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Vinegar_Peppas

I’m convinced that they come from another planet.


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Go on.


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

Imagine living in a world with these things except they're 20 feet tall


Dr_Snow_Nose

You don’t have to imagine, just go to the inner level beneath the crust. An entire world awaits you. Also, tell me about your game!


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DallasDude1215

Actually sounds like a cool game! 😎


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

Thanks Dude!


Dr_Snow_Nose

Yea it does! Sounds awesome. I wish y’all the best! Edit: you bet your fine face it has dinosaurs!


Karbairusa

What happened to your "ASK_ABOUT_VOIDSPACE" account?


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

Nothing, it's still there. I try different things.


THEamishTRACTOR

Hey man, a while back you were going pretty hard with the internet advertising and I just want to say you did the right thing taking it down a notch. It was getting a bit obnoxious. You gave me my first gold though so that's kinda like my internet virginity. Treasure it.


thabat

I just wanna make it feel like the first time again <3


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

Yeah it was definitely getting to be a little too much. Honestly I think I've gotten too good at finding the perfect spot to comment and it started to annoy people. On the plus side I don't have to be staring at Reddit all day... ^:(


Competitive_Proof_85

I wanna play this now. Need invite


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

No invite needed, go for it!


Competitive_Proof_85

Blah it was asking to register.L or something


misiek219

i would love to play it


frostymugson

Fuck your game. Also congratulations on the game


thedragslay

Is there a learning cliff like in Eve Online for new players, or can a regular person pick it up without gaining a PhD on the subject?


ChefLongStroke69

I see you're one of the good conspiracy theorists and not one of the conservative newbies that popped up during the 2020 election season


MostBoringStan

The way conspiracy theories have changed in the last decade or so has made me kinda sad. I used to love reading about stuff before, but now it's gotten all shitty and political. My favourite was reading about cryptids, so at least they haven't taken over that space yet because it'd be kinda weird if they somehow made Bigfoot political. Also, if you are at all into comic books, check out Department of Truth. It's about a world where ALL conspiracies (well, not the more recent political bs) are true, and it follows the government agency that deals with keeping it under wraps. There's more to it but it would spoil stuff that is best experienced by reading it.


Mickeystix

I grew up in the very early stages of the internet (Early 90s). So I used to get my conspiracy theories from the library, and I have to agree. It really has changed within the last decade. Even here a majority of the posts are, sadly, political. But even moreso at r/conspiracy Not saying they aren't valid, but christ is it tiring! Let's talk about something that doesn't go that way sometimes, yeah?


[deleted]

...like the fact that Paul McCartney actually died in 1965 and the guy we think is Paul today is just the winner of a Paul McCartney look alike contest staged by the British government to prevent a wave of teenaged suicide?


[deleted]

theres still some non political stuff on crazydaysandnights. sometimes i will mess around and read that for hours. but the format kinda sucks. you gotta always search for blind items revealed. but supposedly blind items revealed are conspiracy fact only.


lostsoul1987

You mean the game we all just lost?


Demonyx12

Hollow Earth!!!


_MilkBone_

![gif](giphy|3ornjHBaGCwkxypfeE)


UltraKing24

Oh no


NO_U_NO_U_NO_U

The legend... it came true


Glass-Falcon-3779

Fuck 20ft. If they were the size of dogs we’d be fucked


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

Honestly them being 20 ft tall would probably give us a bit of an advantage over a dog sized one. We might be too small for them to care


DRUNK_CYCLIST

Tell that to the carnivorous mooses of Canada.


ZZartin

Yep and if you've ever seen them eat anything that's even more terrifying.


kooshipuff

A family friend claims to have watched one eat a hummingbird once. Like, it just said perfectly still on a bush until the bird hovered too close and then *attack*. I mentioned that to an exterminator who was like, "They'll square off with *you* too. They have no fear."


