What keeps you up at night more?

[moss@beige.party]

@futurebird More frequently? Cat crime. I get woken by it many a night, though I typically fall asleep again soon after. With more intense alarm? Ant crime. They may not wake me often, just once every few years; but if I get woken up by ants, I will not fall back asleep, I am very awake now.

[mayorbeetles@pagan.plus]

@futurebird Ant crime all the way. Cat crime is nothing compared to finding a lot of ants where they shouldn’t be

[austinross@social.lol]

@futurebird The cats are fragmented and petty. They are of no concern. Cats are easily entertained and manipulated. They couldn't organize against us if we forced them to.

On the other hand, there is a world war of ants going on beneath our noses. At this very moment they are massacring each other in untold numbers. The age of global ant domination is at hand, and I am afraid.

[phil@gotosocial.quokka.today]

@futurebird i will give it some thought... cats are intentionally bastards, ants are just doing ant things.

[wavesculptor@climatejustice.social]

@vfrmedia @funkula @futurebird

a couple of days of milder [10 c] weather here and I kept finding dopey, large winged ants wandering around. including on the bed, middle of winter.

I don't believe I've actually manged this, but I think I'm getting the cat /trained/ to be patient! If you're planning any courses on domestic ant training, FB, do let us know.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@wavesculptor @vfrmedia @funkula

Put a few in individual test tubes and you can give starter ant colonies as Spring (Easter? anything like that) gifts for all your friends!

I love to put an ant colony in an Easter basket for the right sorts of kids at church. (with instructions on care)

Their parents have mixed feelings but it's educational.

[wavesculptor@climatejustice.social]

@futurebird @vfrmedia @funkula LOL, I've got to go to bed now.

[becomingwisest@hachyderm.io]

@futurebird neither. I’ll knock out between 7-9 PM. The good nights I sleep until 4 AM and wake well rested not pondering any crime. The bad nights I get a nap, up for many hours, and then get another nap.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@wavesculptor @vfrmedia @funkula

It's perfectly on theme.

There are EGGS.

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[gaditb@icosahedron.website]

@futurebird Look I'm just saying, there's s clear difference between them, "cat burgler" is in our culture and vocabulary a STOCK PHRASE.

[gaditb@icosahedron.website]

@futurebird ... so clearly ant crime is the FAR more dire concern. Nobody's watching them! Who KNOWS what they're capable of getting up to!

[dandrumheller@mstdn.social]

@futurebird definitely cat crime. I'm required to fend off nearly nightly attempted smothering.

[llewelly@sauropods.win]

@futurebird
how does cat crime keep you up?