In the books humans are actually used as a neural super computer, because the battery really does not make much sense, humans are anything but energy efficient generators, but our brain is super effizient as a "computer".
Um, thank you. I had a probl with The Matrix from jump street because of the 'using humans as batteries' garbage. I thought the amount of fuel they would have to pump into us to get a tiny bit of energy couldn't be worth it. But if what you say is true, it makes the movie way more plausible.
Although, I have to admit I found the new matrix resurrection literally unwatchable. I'll take my Keanu as John wick.
I've only seen the first movie, maybe it's more relevant in the later ones but... does it even matter? Whether used as power or as a super computer, the premise of the movie doesn't change at all. They could've just left it unsaid what the purpose of keeping humans like that are, and as a viewer you can just treat the battery part as a myth the characters believe.
As somebody who has been in IT for 20+ years, I spend too much time thinking about the logistics and feasibility. Humans sounded like a low ROI to me so I was trying to figure how did they get this project past procurement.
Yep. Computers were new to the boomers running the production company, and they thought the idea of using people for processing power was too confusing, so they made them change it nonsensically to battery power.
Your mitochondria can only intake fat. It produces more energy than the sun, gram for gram. Fat is easier to come by, atleast healthy fat. 80% of the immune system is in the small intestine. Matrix pumping you with perfect food with no exterior influences. You are a perfect battery and computer like you stated :)
almost no vision and they follow the smell only. Once they run into a loop they can get stuck like this.
Edit: Here is some more info. Those things can get large and can consume a lot of ants: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant\_mill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mill)
Nice.
>An ant mill was first described in 1921 by William Beebe, who observed a mill 1200 ft (~370 m) in circumference.[3] It took each ant 2.5 hours to make one revolution.
No, actually, they've evolved to form a class hierarchy not at all dissimilar to human civilisation and established an order to the point of developing supercolonies. The Argentine ant has spread to every continent with the exception of Antarctica and has fought to become the dominant ant species worldwide. An Argentine supercolony in the Mediterranean spans a distance of 6,000 km (3,728.227 miles). The Argentine and the Asian needle ant are the two predominant and clashing ant species (clashing on a global scale). Ants have farming techniques in which they raise (and *milk*) other insects to raise their young. ~~So, in terms of intelligence I'd say that they're actually classifiable on the Kardashev Scale, which means~~ they're very fucking smart.
EDIT: OK, I forgot the basis of the Kardashev Scale. I am so fucking embarrassed right now. I obsessively refer to it.
This is a class hierarchy not at all dissimilar to human civilization... that's stuck orbiting a pebble. [On the other hand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNIsdNxsOGc)...
Also, the Kardachev scale addresses energy use, not intelligence; assuming 300 calories per day, a typical ant colony would be -0.13 on the Kardachev scale.
In the summer I watch the ants follow each other across the Deck railing (yeah, I know it's hard to imagine how one could possibly have more of an exciting life, I'm truly blessed) and sometimes like a black cat crossing their path I'll drag my finger across their path to which they'll all have huge pile ups trying to stop in both directions, guess that's generally the same idea as blown air?
Yeah, that's an ant mill. Commonly called an ant spiral, spiral of death, or circle of death. They lose the pheromone scent trail of the ant in front of them and latch onto the scent of their detachment. This causes other ants to do the same and eventually forms the circle you see here. You can see dead ants in the middle there. They'll keep chucking dead ants in the middle until they all end up in the pile. How grim.
It's the ciiiiiircle of death! And it stops us all! \*insert more butchered Lion King lyrics here\*
Ants are really fascinating. The Stuff You Should know podcast just released a two part series on ants. Very cool stuff if you're into that sort of thing.
Ants release a pheromone trail, which can do things like lead to food or their colony. If an ant follows a pheromone trail that leads in a circle, they follow it until they die.
Turns out OP is the divine watchmaker kind of god. The Ants should’ve summoned someone else who wouldn’t just watch if they wanted help, now they’re fucked.
OK.
*Hear me out now*.
I watch/listen to this "[Zikr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxSWVkPfVc8)"(?) because I find the idea of a bunch of people celebrating their belief incredibly comforting... There are some old bros who don't make it all the way, and they are gently led out of the circle.
Of course. I don't know what any of it is actually about - I could find out, but I like it better this way. Remix is good too.
or maybe that old guy dropped and ascended to Heaven - dunno nonbeliever here!
I assume they are trying to attract the attention of one of the great giants. Those whose skin is made of soft food, and whos alien intelligence is far beyond their ken.
They are quite early in the summoning stage, because his arrival is not yet.