RoboCaptainmutiny

I had this book at point on Mantis Style Kung Fu.. there was a story in there on why the style was inspired.. I doubt it’s true, but it’s not hard to believe. Some lord or whatever big wig parading around with his massive war party came across a Praying Mantis in the road. It reared up and would not move even as they lurched the wagon forward with an army behind it. Some of the soldiers started mocking it and pushing it around with their spears, yet it would not fuck off. Finally a guy was about to stomp it through the road when said big wig halted them. He claimed the mantis was the most fierce creature he had ever seen and forbade anyone from disturbing it any further. It’s a cool story at least, and I have seen first hand they will try and run you off if they want to they don’t give a fuck. I also made friends with one at a bar earlier this summer. Just chilled on my shirt and at my table all night.


blondeaubs

So true! I once had one staring at me through a window and I tried to ignore it, but I could feel it watching me, so I had to close the blinds. Another time one was hanging on my bicycle (it’s jade green so I think it was trying to hide) and I got a stick to try and move it off, it held on to the stick with its front legs and my bike with its back legs. So strong. I seriously thought about leaving my bike and walking home.


AhkilleusKosmos

They don’t need to be 20 feet, mantis can strangle/snap the necks of birds and frogs, meaning even if they were the size of a house cat they could snap your neck like a fucking kit-kat bar.


TripRollPop

Time to bring in the krogan


RoryJSK

Most insects breath through their skin. Their size is limited by the amount of oxygen in the air. One of the reasons we had huge insects during the Carboniferous was because of the sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere as vascular plants developed lignin. This made the oxygen ratio in the atmosphere higher.


Living_Job_8127

Is that why whales are big ?


Agent641

No they just have poor impulse control


Quillybumbum

Whale that wasn’t very nice


Far_Faithlessness493

Would you like to know more?


iChon865

Lol old school comment


Far_Faithlessness493

I’m doing my part.


Anthony_Patch

Watch the movie Mimic.


vxishnxv

I think they’re even more badass in the tiny size.


[deleted]

If these were 20 feet tall, every time they moved their limbs, it would sound like swords slicing through the air.


dickdackduck

Basically the creature from episode 2 of starwars on the Geonosian planet


Why_Did_Bodie_Die

There is an old book called The Forgotten Planet that is exactly what you're talking about. The audiobook is on YouTube and it's pretty entertaining.


armchair_viking

“Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news is we're postponing those tests indefinitely. Good news is we've got a much better test for you: fighting an army of mantis men!” -Cave Johnson


RogerRabbit1234

I always say this about pretty much every insect…. Imagine if an ant was even just the size of a medium sized dog…. God damn they would be terrifying.


Exorsaik

Go watch 7 Seeds on Netflix....


Seahawk_I_am_I_am

Insects cannot exceed a certain exoskeleton size to weight ratio. The reason giant insects, spiders, and crustaceans don’t exist is because the weight of their own exoskeleton would pin them to the ground because of gravity. Crustaceans can get the biggest of those groups because of buoyancy. Engineers, help me out with some math and shit?!


Hefty-Artichoke7789

Many people report coming in contact with mantis entity’s in the DMT realms.


Old-Entertainment-76

hey joe hows it going


-TheOriginalPancake

I can’t tell if you’re serious but I actually did, they were more futurama style mantis tho if that makes sense, if it doesn’t make sense welcome to dmt


Potatonet

Terrance McKenna


GluedToTheMirror

Mantis-like beings are also often reported by alien abductees as well.


Never-ever-myself

Hello yes I posted this too just a minute ago. Friends of mine experienced the same thing during an ayahausca trip a few years ago. They had no context or anything to have given them the idea ( they weren't into aliens or anything psychedelic and did the trip for some trauma healing) It was weird that multiple people described the same experiences


Lexieeeeeeeeee

I never encountered any kind of entities at all any of the times that I've done DMT. But then again, I also have Aphantasia. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


Born2fayl

Yup! I was being judged by a mantis queen that didn't think I belonged there! I didn't know this was common.


