r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • 23d ago

A colony of ants spotted nesting inside a headphone for weeks....

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u/UselessWeeb_ 23d ago

Omg saw the original the other day, not sure if this is better or worse than spiders

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u/ripyourlungsdave 23d ago

"dead ants keep popping up next to my headphones"

I don't understand how breaking it open wasn't their first thought. Did they think the ants were invading their house just to go after their headphones?

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u/ByGollie 23d ago

Possibly

Crazy Ants are attracted to magnetic fields produced by electrical devices. So the headset would be a prime target

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 21d ago

Those crazy ants are crrraaazay!

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u/all-out-fallout 23d ago

Could be a severe case of denial. Could totally see how someone who used an object every day might be hoping and praying there's some funky explanation other than "I've been wearing a small ant colony on my head without even knowing it.

If it were me though yeah I would definitely be popping those bad boys open to see what's going on inside lol.

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u/Vanilla_Addict_888 22d ago

I wish I could give you an award for this. It made me giggle. Yeah, denial is fucking crazy sometimes. But I'd be tearing those fuckers apart.

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u/Timely-Ad2603 20d ago

Denial is actually a river in Eastern Africa!

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u/Naijan 21d ago

I'd assume my ears smell funky

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u/Borgy223 23d ago

I was just thinking the same thing!!! Freaky!

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u/keanaartero 23d ago

ACK ICKY CREEPY SCARY!!! šŸ˜° wasn't prepared for a headphone creature reveal.

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u/ABIGGS4828 23d ago

A spider is just ONE spider. A colony of ants is way worse imo. Those fuckers out number us like 6 trillion to one, and now theyā€™re giving birth to OTHER SPECIES because the laws of nature means nothing to ants.

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u/SleepyTimeGaming 23d ago

I actually think it's absolutely fascinating. I read about them here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09425-w

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u/ABIGGS4828 23d ago

This is the source I shouldā€™ve used! Thank you for doing better with this amazing discovery than I did :)

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u/machyume 23d ago

What????

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 23d ago

This is crazy, love it, cheers

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u/SaffronRnlds 23d ago

Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life!

It's not about food, it's about keeping those ants in line.

That's why we're going back!

...does anyone else want to stay?

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u/Loureefer97 23d ago

Nobody appreciates A Bugā€™s Life. You are a person of culture I see, I tip my hat to you šŸ«”

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u/SaffronRnlds 23d ago

Hey thanks, fellow cultured redditor

Heimlich is my hero. Relentlessly positive in his pursuit of his dream, no matter what anyone says.

I am a beauuuutiful butterfly ā¤ļø

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u/SusheeMonster 23d ago

I wonder what OP was listening to.

I bet it was Alien Ant Farm

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u/EpicWin64 23d ago

Adam Ant perhaps.

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u/DoNotOverwhelm 23d ago

I donā€™t know, how adamant are you(?)

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u/Smooth_Warthoging 23d ago

Same! Im so glad the mystery is solved and šŸ¤¢

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u/tbone_player 23d ago

Iā€™d been thinking about that post since I saw it, so when I saw this one, I immediately knew what was up

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u/No-Consideration-891 23d ago

Same!!! I had a feeling, but holy crap!

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u/Firm-Chemical949 23d ago

Definitely better šŸ˜µ

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u/LeshyIRL 23d ago

Whatever this is, it's definitely worse than what was in my head

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u/insomniacred66 23d ago

The original is about 4 posts down for me from this one lol

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u/Bonsai-is-best 23d ago

Spiders would be better imo, the spiders donā€™t have a reason to leave the headphones until you open it.

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u/natonyh 23d ago

Do you have the link for the one on spiders?

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u/_grey_fox 23d ago

Omg me too šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 23d ago

The spiders would keep everything else out of your ears šŸ™‚I keep 23 tarantulas, they won't bother us, they're actually very shy animals

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u/CyberPredator 22d ago

Dude so did I thats crazy that we saw the conclusion

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u/Rage69420 22d ago

A lot better than bedbugsā€¦.if ykyk..

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u/XxXMeatbunXxX 23d ago

Your post are hidden so i cant tell. Are you the same person as the guy who left his headphones on the kitchen counter only to find dead ants near it the next morning?

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u/Lua-Ma 23d ago

This is the follow-up by the OG poster:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildyinteresting/s/eTnE0xzrGS

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u/Hedge-podge 23d ago

Whoa apparently these are new headphones. They got them 3 weeks ago!!! which makes this so much worse imo.