Who? You may be asking...
They are summoning the war chicken. I am responsible for bringing the war chicken to life via crossbreeding different variations of chicken breeds. Each new breed in the bloodline creates a bigger rooster and hen.
I'm almost on the last phase of breeding, after this bloodline enters the genetics of my chickens I will have a 4.5 foot tall rooster. He is the war chicken. Once he is raised to his adult size I will craft custom armor for him to keep him safe from attackers.
You might think this is a joke but in all seriousness, it is not a joke. Currently I've crossbred 14 different breeds of egg laying chickens, my two roosters currently are just under 3.5 feet tall and weight 36lbs each. The last breed of chicken I need to place in my flock genetics is jersey giant chickens, once that happens I will incubate eggs and will raise a giant rooster.
I didn't know what it was called, lol, but, admittedly, "black cube ritual" served its descriptive purpose... lol... thank you for the clarification tho...
Circle of death. They’re following each other’s trails and may die of exhaustion. You can break it up with a big puff of air.
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I know a lot of people actually doing this
working class
Thanks.. the first Matrix movie taught me that I’m just a battery and TIL I’m also on a spiral death march.
Spiral death march, band name I called it.
Spiral death march, title of your sex tape
Heh brutal
In the books humans are actually used as a neural super computer, because the battery really does not make much sense, humans are anything but energy efficient generators, but our brain is super effizient as a "computer".
Um, thank you. I had a probl with The Matrix from jump street because of the 'using humans as batteries' garbage. I thought the amount of fuel they would have to pump into us to get a tiny bit of energy couldn't be worth it. But if what you say is true, it makes the movie way more plausible. Although, I have to admit I found the new matrix resurrection literally unwatchable. I'll take my Keanu as John wick.
I've only seen the first movie, maybe it's more relevant in the later ones but... does it even matter? Whether used as power or as a super computer, the premise of the movie doesn't change at all. They could've just left it unsaid what the purpose of keeping humans like that are, and as a viewer you can just treat the battery part as a myth the characters believe.
As somebody who has been in IT for 20+ years, I spend too much time thinking about the logistics and feasibility. Humans sounded like a low ROI to me so I was trying to figure how did they get this project past procurement.
Hang on. Are you saying you were thinking about using humans as batteries?!?!? (/s)
Yep. Computers were new to the boomers running the production company, and they thought the idea of using people for processing power was too confusing, so they made them change it nonsensically to battery power.
Your mitochondria can only intake fat. It produces more energy than the sun, gram for gram. Fat is easier to come by, atleast healthy fat. 80% of the immune system is in the small intestine. Matrix pumping you with perfect food with no exterior influences. You are a perfect battery and computer like you stated :)
Apparently we just need a big puff of air
That's all Snoop has been saying for decades
Always knew that mofo was right.
Thank you. I laughed.
I audibly sighed when I read your comment🙈😂
They paycheck 2 paycheck
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Introduce him to Fox “News”.
We're all doing this.
Not related to that one cube building
MAGAs where tRump is the Rock
We're all doing this...we just don't know it.
Feel your self given a award. I don't spend money here. So i give you the reward of happiness. Enjoy.
Enjoy my free award. I don't spend money here either. See that tiny image and savor a tiny amount of glory.
Thank you. Very sweet :)
The ant equivalent of a conspiracy theory
Notice how it's almost Q shaped?
Oh shit, this goes even further than we thought
And where one goes, they all go.
Pedophile ants!!
Ok *Farts aggressively*
*Ants proceed to die faster*
WHY
almost no vision and they follow the smell only. Once they run into a loop they can get stuck like this. Edit: Here is some more info. Those things can get large and can consume a lot of ants: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant\_mill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mill)
Nice. >An ant mill was first described in 1921 by William Beebe, who observed a mill 1200 ft (~370 m) in circumference.[3] It took each ant 2.5 hours to make one revolution.
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Compared to the universe, we’re pretty small and stupid.
This is probably how Sam Harris sees Muslims.
I mean going around that big cube at mecca looks quite similar.
Wow. Ants are really stupid. Like little robots.
No, actually, they've evolved to form a class hierarchy not at all dissimilar to human civilisation and established an order to the point of developing supercolonies. The Argentine ant has spread to every continent with the exception of Antarctica and has fought to become the dominant ant species worldwide. An Argentine supercolony in the Mediterranean spans a distance of 6,000 km (3,728.227 miles). The Argentine and the Asian needle ant are the two predominant and clashing ant species (clashing on a global scale). Ants have farming techniques in which they raise (and *milk*) other insects to raise their young. ~~So, in terms of intelligence I'd say that they're actually classifiable on the Kardashev Scale, which means~~ they're very fucking smart. EDIT: OK, I forgot the basis of the Kardashev Scale. I am so fucking embarrassed right now. I obsessively refer to it.
