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minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 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-up3arrow-down1·46 minutes agoWhy tf would anyone crush ants? Is this a thing?
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 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-up6·2 hours agoIt releases the smell. It stays around in the room.
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoI can’t smell ants but I can smell roaches. Any house or restaurant I walk into that has that signature roach scent, I do a 180° and leave. As to describe the scent of roaches: Pungent, wet/moldy towel smell, worse when they’re dead.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoWe need people like you as health inspectors.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 hour agoWell, now I can’t help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour 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?
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.
I can’t smell ants but I can smell roaches. Any house or restaurant I walk into that has that signature roach scent, I do a 180° and leave.
As to describe the scent of roaches: Pungent, wet/moldy towel smell, worse when they’re dead.
We need people like you as health inspectors.
Well, now I can’t help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
Probably better, I’ve never tried it. I just imagine a bunch of tiny fireballs running around.