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I found the worst ant video on youTube (shorts)

Started By futurebird , May 26 2023 7:17 PM

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#1 Offline futurebird - Posted May 26 2023 - 7:17 PM

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I did it. I found the worst ant video on youTube. I'm not going to link to it because it's so bad that I can't rule out the very real possibility that someone made it this bad just to bait people into watching it. But, let me give you a little taste of the horror. 

The calamity starts with the title: "Most dangerous ant spice's[sic]"
The spelling error is bad enough, but also the whole concept is a little... gauche? Why is there this idea that the only thing that makes insects interesting is thinking about how much they could kill you? But-- even at this I could excuse it as just another boring top ten list... But, then ... well there is the list:
 

10. Harvester ant 
9. Redwood ant (What did wood ants do to deserve this??)
8. Odorous house ant (lol what?)
7. Leafcutter ant
6. Argentine ant (is this a list of ants... most dangerous to other ants?)
5. Carpenter ant (YES every single one!)
4. African ant (You aren't even trying anymore.)
3. Red fire ant (Guess what the photo showed. GUESS.)
2. Bulldog ant
1. Bullet ant

 

List is hot mess.

 

I've decided making up something called an African ant then using a photo of a trapjaw probably racist ... somehow.

Carpenter ant??? That's like half of all ants! Here are the... photos... OMG.

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I feel like they are just messing with us at this point.


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#2 Offline bmb1bee - Posted May 26 2023 - 9:33 PM

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Lmao... (I'm feeling waves of agony just skimming this).


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#3 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 26 2023 - 10:00 PM

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I hate when people post stuff like this and make other people believe in it. I mean, this person is obviously not informed at all and doesn't know anything. Its agonizing.

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#4 Offline Ernteameise - Posted May 27 2023 - 1:14 AM

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In Germany we call the feeling we get while watching stuff like this "Fremdschämen".

Which means literally:

"Feeling ashamed and embarrassed on behalf of the other person"


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#5 Offline futurebird - Posted May 27 2023 - 3:35 AM

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Living in mortal fear of odorous house ants right now.  They could lightly nibble me in the night. Or eat all my pop tarts. 


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#6 Offline AntPerson76 - Posted May 27 2023 - 4:01 AM

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Living in mortal fear of odorous house ants right now.  They could lightly nibble me in the night. Or eat all my pop tarts. 

lol I know. I never knew Argentine ants were so big!


#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 27 2023 - 5:28 AM

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Living in mortal fear of odorous house ants right now. They could lightly nibble me in the night. Or eat all my pop tarts.

Or lightly offend you with old coconut smell.
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#8 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 27 2023 - 5:00 PM

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These types of videos with misleading content and clickbait is very common not just in ants, if you just type in "top 10 most dangerous [any arthropod]" and you'll get tons of videos like this. It really triggers me how misleading those videos are and many of them get millions of views too.


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