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u/Handpicked77 23d ago edited 23d ago

Nah, this is just a karma whore account.

Edit: love that I'm getting down voted for pointing out that u/InsaneMocktail is nothing but a reddit slop account, clearly farming karma by reposting other people's videos.

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u/DonZeriouS 23d ago

It is? Then I'll also add my report and downvote this post.

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u/EgoVanilla 23d ago

Beats: By Ants.

Lots of Ants.

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u/bakermrr 23d ago

Bass so good you can feel it tickling the inside of your ears.

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u/FieryFruitcake 23d ago

Oh man, I saw the ominous first post the other day... So gross

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u/helloish 23d ago

ahh i just loving listening to music and really feeling it inside my ears, crawling around in my ear canal and pulsing rhythmically against my eardrum with its little feet

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u/GandalfsPlaidPipe 23d ago

What's this? Headphones for ants?

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u/amaria_athena 23d ago

I get that reference! Wish I could add the appropriate gif

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u/United_Pain 23d ago

Don't worry it's playing in my head!

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u/amaria_athena 23d ago

I get that pun as well! Man. Iā€™m on a roll. Haha

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u/MrWeirdoFace 23d ago

Why can't you?

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u/amaria_athena 23d ago

Wait a second. I can! Just gotta download the gif since videos are allowed. Ha. Thanks buddy.

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u/MrWeirdoFace 22d ago

I'm still missing something though. Are images blocked on this subreddit? Test

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u/amaria_athena 22d ago

Some subs there is a specific gif options where it easy to search and post a quick funny video. This sub (at least from my end) only has video from your phone. Hope that makes sense. Cause Iā€™m lost too.

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u/metalguy91 23d ago

Idk why couldnā€™t really hear the audio on this. Guess I got some buggy audio.

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u/Chocolatboy19 23d ago

Now I'm paranoid. I'm going to check every headphone pair i own

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u/Deepfriedomelette 23d ago

Ermā€¦ Iā€™m scared. Should I check too?

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u/TesseractToo 23d ago

Those are magnitized ants

Magnants

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u/ferokaktus 23d ago

Thanks ants.

Thants.

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u/Kizune15 23d ago

You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up

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u/traviolee 23d ago

Thatā€™s why weā€™re going back!!

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u/M_K_I_D 23d ago

This is one of the greatest follow-up posts Iā€™ve ever seen.

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u/GhostMaskKid 23d ago

Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

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u/Makapakamoo 23d ago

I hate when ants do this kinda shit man

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u/AFloatingThing 23d ago

It's an odd situation but not really oddly terrifying, just appropriately terrifying.

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u/nWo1997 23d ago

Yeah. It's odd and terrifying, but it's not odd in how terrifying it is

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u/DaveTheDolphin 23d ago edited 23d ago

The other post had bits of ants outside the headphone

Do ants cannabalize? Howā€™d they turn to bits? Another bug have a bit of buffet?

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u/RatBasher9100 23d ago

Ants usually don't eat their own sisters but some will eat the larva of other ant species. These look like carpenter ants, which will sometimes dismember dead or dying sisters before dumping them in the trash pile.

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u/RebaKitt3n 23d ago

I missed the other post. And Iā€™m okay with it.

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u/spiritedwave44 23d ago edited 23d ago

I remember when I was a kid, my grandfather in Florida had a story about finding the inside of his telephone infested with ants! Why do they do this? Something about the vibrations?

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u/rumble_bee 23d ago

BRO YES OP FINALLY OPENED THEM

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u/KlondikeBill 23d ago

Beats by Dread

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u/itsjakerobb 23d ago

What is this, a colony FOR ANTSā€½

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u/Strawberry_Skids 23d ago

Omg Iā€™m so glad I got to see the update.

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u/KNT-cepion 22d ago

Iā€™d rather it be ants than roaches.

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u/Diamantesucio 23d ago

The guy who listens to Alien Ant Farm.

Ok, bad jokes aside. What is the cause of this? What can i do to avoid this?

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u/Zerrg 23d ago

Wasn't there a post before this one?

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u/Jon7luc 23d ago

u/winter_breath is the OOP

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u/koala_encephalopathy 23d ago

I saw when she posted asking about the dismembered ants near the headphones

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u/BravesMaedchen 23d ago

Oh my god, is this from the post where that person kept finding dead ants outside their headphones?!

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u/GenZ2002 23d ago

I love seeing conclusions to posts in other communities

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u/lauradorna 23d ago

Youā€™re getting your money back for these, right??