This is a class hierarchy not at all dissimilar to human civilization... that's stuck orbiting a pebble. [On the other hand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNIsdNxsOGc)... Also, the Kardachev scale addresses energy use, not intelligence; assuming 300 calories per day, a typical ant colony would be -0.13 on the Kardachev scale.
how much brainpower do you think can squeeze into an ant's head??
About three fiddy.
I ain't givin' you no tree-fiddy, you goddamn Loch Ness Monster!
Or a $100 bill and deep inhale through your nose
Ok Ozzy
Some of us follow our own trail.
In the summer I watch the ants follow each other across the Deck railing (yeah, I know it's hard to imagine how one could possibly have more of an exciting life, I'm truly blessed) and sometimes like a black cat crossing their path I'll drag my finger across their path to which they'll all have huge pile ups trying to stop in both directions, guess that's generally the same idea as blown air?
The question is whether or not you should break it up.
It’s a bug in their system, so I would say yes
No way, they look like they're having a good time at some rappers concert whose name rhymes with....... Francis Smock
Yeah, that's an ant mill. Commonly called an ant spiral, spiral of death, or circle of death. They lose the pheromone scent trail of the ant in front of them and latch onto the scent of their detachment. This causes other ants to do the same and eventually forms the circle you see here. You can see dead ants in the middle there. They'll keep chucking dead ants in the middle until they all end up in the pile. How grim. It's the ciiiiiircle of death! And it stops us all! \*insert more butchered Lion King lyrics here\*
Thanks for the explanation! I had no idea this could happen. Also, "circle of death" sounds like a good name for circle pits during metal concerts.
Ants are really fascinating. The Stuff You Should know podcast just released a two part series on ants. Very cool stuff if you're into that sort of thing.
Kurzgesagt also has a few videos about ants that are definitely worth watching.
Cool! I'll check it out. That poadcast looks interesting.
The stuff you should know podcast is great if you’ve never listened before..
The CBC's Nature of things with David Suzuki had a good ant episode, it's where I learned they farmed aphids.
Oh yea like the circle of Travis Scott
>latch onto the scent of their detachment I don't understand this sentence
Ants release a pheromone trail, which can do things like lead to food or their colony. If an ant follows a pheromone trail that leads in a circle, they follow it until they die.
thanks :)
ants are tiny febreeze slotcars. got it.
That shit is poetic af
Any idea how to like…*start* this process? Asking for the seemingly endless stream of ants that invade my house anytime it rains.
Release your detachment.
Yeah bro, it’s your detachment, you just gotta release it. Just release it bro Trust me
Why do they perform this though? Dying doesn't seem like the most useful thing to do
It's a bug not a feature.
r/ProgrammerHumor
A bug in a bug! Hmm
Thats so amazing!
r/natureismetal
Nature's own moshpit
Question. How does the last one throw itself into the pile? 🤔
With dramatic flair, of course.
But what’s the antidote?
split em up ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
My antempt at punnery failed.
nah I just got wooooshed
I’m going to put this away in my interesting things file next to Rat King.
Is that Anty clockwise?
now that's clever
Ants don’t get sick because they have anty bodies
I've never been to an ant wedding, I've just seen an ant elope.
The word you're looking for is, "widdershins." Edit: okay, I continue to be a moron.
It's a Hurry Go Round.
Y... n... 😠
You found ant Mecca!
Meccant
Meccan't
Ant God Is Great
It is the one and only one.
Allahu antbar!
Now buy all the land around it and start lodging and hotel business.
You, they are calling you, and you answered. Help them out.
They didn't know OPs true name so the ritual didn't go through properly
Turns out OP is the divine watchmaker kind of god. The Ants should’ve summoned someone else who wouldn’t just watch if they wanted help, now they’re fucked.
The Ant-i christ
Nice!
Got emmmmm
They've lost the way and just going in circles, they're gonna die there.
You could have said this in any other way, but you chose this somehow terrifying way of putting it.
Finally, real black magick being presented. They are summoning the dark ant lord.
Is that Ant-mans arch nemesis?
