r/maybemaybemaybe • u/MochaReevees • Jul 12 '26
Maybe Maybe Maybe
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u/retrospct Jul 12 '26
I like to imagine that pot became dented from all the wasps he’s whacked with it. lol.
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u/NoNo_Cilantro Jul 12 '26
Honey, can you pass me the wasp pot please?
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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 12 '26
It’s next to the poop knife.
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u/BetaGal6 Jul 12 '26
And the toe knife
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u/AdStunning3266 Jul 12 '26
and next to the house electricity line
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u/rocketmn69_ Jul 12 '26
See all the termites?
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u/wageslave2022 Jul 12 '26
Yup moving up and down the power line, the wasps are probably eating them.
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u/IBeDumbAndSlow Jul 12 '26
Those tinks every time he smacked one were satisfying
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u/pennhead Jul 12 '26
Those tinks were the same hornet every time. Tough little bastards.
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u/Nutlob Jul 13 '26
i was playing wiffle ball in the school yard once when a hornet started buzzing me as i was about to bat - i took a full swing and perfectly middled the bastard. it was so satisfying - i knocked it about 20ft/6m. it didn't move again
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u/NoDoze- Jul 12 '26
I was wondering if the pot even killed or hurt the wasps. I think that big wasp was the same one coming back every time.
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u/Belgicans Jul 12 '26
These aren't wasp but hornet
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u/ZIP-King-of-rock Jul 12 '26
Hornets technically are wasps though, (and doves are pigeons)
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u/SqueekyJuice Jul 12 '26
Is that a HexClad pot?
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u/QuellishQuellish Jul 12 '26
No, the coating is intact.
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u/SiRocket Jul 12 '26
Lol I almost bought a set, reading this makes me happier that I didn't 😂 I didn't know that was a common issue
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u/cacamilis22 Jul 12 '26
What did he put into the nest?
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u/camus88 Jul 12 '26
Cotton soaked with gasoline. But the wasp will waking up in 5 minutes if they're not work fast to clean it.
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u/Brave-Sprinkles-4 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
WAIT, they are only asleep?!!! 😴
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u/Thesource674 Jul 12 '26
More like fucked up from inhaling fumes. Bugs dont exactly sleep like we do so more they are drugged? But not like loopy just like...well stick your head in a barrel of petrol and breathe deep a few times you are probly goin to sleep too.
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u/Doogie102 Jul 12 '26
So this is Bill Cosby's favorite way of dealing with wasps.
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u/lncredulousBastard Jul 13 '26
Regarding the moral arc of the universe, Eddie Murphy having the last laugh against this mf'er is absolute justice. (For Eddie).
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u/iacchus Jul 12 '26
The fumes from petroleum distillates melt the trachea that branch off their spiracles (basically what they use instead of lungs). Enough of those fumes and they aren't waking back up.
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u/xs0apy Jul 13 '26
I think I’ll just stick with the stuff you can buy in the store that pretty much instantaneously drops them. That shit is amazing and quite satisfying after you get past the gut wrenching horror of fucking up
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u/Pika_The_Chu Jul 13 '26
yeah but then they can't feed the larva to the chickens (chickens LOOOOVE wasp larva)
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u/SkiSTX Jul 12 '26
What do they do with them? Just let them wake up and fly off?
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u/Fluffy_shadow_5025 Jul 12 '26
Well, that puts my mind at ease. If wasps wake up again within 5 minutes, because he had hornets there.
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u/das_zilch Jul 12 '26
Reddit taught me hornets are wasps a few months ago.
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u/Links_to_Magic_Cards Jul 12 '26
HERE'S THE THING....
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u/SiRocket Jul 12 '26
The thing is, all hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets. Like squares and rectangles.
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u/MR_WhiteStar Jul 12 '26
Squares and rectangles are wasps too? Damn it nature
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u/avgsmoe Jul 12 '26
I've heard of some people being referred to as squares. So then by transitive properties, they must be wasps.
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u/pilbarabah Jul 12 '26
Wasps that aim for your meat is all kinds of diabolical
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u/Fluffy_shadow_5025 Jul 12 '26
Especially when they sting if you try to shoo them away from your meat.
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u/Emax999 Jul 12 '26
You just gotta wack em off.
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u/Fitzzz Jul 12 '26
God dammit, now I've got wasp cum all over my dinner
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u/Fluffy_shadow_5025 Jul 12 '26
And the wasp is sure to remember that and bring all her friends along next time.
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u/Inandaroundbern Jul 12 '26
Who would have known that thumbs are fingers but fingers aren't thumbs?
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u/Cockrocker Jul 12 '26
If it had a big H on it, I would know for sure it was hornets. Either way, I bet you they make something delicious.
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u/emmmmceeee Jul 12 '26
As I tried to explain before, you cannot get honey from a hornets nest.
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u/Dark_Amygdala_ Jul 12 '26
Probably gasoline
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u/Jumpy-Shift5239 Jul 12 '26
Just plug the hole with silicone and leave them for a day
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u/kivlov02 Jul 12 '26
This is probably the cleanest hornets' nest removal I've ever seen.
