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We found their kryptonite!

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What you REALLY REALLY REALLY SHOULDN’T DO is to introduce Pharaoh ants into or near data centers.

    Because…

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    The also reproduce through clonal budding. The build very small colonies (a few hundred-thousands of ants) and when stressed due to pesticide, they’ll move their larvae and raise one of them into a new queen to form a new colony. This means Pharaoh ants are practically impossible to eradicate once they get established. They’re also VERY QUICK to move into climate controlled environments. And YES they DO cause severe damage to electrical equipment, and for some GODFORSAKEN SATANIC REASON, they FUCKING LOVE ELECTRICITY and ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT!

    Source, I had to get almost 10k in electrical work done because after hiring a shitty pest control company, their treatments weren’t focused on the biology of pharaoh ants (they didn’t even bother to ID them), and by stressing the population, the EXPLODED the population. The ants then decided that my electric panel and several outlets had become their SWORN enemy, to the point it became a real fire hazard as a seemingly endless series of ants came to die by burning up between some junctions.

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    • Pudutr0n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Where can i purchase these ants?

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      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Well they have basically a global distribution: urbanentomology.tamu.edu/urban-pests/…/pharoah/

        But if you need a quick fix, I know a guy who knows a guy… hint hint nudge nudge…

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You can come to my house and take them all

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Chaotic good post.

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    • Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Do not plant eucalyptus either.

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  • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Please don’t plant bamboo in non-native areas. It’s much better to find a protected native species and plant those instead :)

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    • Pudutr0n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Clearly putting a small dent in shareholder value is a bigger priority than conserving obsolete and inefficient ecosystems that only survive due to protectionism and tree hugging eco-fundies.

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      • zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I respect the omission of /s and that you’re taking this firing squad of down votes like a champ.

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      • Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Lol, Bro doesn’t know about biodiversity collapse and how it will effect them.

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      • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not extreme enough for satire in 2026

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      • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Clearly the only way to protect the ecosystem is to destroy it ourselves?

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    • mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe black raspberry? Native to much of North America, edible for humans and wildlife, covered in thorns and spreads like a motherfucker.

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      • blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Also seedy, but delicious.

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  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bamboo is invasive in north America. Don’t

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    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So are the data centers

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      • altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Datacenter owners can find resources and expertise with their imaginary money.

        General public, even under sane administration - probably don’t.

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      • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Two wrongs do not make a right.

        Also let’s be honest memes like these are simply Internet Warriors pretending to do shit but we all know they are doing nothing outside of online activity of posting memes and bitching on social media.

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      • 0tan0d@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah but the bamboo is going to damage more than just the data center.

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      • DonGirses@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        letthemfight.jpg

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    • StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fuck em, who cares at this point

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You live in the same environment. You’re part of the ‘em getting fucked.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    it also strangles basically any native plant it spreads close to, lowering local biodiversity and lowering soil quality. and it grows extremely quickly. not a good thing to plant more of, no matter how pure your motives.

    *notices comm name*

    uh… fuck you op…?

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    • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Image Here ya go

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    • 4grams@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean, so do datacenters…

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        yeah but if you blow up a datacenter it won’t spontaneously regenerate in your backyard

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  • zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Don’t think planting possibly invasive species will solve any problems.

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      looks at the community name

      Mmh MMMH

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      • zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I am absolutely convinced half they people here take advice from posts like this.

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  • Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Please don’t plant invasive plants in vulnerable ecosystems

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So they’re building data centers in vulnerable ecosystems and destroying their water sources?

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  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Warning, don’t plant bamboo underneath the restrained torsos of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, O’Leary, etc. as they grow so quickly with hard rigid points that they can break through a human torso in 3 days.

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  • Okokimup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wow. In the novel Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh, eco terrorists develop a strain of bamboo that will grow through anything. They plant it to tear up buildings, roads, and the occasional human. Now we just need someone to create the Dr Happy pill.

