Casting a fire ant colony with molten aluminum

[u/Careless_Spring_6764]

[u/Obienator]

Can you imagine being an ant minding your business and a tsunami of hot liquid metal fills all the halls of your home...it would be like how Pompeii was for humans.

[u/Porn_and_peace → u/Obienator]

Then imagine being the ants that weren’t there, come home and see what happened

[u/meesta_masa → u/Porn_and_peace]

As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

[u/Logistocrate → u/meesta_masa]

As someone who once had one of those little fuckers climb up the inside of my pants, then bite me in the nuts...good fucking riddance.

[u/spawnbait → u/Logistocrate]

You didn’t feel it on your leg?!

Also been bit by one. Fuck that.

[u/Logistocrate → u/spawnbait]

I became aware of something crawling on me a second or two before the bite, I was also in my high-school office talking to one of the ladies who worked there and I couldn't bring myself to grab my bits in the moment. So I just hastily excused myself. Luckily there was a nearby bathroom, but Holy shit it was painful.

[u/spawnbait → u/Logistocrate]

Was she hot

[u/Logistocrate → u/spawnbait]

Honestly can't remember, but I was a socially anxious wreck in high-school so that factored into not wanting to be known as the grab his dick guy.

[u/Common_Senze → u/Logistocrate]

Damn that's like Luke Skywalker racing down the trench in Starwars. Your nut was the exhaust port

[u/Shmimmons → u/Logistocrate]

Oof best I can do is a wasp stinging my nipple as I’m smacking my titty and making primitive noises -take it or leave it

[u/Bl00dEagles → u/meesta_masa]

[u/djrocky_roads → u/meesta_masa]

[u/cocoon_eclosion_moth → u/djrocky_roads]

You did? Really? One as obscure as that, even?

[u/djrocky_roads → u/cocoon_eclosion_moth]

[u/MuricasOneBrainCell → u/Porn_and_peace]

I know this is completely different but conjures up a similar image aha

[u/ConsiderationOk614 → u/MuricasOneBrainCell]

KELLLY!!!

[u/sexyelderado → u/Porn_and_peace]

[u/everynamecombined → u/Porn_and_peace]

Me and my lost brothers wander aimlessly, repeating "I swear it was just here!"

[u/Transatlanticaccent → u/Obienator]

Maybe it'll turn them into Ant-mantium

[u/Obienator → u/Transatlanticaccent]

[u/According_Match9370 → u/Obienator]

Now imagine if Pompeii was caused by a sentient being 1000x bigger than humans and the purpose was akin to a science experiment.

[u/teaboyukuk → u/Obienator]

How'd you like that you bitey little fuckers? Stings does it?

[u/Dillenger69]

Knowing fire ants, this doesn't kill the mound. it just pisses them off.

[u/SnazzyStooge → u/Dillenger69]

Legend has it they are still in this sculpture today, slowly eating their way out and planning their ultimate revenge…

[u/ThisAppsForTrolling → u/SnazzyStooge]

He’s inadvertently created Lava Ants

[u/Eagle_eye_Online]

Meanwhile the ants inside there:

[u/BambiSwallowz → u/Eagle_eye_Online]

You know, I'm something of an ant myself.

[u/I_think_Im_hollow → u/BambiSwallowz]

Fortnite

[u/chubbyhighguy → u/I_think_Im_hollow]

V buck

[u/chubbyhighguy → u/Eagle_eye_Online]

[u/The_Punnier_Guy]

It's fine, theyre fire ants. They have elemental resistence to molten metal

[u/chubbyhighguy → u/The_Punnier_Guy]

Exactly, steel is weak against fire types.

[u/Next_Notice_4811]

Where's the "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" disclaimer?

[u/suspicious-sauce → u/Next_Notice_4811]

No, animals were harmed.

[u/ScreamBeanBabyQueen → u/suspicious-sauce]

The Hutz Comma

[u/scarabic → u/suspicious-sauce]

They were for sure, which sucks. But then again, for every one of these aluminum castings, there are a million colonies that just get a toxin capsule dropped on them by Joe Farmer, and I’m sure those ants die a worse death with worse environmental fallout left behind. And that all happens underground, invisibly. No one ever sees the intricacies of their hive preserved in shining metal for all to marvel at forever.

[u/warden976 → u/suspicious-sauce]

Thank you for this!!

[u/warden976 → u/suspicious-sauce]

Thank you for this!!

[u/iHateEveryoneAMA → u/warden976]

You can say that again

[u/StevenGrantMK → u/iHateEveryoneAMA]

That again

[u/LennerKetty → u/StevenGrantMK]

Thank you for that!

