André Toulon Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 My son asked for 3 things for his bday. Joycons, a laptop and an ant farm. I couldn't remember the ant farm but I knew he'd bring whatever it was back up and I would remember. Well I didn't and he just brought it back up. I can get the farm at Walmart but they don't have live ants. Gonna shoot by pet smart but I'm not optimistic. A friend of mine said just find a hill and dig up a queen, but she's retarded. Nothing I've ordered lately has overnight shipping so I might be fukt, but I got until Thursday.
cyberbully Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 55 minutes ago, Nablotson said: He's been asking for an ant farm for a long time He was too young for it until now....He would have literally set them free in my house a couple of years ago, but he's become far more respectful of his captive creatures and he's matured enough that observation is greater than megalomania. 1
mthor Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, André Toulon said: My son asked for 3 things for his bday. Joycons, a laptop and an ant farm. I couldn't remember the ant farm but I knew he'd bring whatever it was back up and I would remember. Well I didn't and he just brought it back up. I can get the farm at Walmart but they don't have live ants. Gonna shoot by pet smart but I'm not optimistic. A friend of mine said just find a hill and dig up a queen, but she's retarded. Nothing I've ordered lately has overnight shipping so I might be fukt, but I got until Thursday. They don't carry ants at PetSmart. Crickets, yes, ants, no. (I'm going to check with my daughter just to make sure.)
Poof Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 https://www.wikihow.com/Catch-Ants-for-an-Ant-Farm Find the queen! https://www.nature-gifts.com/why-you-cant-buy-queen-ants-in-the-us/ 1
mthor Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, André Toulon said: My son asked for 3 things for his bday. Joycons, a laptop and an ant farm. I couldn't remember the ant farm but I knew he'd bring whatever it was back up and I would remember. Well I didn't and he just brought it back up. I can get the farm at Walmart but they don't have live ants. Gonna shoot by pet smart but I'm not optimistic. A friend of mine said just find a hill and dig up a queen, but she's retarded. Nothing I've ordered lately has overnight shipping so I might be fukt, but I got until Thursday. And that's a verified no.
Gina Szanboti Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 You need to talk to Le Guignon. She can hook you up. https://unevenedge.com/topic/51011-ants-on-my-pants/ 4
NaBarney Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 6 hours ago, cyberbully said: He was too young for it until now....He would have literally set them free in my house a couple of years ago, but he's become far more respectful of his captive creatures and he's matured enough that observation is greater than megalomania. I'm surprised he still really wants one. I mean I have fish but still idg how watching ants seems interesting, like I already see them all the time being ants, you almost might as well keep flies... Then again, that shrunken people sidearc from Solar Opposites does give the concept some renewed appeal to me. Sometimes I go outside and flip things over and find a bunch of ant eggs and various kinds of ants, I harvest the eggs to feed to my fish by using a Tupperware part full with water to make a bunch of crawling ants easier to separate and deal with. If you already have the setup, it seems like it might be possible to go out and collect a bunch of ants and eggs and populate the farm and let them figure it out, let a new queen emerge. Then again if they all just died quickly that might be hard to clean out and would be pretty upsetting. Also might be upsetting in general for him to watch these bewildered wild ants scramble to adjust to life in a suitcase with only a random fraction of their colony's population, no clear queen...
katt_goddess Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 No place that I know sells live ants, or at least the type of live ants that would live long enough to do the ant farm thing. Those are always shipped to you once you've bought the farm at a hobby store. But, do you have sugar ants in the area? I used to make mini ant farms in baby food jars by carefully digging up a sugar ant hill. I'd keep them for maybe a week or two watching them build their tunnels everywhere, feeding them grains of sugar and then pour them back out where I got them. Rinse jar, repeat at a new hill.
molarbear Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 13 hours ago, André Toulon said: Nothing I've ordered lately has overnight shipping so I might be fukt, but I got until Thursday. https://www.antsalive.com/buy-live-ants.htm You probably won't get them by Thursday but at least now you know where you can Also if you bought him the farm already check the back of the box it's in, they usually mention whether or not they come with a voucher you mail in to get the ants 1
cyberbully Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 Well fuck....Apparently there is a joycon shortage. Been to every store in town and they all say "those are hard to find now" For what conceivable reason? I have never encountered a situation where controllers for a several year old system would be difficult to find. I even tried the used place, but I'm glad they didn't have them, because I would have bought them out of impulse and I don't wanna give him used joycons. Guess I'll check a few stores in TX because wtf. 1
bnmjy Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 11:21 AM, André Toulon said: A friend of mine said just find a hill and dig up a queen, but she's retarded. Nice to know you still talk to fuggs and still consider her a friend.
bnmjy Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, SylyntNyt said: The guy who created that was a big-time white supremacist. 1
SylyntNyt Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, bnmjy said: The guy who created that was a big-time white supremacist.
cyberbully Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, cyberbully said: Well fuck....Apparently there is a joycon shortage. Been to every store in town and they all say "those are hard to find now" For what conceivable reason? I have never encountered a situation where controllers for a several year old system would be difficult to find. I even tried the used place, but I'm glad they didn't have them, because I would have bought them out of impulse and I don't wanna give him used joycons. Guess I'll check a few stores in TX because wtf. Store in Gainesville had 1 set left....Blue and yellow. They don't match his Switch at all but he was happy they were mismatched like that. Edited June 9, 2020 by cyberbully 1
SylyntNyt Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, cyberbully said: gainsville You in the FL? There must be more than one Gainesville.
cyberbully Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, SylyntNyt said: You in the FL? There must be more than one Gainesville. Gainesville TX 1
SylyntNyt Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 I know a really good sushi place you ever wanna visit. Or we could just get some trashy buffet food. Depends on how cavalier you are towards the prospect of eating parasites.
cyberbully Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 Don't like sushi, but I'll eat just about anything else.
Raptorpat Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 5 hours ago, cyberbully said: For what conceivable reason? I have never encountered a situation where controllers for a several year old system would be difficult to find. There has been a major switch shortage since the beginning of the pandemic because enterprising douchebags felt the need to use bots to buy up the console. Basically the people who got shamed for buying up and reselling PPE and sanitizer at the onset just switched tactics. 1
BlackNoir Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Raptorpat said: There has been a major switch shortage since the beginning of the pandemic because enterprising douchebags felt the need to use bots to buy up the console. Basically the people who got shamed for buying up and reselling PPE and sanitizer at the onset just switched tactics. Oh shit, f'real.....Dick move, but I only say that because i should have gotten in on that. 1
lupin_bebop Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Hmmmmm. I was always scared that things would get turned over and ants would be everywhere. Those bastards are relentless.
BlackNoir Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, lupin_bebop said: Hmmmmm. I was always scared that things would get turned over and ants would be everywhere. Those bastards are relentless. I figure he's old enough now and every year, these fuckers raid my house before winter looking for water because I'm 100% sure they built this community on top of a large ant colony. They mind their business until fall. Edited June 10, 2020 by Radical Left 1
Raptorpat Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 16 hours ago, Radical Left said: I'm 100% sure they built this community on top of a large ant colony. 1
PhilosipherStoned Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) That does sound like a pickle but the internet might be your best friend on this. Not sure how it works with ants but spiders are surprisingly shippable and easy to get on a dime. Edited June 11, 2020 by PhilosipherStoned
Distortedreasoning Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 there was a youtuber i watched that had an ant colony show. it was mildly entertaining but i dont know how good of a present that would be for a kid.
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