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    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Supposably that was a form of execution in ancient china. They would stake the victim over a bamboo sprout which would eventually grow through their chest.

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    • EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I was just about to say Soft Apocalypse. Excellent book. Kinda has a happy ending? Not a reread though.

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      • Okokimup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’ve reread, but there is a violent animal death I have to skip.

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  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You underestimate their willingness to just blanket the surrounding area in herbicide. They don’t actually need their water to be potable.

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  • rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ah yes, grass, the natural enemy of the giant construction machines

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  • EldenLord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bamboo is beginner shit, if you really want to cause trouble, try japanese knotweed. They will never be able to get rid of that!

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    • httperror418@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What are you, a British railway?

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      • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You’re thinking of buddleia

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    • Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ik it’s a PITA!!! My yard has it. It’s been observed growing in and surrounding volcanos. FUCKING VOLCANOS!!! GAME FUCKING OVER!!!

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      • EldenLord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yup. It also quickly regenerates from the tiniest root fragment, so not even plowing and shredding the ground destroys it.

        My condolences about your yard.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Horseradish spreads quickly underground, and it’s ugly. A friend of mine destroyed his backyard with a small patch of horseradish. Within a few years, his backyard was unusable.

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    • Crescent@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Horse radish sounds really nice to have though.

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  • sudo@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Its a datacenter not a golf course. They’re going to bulldoze the entire lot anyways.

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    People, people, please. May I suggest a warm cocktail? It’s always worked in the past.

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  • Phantaloons@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    k u d z u

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    • turtlesareneat@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Alas they just spray uber-fucking-grade defoliant and destroy all the plant life that was there to begin with.

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  • EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    bamboo and tree of heaven at every DC building’s foundation’s edge. poison hemlock also, as an incentive for any class traitor who’s decided to work there

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    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Tree of Heaven is pretty weak sauce. I had a large one fall over in a storm and land on my skoolie (school bus converted to a motorhome). The bus was completely unhurt, not even a scratch.

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  • DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The government would hate it if you happened to lose a sizeable device capable of spontaneously combusting near a data center.

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve got my bamboo seeds on order. Best case scenario…wild vicious pandas show up and tear everything down in their search for more bamboo. /s

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  • FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bruh, this is just making things worse, bamboo are a invasive plant species

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    • mig@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Right? Release the giant asian hornets! Oh shit where did these murder wasps come from.

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  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Did you know there exists 1200 kinds of bamboo? Let’s cover up the whole world with them instead of datacenters :D

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Only in the south. And only if you use the American species of bamboo.

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  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Find the tallest hemp plants, preferable tree size, and throw their seeds around the data centers.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This nonsense again?

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    • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Look what community you are in?.. What did you expect?

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      • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        A photo of four people shoveling dirt, two of whom are dressed in business clothes and two dressed in military fatigues. Caption: “Shitposting is serious business.”

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      • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Different nonsense instead of the same nonsense again.

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What? Nature is against this affront to nature? How odd.

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  • Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Get a fucking gas powered pressure washer full of liquid culture of this shit ( ecurrent.com/…/meet-the-mushroom-stronger-than-si… ) and spray the building from the back of a pick up truck while wearing a hazmat suit, cheaper than you’d think clean room with a skin tight Russian surplus gas mask retrofitted with a modern Honeywell filter using a gas mask adapter.

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  • Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Anything invasive that invade via rhisomes like Elephant Grass. If you want to really fuck with them you could do sugar cane. You could do blackberries, raspberries, blueberries.

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    • mig@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Native black rasberries, in north america. Fuck their shit up with native plants please.

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  • Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    if its a ai datacenter that guzzles water like it has no limits,am planting lots of bamboo

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    • Azrael@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’d actually be curious as to the share of resources each of these aspects of modern internet architecture use.

        I’m just just Google sans AI sucks up some serious water and electricity, I just have no idea how it compares.

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