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Queen in the Alien universe is very similar to ants - she creates the eggs from which the facehuggers hatch. She is maybe much more dangerous than the ant quee

Queen in the Alien universe is very similar to ants - she creates the eggs from which the facehuggers hatch. She is maybe much more dangerous than the ant queen but so are the “ants”

righthand 1y ago
I meant in the context of the OP’s ask about the Alien’s dying off once the Queen is dead. They don’t operate like ants in a direct sense, etymology or logic, they operate like ants when it’s convenient for the world of Alien.
- lelanthran 1y ago
  > They don’t operate like ants in a direct sense, etymology or logic, they operate like ants when it’s convenient for the world of Alien. Sure, but this movie is aimed at a general audience, who don't have an exact understanding about ant society. It's more important for the movie to conform to what the audience thinks ants are like than to conform to what ants actually are like.
  - righthand 1y ago
    Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section. Thank you for helping me clarify that.
    - lelanthran 1y ago
      > Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section. Thank you for helping me clarify that. You think that people who don't know precisely how ant colonies work are dumb?
      - righthand 1y ago
        Not even close to what I wrote.
        lelanthran 1y ago
        > Not even close to what I wrote. I'm sorry, how did you expect this to be interpreted? >>> Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section.
        righthand 1y ago
        As sarcasm because I’m responding to you. And you were responding to me. And that comment was directed at another user clarifying the intent of my original comment. Your original response to a clarification is that it’s just easier to tell people they work like ants. Which is fine if that’s the point you’re trying to make but it’s irrelevant to my clarification. How did YOU expect your first comment to be interpreted?

Queen in the Alien universe is very similar to ants - she creates the eggs from which the facehuggers hatch. She is maybe much more dangerous than the ant queen but so are the “ants”

righthand 1y ago

I meant in the context of the OP’s ask about the Alien’s dying off once the Queen is dead. They don’t operate like ants in a direct sense, etymology or logic, they operate like ants when it’s convenient for the world of Alien.

lelanthran 1y ago
> They don’t operate like ants in a direct sense, etymology or logic, they operate like ants when it’s convenient for the world of Alien. Sure, but this movie is aimed at a general audience, who don't have an exact understanding about ant society. It's more important for the movie to conform to what the audience thinks ants are like than to conform to what ants actually are like.
- righthand 1y ago
  Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section. Thank you for helping me clarify that.
  - lelanthran 1y ago
    > Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section. Thank you for helping me clarify that. You think that people who don't know precisely how ant colonies work are dumb?
    - righthand 1y ago
      Not even close to what I wrote.
      - lelanthran 1y ago
        > Not even close to what I wrote. I'm sorry, how did you expect this to be interpreted? >>> Okay sorry. Aliens operate exactly like ants for anyone too dumb to grasp that they’re not but need an EILI5 description and may have stumbled upon this comment section.
        righthand 1y ago
        As sarcasm because I’m responding to you. And you were responding to me. And that comment was directed at another user clarifying the intent of my original comment. Your original response to a clarification is that it’s just easier to tell people they work like ants. Which is fine if that’s the point you’re trying to make but it’s irrelevant to my clarification. How did YOU expect your first comment to be interpreted?