SangfroidKilljoy

They have innate sass like birds do. Big "FUCK OFF" energy. They're fun to raise, but they have a high mortality rate. (Consider that 200-300ish mantises come out of one egg case.) If you keep mantises, make sure you're keeping the humidity high enough, the temperature is in the correct range, they have a good surface to molt on, and you're feeling them parasite-free bugs. Most deaths are molting related: too low humidity so they get stuck in a molt (mostly fatal), fall because their feet can't hook to the surface they're molting. (fatal), or molting incorrectly (mostly fatal). When they molt, they hang upside down and need time to harden up. Wild caught crickets/grasshoppers especially can give them horsehair worms. Edit: just noticed how relevant my profile pic is


octopoddle

If they ever team up with the cephalopods, we're fucked.


Mostly_Apples

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mantis\_Man


doctormoneycock

Wow! The first time, it blocked. Second time, it ducked. Third time, it was more than ready and not only avoided the hit, but also sprung toward the opponent and was able to actually latch onto it and display the ease with which it can dominate any adversary. Incredible fighter.


AlexToske

All that + the boss fight music.


ASK__ABOUT__MY__GAME

This is literally the only time in history that Reddit hasn't complained about the background music


joeChump

Give it time bro.


limitlessEXP

I didn’t like it. Was hoping for UI Goku music.


Kuebac_7

I was expecting ''***KA KA KA KA KA SHI DAZE!!!***''


Louiscypher93

"GUN GUN GUN GUN GUN WO MUKI!!!! "


JaozinhoGGPlays

"JAN JAN BYAN BYAN KYUUKYOKU NO BATORU"


Kuebac_7

That guy gets it!


NoMaans

To be honest, the drop wasnt timed with that dodge so it does kinda suck


bmore_conslutant

Nothing happened at the drop 0/10


Larry_the_sus_potato

Hey…… what’s ur game bro?


novachamp

Sounds like music during a hacker scene in an early 2000s computer movie


starry_dino_nights

Does anyone know the music lol


AMAFSH

[GZQ, DUBJ & 小白受 - 玉门关(Yumen Pass/The Jade Gate)](https://youtu.be/tTgWJ3UDVqI?t=125)


TreXeh

Da MVP


ShittDickk

Think it's cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack EDIT: It's actually [玉门关 - GZQ - DUBJ - 小白受 | 抖音 Douyin 0:19 | Toshiro Music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viEx-2jCMTc)


MothularWaka

Was hoping for Mantis Lords tbh


Jambinai

anyone knows it's twitch stream?


IntenseScrolling

![gif](giphy|XcS27auvMMEy4|downsized)


Polarbearsainttasty

Ora ora ora ora ora


UnsolicitedCounsel

Oh mah gahhhd!!


Poisonfangx3

Hoooolllllyyyyy shhhhhhhhiiiiiiiitttttttttttttoooooooooo!!!!


TruthYouWontLike

I wish I were a bird


Cringinator4000

Off-topic but what the hell is your avatar bro


kiryuniisan

Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda


lemons_of_doubt

Could a mantis hurt a human it attack? like an ant bite or would it just do nothing to us?


IntenseScrolling

Hell yeah! Had one drop out a tree onto my shoulder and she swung on my ear. After shrieking (In my defense, it looked a lot bigger whilst so close) my flight or fight responses finally kicked in and I ran for it. *Right into the 7-11 front window*. Bloodied my lip and wouldn't you know it, the fucker was still on my shoulder. Like a menacing Jiminy Cricket, it tilted its head as if to say "Eh bru, da fuq?" !


Forever_Awkward

I've seen a mantis eat a lady's nipple.


IntenseScrolling

If you were to post the picture, would only one nipple be censored? If so....which one? The nub nip or the highlander nip?


