an entomologist rates ant emojis

curlicuecal:

lloorren:

curlicuecal:

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Beautiful big almond eye, realistic and full of expression as she gazes gently at you. Elbowed antennae and delicately segmented legs and body. Gorgeous pearlescent sheen like she is glowing. This ant moisturizes. This ant is round and huggable. This ant is a star. 11/10.

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Beautifully detailed, lifelike pose but with an unexpected neck and odd antennae, perhaps scared straight. Her eyes suggest she has seen things. Her expression confirms she has seen too much. She is haunted and I want to know more. 7/10.

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Floppy antenna, pointy muppet face, oddly posed legs. What is she? She has no waist. May be she is some kind of bee in disguise? I find her unsettling. 3/10.

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This ant has an unexplained, double-jointed thorax, and no evidence of a waist. Her four-footed pose suggests that she a centaur rather than an ant. Centaur ants would be cool. I’m not sure what was intended here. 2/10.

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Good first impression, kind of bland in the details. This ant has no particular waist to speak of, floppy rather than elbowed antennae, and an inexpressive face. Her color scheme is soft and hazy. I like the sharp angles of her stylishly sophisticated legs. This ant may not know quite were she is going, but she knows how she is getting there. 6/10.

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Were you even trying. 0/10

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Gasp! This ant is elegant. This ant has a beautiful tapered thorax, a segmented abdomen, alert, elbowed antennae, and a light-footed pose. This ant’s face suggests curiosity and a desire to explore the world. This ant inspires me. I want to be like her. 10/10

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3-legged, waistless centaur-ant with strange, limp antennae and a beak. I don’t know what this is? It kind of reminds me of a Hork-Bajir. 1/10, not an ant.

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This ant… makes me sad. All of her legs are broken. The MS Paint art style and gradient abuse convey distress. She has a duck beak. Despite this, her expression suggests perseverance and determined cheerfulness. I want this ant to have a better life. I am rooting for her. 3/10

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This ant is a bold and challenging mixture of photorealism and caricature. She is broad and low-built and seems very sturdy. She looks like she would help you move. This ant is a dependable friend. 9/10

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A picture of an ant from a children’s book.  She is wearing little boots.  This ant is wrong in every way, and yet I can’t stay mad at her.  7/10

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An interesting, top-down view of an ant; her legs are positioned with slightly jarring symmetry.  Nevertheless, her overall impression is that of a graceful, stylized design, like a pictograph.  She is suitable for adorning fine garments and jewelry or perhaps gracing the walls of a tiny ant church.  I like this minimalist ant.  8/10.

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This is a termite. -10/10

why are these all marked as “she”? don’t female ants have wings??? why bother adding the pronoun???

Alates (male and female reproductives) have wings. The queens shed their wings after they mate. The males die. The daughter workers do not have wings. If you see an ant without wings, it’s a she.

And honestly—why bother panicking about things being called “she”? It’s not like I need a reason to gender a bug. I do it all the time. It’s fun. It’s humanizing. They don’t care.

I’m calling this spider she right now. 🕷️ her name is delanie. she’s a lesbian.

♥ 166943 — 3 years ago on 23 Aug 2019 — via emthewalkingparadox
r4cs0:
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r4cs0:

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♥ 86465 — 3 years ago on 23 Aug 2019 — via hotvampireadjacent
koobiie:
“in conclusion, we stan this cool ice man harder than ever
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koobiie:

in conclusion, we stan this cool ice man harder than ever

♥ 6749 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via koobiie

mtndewbajablast:

lostcryptids:

petition to help the eagles escape the hotel california  

counter petition to have the eagles see out their sentence to completion

♥ 6597 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via captain-lovelace

doppelgender:

in 2017 my brother got a straw hat and was like “im being farmer john for halloween” and when i asked who that was he said “just the concept of farming” 

♥ 63182 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via dorknewton

butchsandwich:

dankmemeuniversity:

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This conjures a mental image of a guy driving down the road, minding his own business, when the cat pops up next to him, he starts screaming, the cat starts screaming.

♥ 180008 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via caithes-blossom
animatedamerican:
“ patrickat:
“This is bad news. Nature abhors a vacuum.
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goddammit Patrick
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animatedamerican:

patrickat:

This is bad news. Nature abhors a vacuum.

goddammit Patrick

♥ 139192 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via captain-lovelace

kimwexlersponytail:

Don’t be a dick.

♥ 11428 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via largishcat

misifus-mankhado:

bramblepatch:

sadgaywerewolf:

powerfulwizard:

“I’ll admit it now. I’ve never been a fan of Steve Rogers. I think he represents a part of our culture that no longer needs to be seen in our media. The patriotic white male. I’ve felt this way since Civil War. I saw an opportunity to put him back in the past where he belongs in Endgame and I took it. I don’t have any regrets.”

-Anthony Russo on the Daily Show, saying probably the only valid things that will ever come out of his mouth

It’s cool how he admitted he completely misunderstands and misrepresents Cap’s character under the guise of being progressive

So Joe hates Tony Stark and Anthony fundamentally misunderstands Steve Rogers. Suddenly the last few years of the MCU make a lot more sense.

What the fuck is wrong with those guys. No wonder everything MCU sucks nowadays.

♥ 6565 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via powerfulwizard

bobavader:

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Aziraphale and crowley fancast

♥ 802 — 3 years ago on 22 Aug 2019 — via larkstonguesinaspicpart1