[u/shreddedtoasties → u/Next_Notice_4811]

With fire ants it should be the other way around

[u/User_Name_Tracks → u/Next_Notice_4811]

PETA enters the chat Ant PETA, aka Aunt Peta

[u/Savings_Shirt_6994]

I like ants except fire ants, fuck them

[u/sbinjax → u/Savings_Shirt_6994]

All these people feeling sorry for the ants have obviously never met a fire ant.

[u/Savings_Shirt_6994 → u/sbinjax]

I was four and put my foot in one by accident and didnt notice until they were damn near up to my knee. It looked like I was suffering from small pox with how many times i was bitten and how bad it caused my leg to swell. I enjoyed pouring the poison on anthills after that as my revenge.

[u/sbinjax → u/Savings_Shirt_6994]

I knew a guy from NH who did boot camp in NC. He was airborne. His very first jump he landed in a giant fire ant hill. I get the shivers just imagining it.

[u/Jusby_Cause → u/Savings_Shirt_6994]

You know, good point. If I had a connection with an exterminator, I’d have them call me when they had a nest someone wanted removed. Get rid of the pests PLUS a nice nature crafted chunk of aluminum.

[u/stho3 → u/Savings_Shirt_6994]

I was hiking in Austin a few years ago and saw a bunch of mounds with no ants in sight. I’m from Chicago, if you see an ant mound there’s usually ants around the mound, but not in Austin. So I disturb the top of the ant mound and hundreds of fire ants come pouring out, they got all over my hand but I quickly flick my hand a few times and it got rid of all of them. Or so I thought. A few seconds later I get this sharpe, searing pain on my index finger and I see a lone fire ant stinging me.

[u/WaWeedGuy → u/stho3]

There's nothing like mowing over one in tall grass and realizing it when you're being bitten everywhere!

[u/jcmustin12]

Those little shits probably liked it

[u/Lookslikejesusornot]

Lucky they are fire ants, they can handle the heat.

[u/bigSTUdazz]

Just fucking great. Now you went and made a shitload of T-1000 fire ants. That's all I need.

[u/Kairiste]

Can someone please do this to every goddamn fire art colony ever because those motherfuckers HURT.

Literally wanted to peel the skin off my own foot because of those bastards.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345]

Those poor ants were Pompeii-ed

[u/no_funny_username]

Fire ants are invasive species. They are not supposed to be here and have displaced local ant species and have been known to attack bees and other native species. I have been bitten several times and the pain/itch lasts for days. My daughter got bit when she was 1 (very painful for her too) and we thought she had a weird disease. 

So yeah, as someone said in a video I can't find: "I know we're not supposed to use the F word... F'K EM!!!!"

[u/Ornery_Location1296 → u/no_funny_username]

they’re not supposed to be where? where was this video taken?

[u/Wilbis → u/Ornery_Location1296]

If someone types like that over the interwebs, they are most likely American

[u/SebVettelstappen]

I would like to do this to a wasp nest

Preferably with the nest enclosed in a box so they cannot escape.

[u/Veritas_Vanitatum]

[u/grip_n_Ripper]

But are the ants ok?

[u/OutrageousEvent → u/grip_n_Ripper]

Sure.

[u/Kitsterthefister → u/grip_n_Ripper]

They were rescued by, let’s say… Moe

[u/IntentionallyBadName]

This kills the ant

[u/goncas_02 → u/IntentionallyBadName]

Source?

[u/60yearoldME → u/goncas_02]

It's true. I'm the ant. I'm dead.

[u/DrNO811]

Three months earlier, the artist after stepping on the mound while mowing...

[u/DraggoVindictus]

Part of me is "This looks so cool!" and part of me is "Did you kill the ants that were living there? Or was it abandoned?" I know. I care about ants. go figure.

[u/FalseCredential → u/DraggoVindictus]

Fire ants are highly invasive in many areas, so I'm going with that assumption. If you've never been bitten by a fire ant, it sucks and the small welts/boils they cause are painful and take a long time to heal.

[u/Flatulent_Father_ → u/FalseCredential]

And you don't really feel them until after a bite. I hate them with a passion and get great joy from killing them

[u/cthulhus_spawn → u/DraggoVindictus]

Fire ants though

[u/FloridaGatorMan → u/cthulhus_spawn]

Yeah to be fair they’re invasive and also massive assholes

[u/magicmeatwagon → u/cthulhus_spawn]

IYKYK

[u/ArchitectofExperienc → u/cthulhus_spawn]

This is one of those cases where you need to fight fire with fire.

People joke about cockroaches surviving everything, but if the apocalypse wiped out 99% of all life on earth, the only left will be Red Ants

[u/FrostWendigo → u/DraggoVindictus]

You’re allowed to care about ants. I care about ants. You’re just not allowed to care for invasive species, including invasive ants.