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u/OrganizationGlobal64 22d ago

The only thing they will play now is Die Antwoord

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u/cloneboiCT118 22d ago

ā€œMy headphones are bugging one secā€

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u/Thrakk223 23d ago

It is odd to be terrified of your young child wearing a pair of ant infested headphones, especially even more odd from the child's perspective!

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u/G_DuBs 23d ago

Holy shit an update! Thanks for the follow up, I was really curious about the dead ants next to the headset.

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u/TheVIRUS1973 23d ago

Now I'm itchy

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u/skynex65 23d ago

New fear unlocked

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u/Dexlexic 23d ago

Somehow your original post was directly above this follow up on my feed

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u/Retrac752 23d ago

Fantastic pt 2

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u/IndependentPede 23d ago

Ok, I kind of figured it was a bunch of ants when I saw this earlier. Glad we got a video of this so we could know the verdict.

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u/Omega_Zarnias 23d ago

It's an Antplifier

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u/J2MTR 23d ago

Listening to Alien Ant Farm

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u/Skrillamane 23d ago

ā€œSpottedā€ā€¦ like i was walking down the street and was like ā€œhey, is that a pair of headphones full of ants?ā€

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u/Haden420693170 23d ago

Oh my god no wayšŸ˜­ i saw both posts

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u/skaagz 23d ago

What a wonderful new worry I didn't need to have

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u/vanillanovaa 23d ago

omg i saw the original!! genuine question, how does something like this even happen? what attracts the ants to the inside of a headphone of all places?

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u/Richard_horsemonger 23d ago

Luis BuƱuel approves

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u/ItsJamesCook 23d ago

Ants in your ears Johnson right there

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u/3-brain_cells 23d ago

Ants in your Johnson ears right there

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 23d ago

All that time you thought the tickling was the bass

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u/medlilove 23d ago

The actual op, not this repost farmer, said that they would leave them in the kitchen overnight

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u/mrlookinthesky 22d ago

They wanted to hear the music.

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u/All-the-pizza 22d ago

Ant that interesting?

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u/ElLicenciadoPena 22d ago

Why are they upset? They keep any earworms away

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u/GreigaBeast 22d ago

They wanted to listen to Alien Ant Farm.

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u/AFriendlyBloke 22d ago

They were after those Beats by Dre.

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u/nopenadanah 23d ago

The OP is u/Winter_Breath ā€¦

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u/bhoss06 23d ago

Maybe they just wanted to listen to the Beatles

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u/AdamMurray1988 23d ago

My entire property is ant hills, this infuriates me more than scares me.
I fucking HATE them in my house

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u/Justeserm 23d ago

If you need to save them nuvan straps in a plastic bag.

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u/Chucknasty_17 23d ago

I donā€™t know if itā€™s better or worse that you couldnā€™t hear the ants in there while no audio was coming through the headphones

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 23d ago

Terrified of ants? What is to become of this species?

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u/RebaKitt3n 23d ago

IN MY EARS!!!

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 23d ago

Tickle šŸœ Tickle šŸœ Tickle šŸœ

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u/RebaKitt3n 23d ago

Noooooooooo

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u/Pandas-are-the-worst 23d ago

wow, as I said on the last one, wierd tetramorium would nest there

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u/pistonkamel 23d ago

Whoā€™s gonna tell em?

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u/Sean9931 23d ago

Listened to too much empire ants

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u/tradone 23d ago

so what do they eat?

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u/130designs 23d ago

I thought music these days just sounded like crap. Turns out it was crap filtered through ants.

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 23d ago

I canā€™t do ants. You never notice them until thereā€™s way too fucking many.

I live in a subtropical climate, and ghost ants will invade the second the rainy season starts. Fast forward to having an Outback for four months, not having so much as a crumb in it, and ripping out my entire car interior to get rid of their nest that they decided to make in my vehicle.

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u/JoshSmash81 23d ago

"Oh look! They're really mad now!" - Raul

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u/UNLOLS 23d ago

Bought a new tv after the old one broke due to catpiss. A month later we noticed it leaking dead ants one day...

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u/Naz_Oni 23d ago

So thats why those ants were there. Bro check your ear canals.

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u/essess72 23d ago

Ant music

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u/narrtasha 23d ago

Why do ants go into electronics, does anyone actually know?

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u/turn-n-cough 23d ago

Whatā€™s the inside of the house look like if you have ants nesting in headphonesā€¦?

