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minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·8 hours agoThey smell SO BAD. I was super sensitive to it as a kid, and the smell would be impossible to get off, so I developed a habit of never crushing them.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoWhy tf would anyone crush ants? Is this a thing?
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoLike, killing them? One or two running across a table, and you just pop em?
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours agoAs a tool-using species, killing them with something you won’t care about the smell being on seems pretty trivial.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoIt releases the smell. It stays around in the room.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoWell, now I can’t help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
minus-squareosaerisxero@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIn my experience it’s way better, and that having a candle burning will usually clear up the scent of a crush in relatively short order.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoProbably better, I’ve never tried it. I just imagine a bunch of tiny fireballs running around.
They smell SO BAD. I was super sensitive to it as a kid, and the smell would be impossible to get off, so I developed a habit of never crushing them.
Why tf would anyone crush ants? Is this a thing?
Like, killing them? One or two running across a table, and you just pop em?
As a tool-using species, killing them with something you won’t care about the smell being on seems pretty trivial.
It releases the smell. It stays around in the room.
Well, now I can’t help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
In my experience it’s way better, and that having a candle burning will usually clear up the scent of a crush in relatively short order.
Probably better, I’ve never tried it. I just imagine a bunch of tiny fireballs running around.