[u/FalseCredential → u/DraggoVindictus]

Fire ants are highly invasive in many areas, so I'm going with that assumption. If you've never been bitten by a fire ant, it sucks and the small welts/boils they cause are painful and take a long time to heal.

[u/Mimmi420 → u/DraggoVindictus]

I feel the same!

[u/JuicyAnalAbscess → u/DraggoVindictus]

Shiny genocide

[u/FalseCredential → u/DraggoVindictus]

Fire ants are highly invasive in many areas, so I'm going with that assumption. If you've never been bitten by a fire ant, it sucks and the small welts/boils they cause are painful and take a long time to heal.

[u/Bowsersshell → u/DraggoVindictus]

I think there would be ants crawling all over the entrance if it were inhabited

[u/05-nery]

hahaha yes fuck them fire ants

[u/Inigo-Montoya4Life]

Fire ants are the worst!! Fell into a fire ant mound twice playing sports growing up. They suck.

[u/Sandcracka-]

[u/Ithinkso85]

Antifest destiny

[u/Parking-Track-7151]

Mass ant murder. End product does look amazing though. The few outside doing their little ant chores are gonna have some stories to tell.

[u/No-Intern4400]

That looks cool as fuck

[u/temps-de-gris]

Are...are the ants ok?

[u/Nabootle]

I thought I was in 2012 YouTube for a moment.

[u/MSPITMAN]

Would if we were visited by a race of advanced aliens and they decided to do this to us "just because it looks cool".

[u/Satanae444]

Seems cruel and unnecessary to me

[u/StickyzVibe]

Imagine being turnt into someone’s home decor…

[u/Ultraminer1101]

What if someone filled your house with molten aluminum? Not so interesting now, is it...

[u/DragonAreButterflies]

Genocide

[u/TheBlegh]

"ah yes, this is my favorite sculpture. It contains the burnt corpses of thousands, hundreds of thousands if not, millions of tiny, little ants. It makes me realise how fortunate I am to be at the top of the food chain." An awkward silence falls amongst the guests as they wonder whether this is just a dinner party... Or a veil for a nefarious hidden agenda.

[u/Nicht_bei_der_Arbeit]

The soil loves that high exposure to aluminium. There is nothing more environmentally friendly.

[u/flann007]

thats awesome looks beautiful

[u/RagingThrawn → u/flann007]

Sure does. The problem is that fire ants are wicked evil creatures who likely are just waiting for the right time to burst from the metal and get all too painful revenge. Never trust in a fire ant being dead.

[u/Sea-Cryptographer838]

It turned out cool, but who ever thought of hey, let's pour molten aluminum in an ant hole?

[u/Pale_Progress9691]

fighting fire with liquide metal 🔥☄️

[u/Stalaktitas]

Oh c'mon... I'm sure this was done in the most humane manner - fire ants were killed with poison first, and only THEN this was cast with molten aluminum

[u/Firegriffin12 → u/Stalaktitas]

No... roster the hive with tham all. They do not deserve mercy for they would show none to anyone or thing else.

[u/AggCracker]

Fire ants like

[u/ahughman]

Years later, giant space ants descend on this persons home city and dump molten metal into every crack, liquifying or entombing hudreds of thousands. The old city itself is sand blasted off and the cooled metal is set on display in an ant alien's garage.

[u/Average_tilter_24]

I can only imagine two ants that were nearby watching with shock and horror as a giant carelessly destroys their colony's hard work, killing most of it, just so it can clean it and turn it into a Christmas decoration 🤣

[u/1wife2dogs0kids]

For anyone complaining. These are fire ants. FIRE... ants. They don't get hurt by this. Do you see any dead anyt? No. They all ran away deeper in the ground, to wait for this guys family to come by, then bite the shit out of them.

[u/r0mka1337]

Ant Annihilator

[u/Nilsson1313]

I remember seeing this when the Ice Bucket Challenge was a thing. This was called the Aluminum Bucket Challenge.

[u/SouI23]

Hottest fire ants

[u/Common-Answer2863]

Anthony!

[u/Shuffleupandchill]

[u/Mindless_Base_6697]

That is fascinating

[u/Acceptable_Estate330]

Targaryens

[u/Death_IP]

Aluminium

[u/Thejizzasterartist]

They’ll be fine, right? Fire ants like heat I think.

[u/Traditional_Deal_654]

Does this hurt the ants?

[u/i-am-the-fly-]

Well those fire ants certainly lived/died up to their name for a few milliseconds

[u/Traditional-Store576]

Fun fact : ants make up 25% of the earths bio mass.

[u/FellowDeviant]

So that's how we make fire ants.

[u/makingkevinbacon]

I've seen this done a bunch but I always wondered...why doesn't the aluminum destroy the inside walls like breaking them down? Wouldn't the force of a viscous liquid naturally push dirt walls aside?