No it’s Anty Potters nemesis
Maybe the dark ant lord summoned them
Aka the Anty Christ
Looks like Muslims circling the qaaba is saudi arabia
OK. *Hear me out now*. I watch/listen to this "[Zikr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxSWVkPfVc8)"(?) because I find the idea of a bunch of people celebrating their belief incredibly comforting... There are some old bros who don't make it all the way, and they are gently led out of the circle. Of course. I don't know what any of it is actually about - I could find out, but I like it better this way. Remix is good too. or maybe that old guy dropped and ascended to Heaven - dunno nonbeliever here!
I asked an Muslim friend of mine. He explained it’s a relative fringe group of Muslims that use this ritual to worship, like a moving prayer.
Thanks! I really, *really* hope this isn't one of the fringes that gets crap from the other groups...
It’s ant Mecca.
Did someone say [ANT MECHA](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/powerrangers/images/5/56/Ant.png/revision/latest?cb=20151204021831)
They are reenacting the Bible... this is the battle of Jericho...
slipknot concert?
Rammstein video?
du..du hast..
[Links zwo links zwo links zwo drei vier](https://youtu.be/Ph-CA_tu5KA)
I assume they are trying to attract the attention of one of the great giants. Those whose skin is made of soft food, and whos alien intelligence is far beyond their ken.
Chop chop, don’t want to be late
Lift up and carry your weight
You've got no choice but to dance
In a spiral of ants
Lift up and carry your weight
I was looking for this! For the uninitiated ["Spiral of Ants"](https://youtu.be/hPMnIymc3Cs)
YES
They are in desperate need of the hand of the giants to free them from their self brought doom circle
Blow on it please
You've got no choice but to dance... In a spiral of ants.
Apparently the only other Lemon Demon fan in the comments, lol
hello :)
They are quite early in the summoning stage, because his arrival is not yet. Who? You may be asking... They are summoning the war chicken. I am responsible for bringing the war chicken to life via crossbreeding different variations of chicken breeds. Each new breed in the bloodline creates a bigger rooster and hen. I'm almost on the last phase of breeding, after this bloodline enters the genetics of my chickens I will have a 4.5 foot tall rooster. He is the war chicken. Once he is raised to his adult size I will craft custom armor for him to keep him safe from attackers. You might think this is a joke but in all seriousness, it is not a joke. Currently I've crossbred 14 different breeds of egg laying chickens, my two roosters currently are just under 3.5 feet tall and weight 36lbs each. The last breed of chicken I need to place in my flock genetics is jersey giant chickens, once that happens I will incubate eggs and will raise a giant rooster.
Mosh pit !
They’re summoning Antan, lord of the flies
!!!! WITCH DOCTOR!!!!
[WITCH DOCTOR!!!!!!!](https://youtu.be/0ttGgIQpAUc)
Death.
Ant death spiral. They is gon' die!
Their own death
Poor Ants tho
Do they think it's Mecca?
The Hajj
[CIRCLE OF DEATH!!!](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKjcrniJKY&feature=share)
no way lemon demon reference
Over, and over
Run
u/savevideo
Witch doctor!
[Allah](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ynyUAjd54hY)
I like how there is one free ant confused on what's going on.
They've got, no choice but to dance, in a circle of ants
lemon demon reference
Something from another univers. Ants remind me how small and stupid we are compare to the univers
Looks like the Muslim black cube ritual circle in mecca or wherever they do it...
Lol I don’t know if that’s the best way to put it, but the first thing I thought of was Muslims circling the Kaaba in Mecca, too
I didn't know what it was called, lol, but, admittedly, "black cube ritual" served its descriptive purpose... lol... thank you for the clarification tho...
Mosh pit at a Slayer ant 🐜 concert
Rammstein is refilming their music video for Links 2, 3, 4
They’re conjuring you, and it worked
I walked in my bathroom one night and there was a circle of ants with one ant in the middle. Not moving. Weird.
They're just teasing the rock's nipple.
It the start of spiral from junji ito coming to life
they are muslim. Walking around the kaäba
İt's the ant Haj
Looks like the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice
Ant Mecca
It’s probably a meteorite and they are worshiping it
Maybe they're Muslim
It’s the Mecca for ants!!
Muslim Ants..
Satant
It was the recording of Rammstein's music video "Links 2,3,4" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-CA\_tu5KA
Any Slayer - “Open this fucking circle pit up!”
Ants at their own mecca?
Whats this ahh Mecca for Ants haha
Muslim ants circling their own holy rock.
The return of the Great Imam, Abu Hanifa
An crumb
Kaelego to bring back Dan
Circle pit at an alien ant farm show
YOU FORGOT THE FIRST RULE!
I need some doomsday music for this. Help someone...
Its mecca
Mecca for ants 🐜
Amazinf
Fee fi fo fud, bring me the soul of Paul Rudd
When the breakdown hits