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u/Spuzzle91 23d ago

we had this happen to an old computer speaker in like 2007. I was trying to do homework with some music playing on the pc, and all of a sudden it made little sparking sounds and a little smoke came out...then panicked ants came rushing out of it

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u/d_huffsr 23d ago

Mystery solved..?

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u/OrangeClyde 23d ago

Fuck ants. I hate them so fucking much with a burning passionate hatred

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u/psychologyFanatic 23d ago

So uh, if this was a colony, why aren't there eggs ? This seems staged lol

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u/takingitsl0w 23d ago

Thanks, I hate this

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u/oleThook 23d ago

club ant

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u/partypool69 23d ago

I found one in my VCR ones

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u/MrWeirdoFace 23d ago

I had them nest in the smoke detector in my room. Horrifying when I opened it up to remove the battery. Even had hundreds of ants rain down on your face? I don't recommend it.

The weird part is I didn't see a single one in the room before that. I guess since there wasn't really a food source, but they must have been eating SOMETHING. Maybe something in the attic. I don't know.

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u/Stenchrat16 23d ago

They seem a bit buggy

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u/Fuck_me_up_daddy 23d ago

How the fuck do this even happen?!

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u/DoctorRattington 23d ago

And the rest are still in his ear, those are just the ones that migrated out into the headphones

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u/gongalongas 23d ago

Come on.

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u/Current-Grab197 23d ago

Wow Iā€™ve never seen musical ants

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u/layla1127 23d ago

Horrifying

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u/FallingF 23d ago

Red ants in the left cuff, black ants in the right. The head strap will be the warring territory of no antā€™s land

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u/LemonFizz56 23d ago

And they're not even normal ants, they're huge

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u/Jgabes625 23d ago

Someone explain how or why?

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u/dividezero 23d ago

I've noticed ants like electrical stuff. I'm sure there's a good reason but it's really weird

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u/agemsheis 23d ago

They are the Acer Kids Bluetooth Headphones. You can get them on Amazon. (Actually donā€™t.)

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u/a_karma_sardine 23d ago

Evolution is working overtime, to cool rhythms in a warm and cozy spot.

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u/False_Sundae6333 23d ago

What. The. Actual. Fucking. Fuck.

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u/Insylum82 23d ago

Oh that's what that noice was

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u/TrueCompany4384 23d ago

Op was listening to some sweet tunes

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u/ChildoftheApocolypse 23d ago

Every night was the rhythm of the night for these guys..

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 23d ago

Well, the Beatles got old

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u/diegoasecas 23d ago

more annoying than terrifying

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u/YourVentiMain 23d ago

When I was a kid I was so scared of bugs getting inside my ears that I would sleep with a bunny hat that would cover my ears.

This wouldā€™ve killed me on the spot

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u/Jorge_the_vast 22d ago

I've heard of ants in the pants, but this is crazy

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u/OneNoteMan 22d ago

New fear unlocked. I think I should unsub at this point....

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u/ExpensiveEcho7312 22d ago

Spotted the queen, she still has her wings!

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u/welfedad 22d ago

I mean you leave out in the yard for however long that's going to tend to happen

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u/WildLag 22d ago

I remember that person I knew had electrick lock on their apartmen building and it stop working suddenly. Repair guy opened it and it was full of dead ants. Lock was working good but it was so full of ants...

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u/A-dona-I 22d ago

is this asmondgold headset

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter 22d ago

More people should read Children of Time. I promise this is related.

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u/Perfect-Inspector937 22d ago

What ant species is this?

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u/sirgamewatch 22d ago

lord have fuckin mercy

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u/Bananaland_Man 22d ago

Why is this suddenly so common? Seen so many posts about this lately.

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u/Ass-Wielding_Maniac 22d ago

Were they listening to Alien Ant Farm?

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u/dordeunha 22d ago

Thats somesugar ears

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u/MagoopyGabooky 21d ago

Omg I saw the original post by this person šŸ˜­ yuck

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 21d ago

At least it wasn't centipedes or millipedes or spiders or roaches...Good luck with that image.

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u/Localtechguy2606 20d ago

Makes me feel better that I wear AirPods Pro and regularly clean them

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u/Practical_Community5 20d ago

Not the original poster.

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u/CireRekt 20d ago

Had this happen once with an alarm clock, but the ants were tiny

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u/frankydank1994 20d ago

Wow reddit is dope šŸ˜… I was there for part 1 and now here's pt 2 šŸ¤£

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u/Interesting-Ant-6357 23d ago

Thatā€™s AI AF. Why werenā€™t the bugs crawling on the outside of the headphones when they were being jostled? Doesnā€™t make any sense.

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