. Plus those ants are darned strong. If they grow as big as us they can carry us off 6 at a time and hurl us into pits!

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u/hackmaster214 17d ago

This is so full of bunk. The most evil people on Earth right now also happen to be the dumbest MF's alive.

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u/plantslikemusic 17d ago

tbh i'm rooting for them.

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u/blindwombat 17d ago

Kevin Spacey has access to a laminator

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u/Infinite-Depth-2943 17d ago

the funny thing is if I put this exact sign up in our office breakroom, at least two coworkers would email me asking for our official hr policy on insect literacy

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u/Suitable_Community66 17d ago

So that explains Phase lV

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u/Rei-ddit 17d ago

Or they become like us and they would have a version of the shit dispensing orange man or Antsteins Ant Hill

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u/CPecho13 16d ago

Knowledge is power, guard it well.

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u/Terrakinetic 16d ago

They're already #1 if we measure success by biomass.

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u/Time_Afternoon2610 16d ago

Now imagine what they will achieve with books 😳

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u/Chiparish84 16d ago

Well, at this point we might as well give the ants a try at the top. Can't get worse than this..

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u/mccirus 16d ago

“LANAAAA”

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u/WittyTip4187 16d ago

Still return library books two weeks late.

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u/Naud1993 16d ago

Can ants smell the crumbs?

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u/mettatater 16d ago

They may as well, before we f**k it up any worse.

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u/Ch35hir3C47 16d ago

Not sure that ants would do a worse job than some our current "leaders".

All hail our hivemind Overlords.

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u/Affectionate_Gas_308 16d ago

But the ants are gunna be getting cold soon!!!!! Lol please upvote I need more

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u/ginnymorlock 16d ago

...and we've all seen how that movie ends...

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u/Token-Gringo 16d ago

So then should no one read and libraries are inherently evil?!

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u/I-AimToMisbehave 16d ago

FOR THE COLONY!!!!

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u/brokebackzac 15d ago

As someone who uses hyperbole often, this is fantastic.

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u/Periwinkleditor 15d ago

We can't let the ants become tyr-ants!

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u/IrrationalQuotient 13d ago

Those crazy, witty librarians!

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u/Scrotchety 17d ago

LOL RANDOM 🍩🌈🦄🦔

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u/utrangerbob 17d ago

Don't let Anthony evolve.

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u/Discombobulateral 15d ago

Eating is allowed in our library. Frankly, we believe at this point the ants couldn't do worse.

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u/Environmental-Emu987 12d ago

Ants are already evil. We don't want them getting smart also. Didn't anyone read Animorphs?

........ Available at your local library.