We do! Ants have been involved in millions of experiments, and that is how we know so much of their society and entomology. We CAN communicate with them using pheromones and food sources. It’s actually quite simple, really. They just don’t have much to say beyond what we observe. It’s not like we suddenly start seeing unique chemical trails so they can communicate with their overlords, so I suppose they don’t perceive us as other beings in the world.

Oh yeah, filled up dump trucks of it. Every year in the fall my grandfather would order a ton (probably more like 10 tons) of coal and it was up to all of us to shovel it out and divide for everyone to use and share

If you’re on the side of black market drugs and oppressive violence, it is very effective at farming those negative qualities in a society.

That is some crazy good art from Pictochat

NASA has always used metric :) even in American physics 101, our first day or two is spent learning to transition into metric.