Every human who crushes the worker ant, who slaughters them by water or by magnifying glass, is nothing but a fascist counterrevolutionary pig serving the fin-ants capitalist exploiters. They speak of “workers unity” and “international proletarian solidarity”, but betray their words with every action.

When we see an ant enter our “sacred homes”, what should we do? We must recognize this ant as a part of its colony, exploited as a slave by the monarchical regime. We must see that it is only the boundless thirst of the queen which the worker ant serves that brought them into your home, and that in stomping the ant out you are in actuality only weakening the workers’ struggle and therefore inviting the queen to elevate her tyranny, the further imperialist invasions of human homes in her cruel leb-ant-sraum.

We should take the words of Chairm-ant Mao to heart and proclaim with him that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Yet the level of development of the ant productive forces is low, and they have neither spear nor gun. What must be done? It was Stalin who, with regards to the national question, noted that we must go beyond the mere legal equality of nations to their real material equality, that more developed nations must aid in the development of those less developed nations. The ants do not have the level of development needed to produce firearms? Then we must take it upon ourselves to arm these ants to overthrow their oppressors! We must create barracks for them, and mini firearms as well, so that they may return, sword in hand (so to speak), and put the monarchy to rest, building a new workers’ state from its ashes.

Thank you for listening.

I fucking love bugs. When I was a kid I had this book called “The Bug Book” that covered many different bugs and even came with a little net and mini-terrarium to catch and put them inside.

A lil ant was crawling on my leg and startled me so I swiped at it and injured it D': I thought about crushing it in mercy because it was still moving about, but some ants clean wounds and perform amputations so I let it be. I hope they can get medical attention from a comrade.

I really do sincerely appreciate this sentiment, especially as a vegan, but I'm always curious about the ecological environment it can exist in. It's practically impossible to spend time in the Canadian wilderness in the spring or summer without murdering a few mosquitoes, ticks, horseflies, blackflies, deerflies, etc.

They creep me out too, but I don't kill them either. I actually ordered a tool online specifically for the purpose of catching them and releasing them outside. I got that after a sizable cockroach crawled on my foot one night when the lights were off. I freaked out so hard that it ended up escaping because it was overwhelmed by my reaction. I was crying, I felt very bad, and I was paranoid all night when I tried to sleep.

There was a piece of dust in the corner of my room and a little ant took it away. Thanks comrade.

I salute you for not kiling them. Especially with the collapse of the biosphere tanking bug populations, every bug life is precious and we should be doing what we can to keep their populations going.

I think bugs are generally cute little friends and we should never deliberately harm them unless they're trying to drink our blood. Sometimes they wander into our houses and need help finding their way back outside.

Seriously, if you can take the time to look at them close up or watch macro videos of them they have so much adorableness to offer. The way they preen their little antennae is so cute. And rub their forelimbs together. And their eyes and faces are just instant oxytocin.

They're like little fairies. They aren't our enemies, they're fellow living beings but they're not capable of being evil the way fascists are. Love the bugs. Protect the bugs. Respect the bugs.

I won't hesitate to kill a roach that wanders inside, but spiders and ants are tolerable depending on where they're at. Ants near the food? DEAD. Spider in the shower? You guessed it. DEAD. otherwise if they're not poisonous or in an inconvenient spot they can live. I won't spare them from the tiny lizard that wanders in from outside though, they can figure it out between themselves. :p

My wife is no fan of ants(they are invading the house) but I can dig any insect that doesn't try to hurt me. I think the only thing I kill in the house are wasps.

Now, ticks. I harbor a special loathing for ticks.

My rule is if they're not in my private space or an infestation threat/general threat if they are, then I leave them be or take them outside. If I'm outside and they're trying to eat me (mosquitos) then it's fair game. Otherwise, I'm not bothering anything outside, they're just doing their thing and I'm more than likely in their space anyways.

There’s research that most ants don’t actually work that much. At any given time, only something around 25% of the ants in a colony are actually doing any work. Most ants just walk around, eat, explore etc. Some ants are even professional slackers and NEVER work at all.

Ants are cool.

Thank you. I love bugs and its always nice to see others out there that can appreciate them on some level. Ants are annoying if you're a gardener, but only because they like to eat stuff from the bottom up. They basically turn fruits into little piggy banks, which means you don't know that calarabi is shot till you pick it month later. Still love the ants, though.

Considering what carpenter ants did to my wall, I am no fan.

But I take great pains to avoid killing bugs, and most of them I'm fine with.

Same. Also bees. I used to stay further away from them, but in the past few years I've grown to appreciate them more.

I have to use ant traps. I don't know why but they aren't in my kitchen but they love my living room. I like spiders. But I draw the line at these guys...

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It's a camel spider which isn't actual a spider but a "fast-moving predatory arachnid with a pair of massive vertical pincers (chelicerae)". They are too fast, too big, and too freaky looking. I squash them on sight. I have too. A couple of them have met their doom in my living room recently.