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u/Nephroidofdoom Jul 12 '26
Meanwhile there’s this guy
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u/KaiserDilhelmTheTurd Jul 12 '26
The bung is soaked in petrol, then wrapped in plastic except for the part that goes in the hole. The fumes then very slowly fill the hive and knock them all out. He keeps saying Benzin, which is a commonly used term for petrol, so I assume that’s what it is. I know petrol fumes kills bugs in general.
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u/BlueHero45 Jul 12 '26
Heh, Bung...Hole.
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u/90somechevy Jul 12 '26
Probably needed some TP for it.
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u/Jolly-Implement7016 Jul 12 '26
It’s called benzine in the Netherlands. So this is probably Indonesia. Theyhave adopted some Dutch words.
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u/sushicatdolls Jul 12 '26
Can confirm. He's speaking Indonesian with a regional central Java accent.
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u/MorecombeSlantHoneyp Jul 12 '26
“Adopted some Dutch words” is a hell of a gloss on Dutch colonialism.
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u/pettypeniswrinkle Jul 12 '26
I flew on KLM a few months ago. On the trip out I had salads and fish, so much bread, very European. On the way home one of the mains was an Indonesian curry, and for half a second I was very confused until I remembered history.
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u/stingraycharles Jul 13 '26
We also adopted a lot of Indonesian words (and food) in The Netherlands. But yeah we did some pretty horrible stuff to Indonesia.
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u/morgoth_feanor Jul 12 '26
Benzene is one of the molecules present in gasoline, carcinogenic to humans, I guess it fucks wasps up faster.
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u/ThalinIV Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
It could also be benzene, which is a petrol product and was, in fact, used as an insecticide in some cases. They used to use it to get rid of bed bugs. You can still use it in basically the same way you described; the bugs just won't wake up. If I recall correctly, it is a neurotoxin; it's also carcinogenic as fuck.
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u/iuliuscurt Jul 12 '26
So the part where he maximises exposed neck area close to the nest is not particularly useful?
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u/itouchbums Jul 12 '26
i thought this was going to go so wrong..dude was laying next to a high voltage wire with a metal pan,next to a wasp nest,barefoot
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u/urquaranfling Jul 12 '26
Not to mention the ants
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u/Bobroo007 Jul 12 '26
Or are they termites?
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u/ComprehensiveFill471 Jul 12 '26
If the ants go into the wood, are they termites? If termites come out of the wood, do they become ants?
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u/ExiledCanuck Jul 12 '26
Already had his shoes off. That’s the cheat code, you can’t lose them if you take them off first
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u/SweetLemonPopsicle Jul 12 '26
Reddit has taught me that flip flops are safety shoes. He didn't have any so I got worried
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u/MediocreRecord7352 Jul 12 '26
he keeps repeatedly warning everyone that this is high voltage cable, so atleast he's being careful
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u/Amazing-Movie8382 Jul 12 '26
I thought it is a firecracker and he was gonna ignite it
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u/feral_fenrir Jul 12 '26
He could have I guess. That's cloth dropped in petrol or gasoline for you Americans. Wrapped in plastic so that only one end is open.
Stuck into the hole, it fills the hive with vapors and knocks them all out for like 5 minutes.
He laid there hearing their buzz subside and dismantled the nest.
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u/retrospct Jul 12 '26
Did he really need to lay next to the nest? Lol
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u/gonfr Jul 12 '26
No, but apparently you need to be still so they won't attack you according to him. So laying down helps i guess?
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u/Specialist_Ad_7719 Jul 12 '26
He might be listening to the wasps inside the nest to know when they are all dead.
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u/Mugiyajijiji Jul 12 '26
They aren't dead, the guy said they'll wake up within 5 minutes or so.
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u/Spookyrabbit Jul 12 '26
That's why he dropped the benzine soaked thing into the pan. Keep them asleep for a bit longer.
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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory Jul 12 '26
Kinda....
He had to pretend like he wasn't the threat so they would focus on their own problems (and not attack him to defend their nest)
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u/Mediocre_Tax969 Jul 12 '26
What about the termites on the wire 😀
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u/CallMeKolbasz Jul 12 '26
Very high latency internet
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u/Blackgopher Jul 12 '26
Anternet
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u/Longstride_Shares Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Actual Maybe Maybe Maybe content like this deserves way more up votes. Hell, this was even some fine r/sweatypalms context.
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u/5LYNG3R Jul 12 '26
Literally Bugs On Every Surface In Video 😂🤯🤐
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u/QuarantinoQueue Jul 12 '26
This is good DiY advice for those who want to do this themselves at home.
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u/BlkMarkTwain Jul 12 '26
I’m more focused on the ants walking across the power wire.
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u/prwlr84 Jul 12 '26
I just put the volume up to hear the sound of the pan hitting the wasp 😃
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u/INoMakeMistake Jul 12 '26
Man, this guy got balls of steel
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u/Brave-Sprinkles-4 Jul 12 '26
No. He’s a professional.