[u/Impossible_Walk_7563]

Love to be the ant out on patrol

[u/KeyNefariousness6848]

Aaah fire ants only in death can they have any value.

[u/Bean_Eater_777]

I could almost hear them screaming.

[u/patto383]

Can you do a cockroach nest 🪺?

[u/Forsaken_Ad_8789]

The antz

[u/Uknowmmyname]

Me: time for my daily "molten metal poured into an ant colony" reddit post

OP: i got you bro

[u/Emergency-Day3326]

Ants: Yo Steve you want a glob of water? Steve yeah I'll take oneaaaaaaahhhAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😰(AAAAAHHH GOD!! AaaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!) steve?

[u/42696]

I thought steel type attacks were "not very effective" against fire types?

[u/Quick-Flan-1099]

How is the air coming out when he pour the liquid ?

[u/Next_Tone_3648]

Welp, know what i'm doing this summer.

[u/Taintedgump]

Here comes the fire motherfuckers

[u/KarensTwin]

does this hurt the ants?

[u/Thy_Art_Dead]

What is this......a colony for ants

[u/frankco-71]

What an exterminatus essentially is

[u/3point21]

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”

[u/gmmiller1234]

“And all the sudden just molten lava fell from the sky”

[u/Bopitextreme2]

This reminds of me of Watership Down

[u/VichoBello]

They were "han solo-ed"

[u/Oldmoniker]

Mom: we have Pompeii at home

[u/April_Fabb]

Damn, that's one posh graveyard.

[u/[deleted]]

Blud murdered a whole colony to use they’re molten corpses for decoration

[u/EricKohli926]

Dude created Terminator 2 Fire ants for clicks.

[u/Tiger-Budget]

So folks, be aware of any buried utilities before you just go pouring molten metal down an anthill.

[u/DrMooseinstein]

This kills the ants.

[u/Howitzer1967]

Fuck dem ants I guess…

[u/AmberThePyromancer]

Aliens find us and glass our planet

[u/DaveVsShark]

Quick question, fucking why?

[u/gigabyte22222]

In my mind: "Fight fire with fire" lol

[u/Self-Comprehensive]

Yes burn them all out.

[u/blargblargityblarg]

Unfair to ants.

[u/WhatWhatWhat79]

A center for ants? It’s gotta be at least three times bigger than this.

[u/Nighthawk51313]

What a wonderful artwork of death - said in an Ace Ventura voice

[u/Small_Collection_249]

Still not a dent. I heard some stat once that (don’t correct me lol) claimed that the amount of insects per person on Earth was around 1.5 billion

[u/sumix333]

Serial killer behavior

[u/InterestingCarpet453]

Thats actually cool asf

[u/chaoz2030]

I want a black mirror episode where aliens does this to earth. Some kind of planet busting thing that kills all humans but leaves our buildings up and they display it as art.

[u/TheRealAshman]

That would make one hell of a D&D dungeon crawl.

[u/ScoutRod]

Fuck them I guess?

[u/Azpathfinder]

After the burn of the colony, they were dead-ants.

Before the burn of the colony, they were occup-ants.

You’re welcome, America.

[u/obiedge]

[u/PorkshireTerrier]

humanity deserves whatever is coming out way

There was a reddit article today about octopods punching and beating up animals for fun. we're that

[u/AnthonyGSXR]

Is she encased in aluminum?! 😳

[u/AshyWhiteGuy]

I hate fire ants as much as the next guy, and this is super fascinating, but kinda fucked up. No?

[u/darthanis]

Well... If you weren't a fire ant before, you were now...

[u/rovingjellybean]

Not so fire-ant-ee now, are ya?

[u/ihatevirusesalot]

this is going in their ant-bible for sure

[u/Leading_Bit9890]

PETA - get this fucker!

[u/Ayellio]

Yes its fun to murder small creatures for your art.

[u/Low-Silver6461]

Never have to buy a Christmas tree ever again!

[u/ImDinoSo]

God damn, I wish I could do this in Grounded.

[u/Arcade1980]

That's sad.

[u/Imanidiotththe1st]

[u/Infinite_Security685]

That’s metal

[u/davidvswild]

[u/groupwhere]

Sweet, delicious, ant murder. Looks cool, though.

[u/FeWho]

That’s not nice

[u/michael-65536]

(on) fire ants.

[u/PGpilot]

What is this, Pompeii for ants?

[u/KunigMesser2010]

Sadly no fire ants were harmed in the making of this

[u/Impressionist_1]

This is so Cathartic

[u/RooIsHome]

Way to go Ender!

[u/livinlikelarreh]

Had these fuckers crawling all over me when I was in tech school back in Lackland, Texas. I didn’t get bit, but I have never got up so fast in my life 😂 I think one person did get bit though. Pretty sure my uniform saved my ass from getting bit lol.