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      I think in mass, it’s even. So in number it’s beyond good and evil

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    That is why Elsevier, Springer and publishing houses work so hard to paywall knowledge and keep it inaccessible, lest we become corrupted.

    /s

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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

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      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

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          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?!?!?!”

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        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

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          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.

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    Ants already have taken over the world. They vastly outnumber humans and already live in just about every area humans do.

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    Can confirm. Taught ants to read Twilight and they began to sparkle in the sun.

    On second thought, that might have been the sugar I bribed them with…

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    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?

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    It’s true, watch the documentary “Phase IV”. Preferably the director’s cut.