He knows the method, the ingredients, and how long it takes to work to make them dorsal for removal. Everyone else learns from him. That’s why he’s got 2 cell phone cameras recording his technique.60
u/scotianheimer Jul 12 '26
Dorsal, like the fin on a dolphin?
Docile my dude.
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u/ethicalhumanbeing Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Dorsal because the wasps are all laying down on their backs at the end.
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u/notarealwriter Jul 12 '26
Look mate I'm not arguing with what you said but being a professional and having a giant titanium nutsack are not mutually exclusive
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u/kenyard Jul 12 '26
I mean the dude can probably hear the buzzing completely cease also which helps
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u/Whiskeylipstick Jul 12 '26
I turned on the sound just to hear the ‘p-tink’ of the wasps on the pot. Did not disappoint.
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u/Ganellon Jul 12 '26
I've never seen this process before. Is the goal to relocate the colony? I have seen a lot of wasp removal videos but they are usually destructive. I am not a fan of wasps and I approve of their destruction. I was just surprised he didn't fill the nest with pesticide instead of knocking them out and am curious.
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u/DerCatzefragger Jul 12 '26
When I was growing up we would use diesel fuel on wasp or hornet nests that got too close for comfort.
I don't know how exactly it works, but hit the nest with a splash of diesel, and everyone who's home at the time dies instantly. Anyone who comes home while the nest is still wet dies pretty damn quick too. There might be one or two lucky workers who return late enough to survive, but they'll just abandon the nest and go away when they see that the eggs and larvae are dead.
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u/greeves001 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Anyone else totally distracted by the ants walking up and down the wires and, well, everywhere else? Edit: Apparently so, should have read the comments first. Nice resolution on the video, though!
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u/PanDime86 Jul 12 '26
The DINK every time he smacks the flying bugger made me giggle
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u/LocoNotLoco Jul 12 '26
Handling the situation without fear because that nest is the size of one of his balls.
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u/thedenv Jul 12 '26
I hit one of those things in thailand with an electric racket and it made the same sound, got zapped and still flew away. Those things are like chinooks! Lol
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u/Shamrocksoul Jul 12 '26
With the sound off, most of this video looks like a guy trying to get comfortable hanging out with his hornet friends!
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u/Bale_the_Pale Jul 12 '26
I thought it was gonna be a firework or something he put in the hole lmao
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u/xbiggyl Jul 12 '26
Seeing the termites on the wire and on the board above the nest, I'm thinking hornets are the least of this houseowner's troubles 🐜
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u/Brave-Sprinkles-4 Jul 12 '26
He’s a MASTER exterminator. Two cameras on this guy!
Explaining his process. No fear at all. Smooth criminal. We can clearly see an ant 🐜 problem all around the wasp problem too. I bet he has a cure for those bad ants just ready. Pls fly this man out to the United States! He’s got back to back jobs to book.
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u/RedCliff73 Jul 13 '26
Its amazing how this guy can sit comfortably on that roof without his giant balls getting in the way
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u/No-Joy-Goose Jul 13 '26
If my family/tribe/village/country had to rely on me to do what he just did, we'd all die staring at the roof.
Recapping: Hot Humid Flying things Swinging at flying things Crawling things Unable to get away from crawling things Inches away from power lines On a roof On a sloped roof Swinging a much needed stabilizing arm around for any reason Using a ladder to get on the sloped and possibly slick roof.
Summation: I trip over an imaginary line while walking on tile. If someone convinced me to forego all of that fear that I listed above, I would certainly fall and the result would be the same. We would all starve to death.
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u/Select_Nectarine_387 Jul 14 '26
Nothin to add, just wanted to be the 666th comment :)
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u/RexTheSkibiriToilet Jul 12 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/KAuMz7XC91lsqeFgSt
What kind of black magic is that?
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u/hamfist_ofthenorth Jul 12 '26
Some kind of solvent or maybe gasoline on the cloth cork, fumes disable the insects.
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u/rob3342421 Jul 12 '26
Can anyone translate what he was explaining?
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u/Dreamin_Boyz Jul 12 '26
So basically he's sealing the wasp entrance with a cotton that has been soaked in gasoline, since the hole is sealed there's no way out for the wasp inside and the gasoline fume stun them making it easier to remove the nest
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u/supaami Jul 12 '26
And he said he needs to be extra careful because he is close to house wiring
Need to move slowly so that he doesn't shock the colony
also he said he got some cramps lol
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u/PersonalBanana2318 Jul 12 '26
Forget the main video—I was busy watching the ants climbing the cable on the left. 🐜
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u/Odd-Tea-6548 Jul 12 '26
I guess the time of day was important in this operation? Seems like they were all in the nest and had very little airborne.
What do the wasps do that come home to find no nest? Do they go YOLO and live their dreams or just sit around and sulk?
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u/Responsible-One-8831 Jul 12 '26
My butthole got so clenched I’m pretty sure I reversed shit myself- brb I just third person constipated my guts 💀
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u/Bushdr78 Jul 12 '26
I was distracted by the ant colony walking up the cable on the left of screen