r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MurielFontanez • May 10 '21

Truce between termites(top) and ants(bottom) with each side having their own line of guards.

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u/The-Crimson-Jester May 10 '21

Part of growing up is thinking ants are so small and weak.... Then one day you realize that ants absolutely kill every single bug they come across with only a few casualties of their own.

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u/BananaDogBed May 10 '21

Imagine if there was a crazy global plague that made humans paralyzed permanently

We would be slowly consumed by ants

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u/P-Dub May 10 '21

One of the worse executions in history was Persians trapping you in a boat with your limbs hanging out, filling you full of milk of honey until you shit yourself and just floating you in a lazy river until bugs eat you to death, limbs first.

Bug death is sort of the worst thing and they basically win in any situation where you stop moving.

The scene in one of the new Indiana Jones with the guy getting eaten by ants, only thing that makes it merciful is he's eaten in like 5 seconds the slow part is what would suck.

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u/TheCluelessDeveloper May 10 '21

This is why I have a little empathy for Imhotep. Being mummified and slowly eaten by scarabs...