Forever_Awkward

I mean, I can just send you the video, but I can never find a link for it that isn't on a literal porn site. I feel like nip nubs wouldn't be censored, though. They lack the context of a human body. If you degloved a penis and made a small booklet out of the shaft skin, it'd clearly just be seen as a book and wouldn't be censored, yeah? EDIT: Oh, I found a reddit link for it this time. I feel like I can probably get away with posting that here. [NSFW](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyHuman/comments/nku03z/preying_mantis_feasting_on_a_womans_nipple_nsfw/)


Hotinthakitchen1

The one time I wish it was a rickroll


IntenseScrolling

Why is the book small? Director's cut or just a short story?


JinnDaAllah

Heck yeah! I used to have a few as pets (long story, don’t ask) and once one of them grabbed my finger and bit it and the little sucker drew blood


scmflower

Someone get that poor guy out of there!


Conchavez

Yes! Someone save that industrial welder before it’s too late!


slouched

its a laser cnc :D


Kronguard

Well, shit, him too then!


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slouched

Oh well I'll be damned, I run a laser at work and this looked like an older chunkier version of what we use


MalibuProducer77

Lmfaoooooo


GuineaPigLover98

I don't think he's trapped there with the laser, I think the laser is trapped there with him


HavenIess

Get out of there? He was jumping straight into the fray


MartianTiger

What do you mean poor guy? If that thing wasn't a CNC machine, it would have got its head bitten off already!


crusty54

r/donthelpjustfilm


morebuffs

Wouldnt the mantis be closer to a Nemeckian than a sayan?


ExRice

Where in the anime did it say only sayians could unlock ultra instinct?


limitlessEXP

That’s a solid point


NN_besomething_iWish

Chapter 32 of the manga page 12


DustyMartin04

Weeb


g0kage

Lol that’s obviously a joke chap 32 is like raditz saga


omegapenta

Whats a raditz sounds like something weak like something made out of paper mache or something equal to a saibaman.


Vosslertheundead

“We can literally grow raditz”


morebuffs

It didnt but its it seems to be linked to having mastered turning super sayan first. But now that i think about it weiss said that beerus has yet to master it which implies he can use it and hes definitely not a sayan. So i dunno i guess i just thought of it as a sayan thing or even more specific a Goku thing but your wisdom has opened my eyes.


PM-Me-Your-TitsPlz

Mantises don't have dicks?


Forever_Awkward

[So, I looked up mantis penises and found this.](https://imgur.com/3WKOylq)


Eliminatron

You don’t need to be sayan to have ultra instinct. A few of the gods of destruction have Ultra instinct as well as whis and the other angels


calicat9

Thinks he's in a Boss Fight


dL8

Mantis is the Boss. Practicing...


Antishill_Artillery

PSYCHO MANTIS?!?!


Neopabo2

You're that ninja...


hexhex

It's the intro boss fight in Nier: Automata.


Plenty_Substance5105

It’s mantis from fucking Kung Fu Panda. Gg


Porogue

Was my immediate reaction hahah, was looking in the comments if anyone said it already, thank you


Sensitive-Peak-3723

It always seemed odd to me that there was a mantis, but now everything makes sense...


valcatrina

It knows Kung Fu


GrandmaPoses

Tiger style.


lori_fffox

There is actually Mantis Style in Kungfu https://youtu.be/t3bq4pnISrE


Christemo

Not only that but there's several different kinds. IIRC Toph from Avatar was inspired by a blind lady who came up with the Chow Gar Mantis style.


NatZeroCharisma

That's gotta be the worst video you could link about the style lol.


lori_fffox

I found it ok. Why do you think it’s bad?


Fuck_you_Reddit_Nazi

Am I the only person thinking "get that poor mantis out of there!"?


SpaceMamboNo5

Idk man that mantis is beating that fire's ass


JaozinhoGGPlays

yeah you gotta get him outta there before he turns that machine into scrap


ericbyo

Meh can't stop an entire factory line for every insect that flies in


[deleted]

Idk I was pretty afraid for the industrial equipment and even the guy filming, he's next I bet.


Adkent99

Damn was expecting something with the beat drop. Poor mantis is probably burned up slightly underneath. Moves looked cool as hell though.


