Make the TV even better by replacing the screen with a plexiglass sheet and watch the ant farm. ftfy
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What @simonize said.
As fair as baiting them, remember there are two kinds of common ants - grease-eating ants and sweet-eating ants. Both kinds will usually go after sugar, but if they don’t seem interested, try bacon grease.
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If the ants are between the front glass/plastic and the display panel… take it apart and clean it. Good as new.
If the ants are in the panel… It’s never going to look right. The ants have already fucked up the polarizers and diffusers. Scrap it and sell the boards, there’s usually some demand for them because the panel is the only reliable part in a TV. The rest is made as cheaply as possible, especially the power supply.
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Worst one word IMDB synopsis opening ever!
" Saul Bass: Psycho."
Saul Bass directed that film. He was was a to Resaunace person, he did just about every job in the film industry, but is best known for his opening titles Hitchock and others. You can see his design sense in the film from bizarre often silhouetted perspectives to his use of color throughout the film.
I have no idea why his name stuck in my head. I first saw the film Phase IV framed by Elvira.
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I suggest summoning a shoggoth or any of the lesser thrall of the Ancient ones.
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wouldnt be sure about that. I guess the thing you probably will get will be a 8-lane-highway of ants between the TV and the tray and a new colony in the tray; the wiki-article states:
The ants are not attracted to ordinary ant baits, and are not controlled by over-the-counter pesticides,[3][25] and are harder to fully exterminate than many other species because their colonies have multiple queens.
Came here to post this.
You already delivered. Serves me well.
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This is an easy fix. Just play some gay pornography on a loop at full volume for 48 hours and the ants will be gone. They hate gay porn. The louder the better. You can do this and science is on your side!
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Worth it.
That would be a pretty tricky disassembly procedure to get them out of the diffuser. The glass is very big and very thin. But it can be done, with some care, on a dining table.
I’ve actually seen this movie, saw it as a kid and still remember it. Wasn’t too bad, kinda weird but not bad.
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Yeah, you need to make the TV less inviting. Cold, heat, whatever it is they don’t like.
Remember the ants short-circuiting the equipment? My first mental image when I read the headline.
As to getting rid of them: remember the ending? Weird, but we’ll get used to it, I guess…
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Reporter: “Some say the bugs were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their natural habitat, that ‘live and let live’ is preferable to war with the bugs.”
Johnny Rico: “Let me tell you something. I’m from Buenos Aires, and I say ‘Kill ’em all!’”
— Starship Troopers
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Came for Ant and the Aardvark, left happy.
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- Surround TV with a line of Boric acid.
- Wait.
- ???*
- Profit.
*???=Set up time lapse video of the TV and monetize it YouTube.
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A bit of a radical solution but he could put the tv in one of those big vacuum seal bags they sell to pack away alot of clothes/fabrics or illicit meth cash if you’re Skyler White, suck all the air out of the bag, let the little bastards suffocate for several days (how much time can depend on the species of ant) and then find a way to vacuum out all them out. Maybe with a small vacuum used for cleanup for crafts and electronic projects.
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Or, for bonus drama, set up a competing colony on the other side of the screen and pretend they’re Sandkings…
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