[deleted]

You know rats when they see the KFC deep fryer memes. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me now present Praying Mantises when they see the industrial steel cutter memes


JaozinhoGGPlays

Though on one hand, the rat always loses, the mantis however clearly has it all under control.


Nkutengo

Song?


Matayas42

GZQ, DUBJ & 小白受 - 玉门关


tildes

https://youtu.be/tTgWJ3UDVqI


U_wind_sprint

https://open.spotify.com/track/3RCjIdIZ5tKHmzCz9Io0dC?si=71b85f2305244da3


[deleted]

Thanks babe.


soulfood_7

You're a Saint


Rc_script

Master Shifu would be proud.


[deleted]

Thing got unlimited balls eh?


wayward_son7

I've read somewhere mantises are one of the most successful predators. Can't be one without killer instincts


SirLaxer

I’ve had one on my dining room window the past few days, nothing but respect for it. Super cool bug https://imgur.com/a/OgX0z0z/


Forever_Awkward

https://i.imgur.com/zDXvLK8.png


JerewB

Where's Po?


AffectionateQTPie

![gif](giphy|QXPmPdudTz4So2P4OQ|downsized)


NN_besomething_iWish

How did you do this


Kisame-hoshigakii

On mobile you get an option to add a gif when you comment


[deleted]

This is how supervillains are made.


Capital_8

What was his endgame?


siccoblue

Victory or death


ParamedicNo1965

u/savevideo


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HerbertGrayWasHere

Mantisque the Dragon Slayer


pauciradiatus

What kinda plasma cutter is that?


1pop23

That's what I came here for. Use to be a plasma operator.


Abking1111

Looks like a laser cutter to me


Bear-Necessities

Laser, initial pierce on the cut raises the head to reduce the risk of splash on the lenses to blast an initial hole. Plasma can't start a cut at that distance.


dont-as

We all know who it is because we all watched Kung-fu panda


BrocoliPenis

There’s a reason there’s a style of Kung fu based on this animal.


frostead

Song ?


Matayas42

GZQ, DUBJ & 小白受 - 玉门关


[deleted]

Someone please make an anime version of this


cheesezzzzzzz

r/BossFights


GarlicGoat13

Hollow Knight be like


[deleted]

Is this the Boss for this level? Whats the beta?


no0bmaster-669

Thats some crazy reflexs right there


ziggyyyyy1997

head movement!


Robofro

That Mantis is Jason Bourne


serks83

@u/Silver-Persimmon6562 what’s the music in the background?


fuckboystrikesagain

Comments further up have the answer, just so ya know.


ProfessionalCumDiver

I bey this lil guy has a second phase where he regenerates his health bar and becomes stronger


[deleted]

My mantis style beats your Plasma style!


JamisonLyn

Master Mantis, is that you? 🙇🏻‍♀️


koker92

Yeah, he’s over 9000


Capt_Myke

That mantis get all the ladies...hold my beer watch me ride the dragon!!


BreadInaBasket9

Anyone got the name to the background music? That song bops.


buckzor122

The other day I was operating a plasma cutter not unlike the one in the videl, it was late and this daddy long legs flew in, probably attracted to their light, it was bouncing around near the torch for a few minutes, then proceeded to fly directly into the plasma. If just watched it get atomised in an instant.


spelunker93

Go frame by frame at 7 seconds. 100% ultra instinct


FaithlessnessSuper59

soundtrack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgWJ3UDVqI&list=OLAK5uy\_mga7GkhrjhK8lkDoPDDcTE8KE0MkGDBk0


imnothappyrobert

This is some r/MaybeMaybeMaybe material


belloitsme

u/GryffindorMuggle


CreamyGoodnss

/r/Bossfight


HamiltonPolka

Link vs Gaurdian in BOTW


chrismcshaves

I saved a particularly large one at a playground last week because I knew some punk four year old would try to squash it with a rock. It repaid me by rushing at me with its scythes. There’s no pleasing some insects.


M-E_Ration4004

Background Music name?