People who can be (easily) turned into Ant People:
* Plant Gall People
* Wasp Fans
* Lichen Folk
* Isopod Fans (If they also like the marine species ONLY)
* Slime mold hobbyists
* Mole rat fans? (maybe?)
* People who promote "The Ediacaran" period
* Cellular Automata Farmers
* Simulation fans generally
* Mite enthusiasts

People who can (probably) NOT be turned into Ant People:
* Termite fans (there is a hostility)
* Rose breeders
* Outdoor electronics gadget makers

@futurebird according to this list i could be (easily) turned into an ant person, but im kind of into spaceships and godzilla right now
@futurebird If it's not too sensitive a ? for me to ask: what's with the beef between the ant & termite fans? Is it philosophical, or is it just like, a Flyers fans vs Penguins fans thing?

@RufusJCooter

People who like termites think that ants get too much attention for superficial reasons and to some extent this is true. They are often FORMER ant people who have gone ... deeper. There are some people on the ant fourm who have pet termites and they are always annoyed that everyone who keeps ants won't at least just TRY a termite colony.

The fact that there are many ants specialized in eating only termites by raiding their nests and being bullies doesn't help I think.

@futurebird Gotcha - so it's more like a Red Sox fans vs. Yankees fans kinda deal, then.

@RufusJCooter

More like Yankees and ... The Mets.

@futurebird I was going to point out that you can play termites in the newest version of Empires of the Undergrowth, to show that the animosity can't run that deep, but then I noticed that they probably were only added to the game to act as food source for Megaponera that were added in the same update, so you might be onto something with that animosity.
@futurebird Has anyone pinned down why the infamous Texas crazy ants like electricity so much?

@Kencf618033

I read that when they get shocked they react as if stung by enemy ants, and they send an alarm call "nest is being invaded by the enemy!" so ants come running to help, this is the worst kind of alarm. But then they get shocked too and release more pheromone ... basically it makes the ants think they are at war with another colony, and they throw everything they have at it. (up to a point)

@futurebird
Deeply concerned if "ant people" means "fans of ants" xor "humanoids that are now also ants, army of the Hive".

Like I'm imagining folks with lichen growing on them removing it as mandibles grow from their jaw.

@Aknorals

"concerned" ?? uh.

I THINK you misspelled "excited" ... yeah?

@futurebird *getting off the phone with my spider friends with countermeasures*

Uh, something like that.

@futurebird Awesome, where do I sign up for the metamorphosis?
@futurebird Sorry, I’m fully on the side of the spiders here. Hey are mathematically proven to be 33% better at hugs.

@futurebird waps :3
and hell yeah CAs 😎
lichen and slime mold are pretty cool too.

honestly i deserve to become an ant person. i did *cough* not treat them kindly as a kid, least i can do is give them a bit of appeciation…

@futurebird Hm, I'm definitely on both sides of this divide.
@futurebird
Against: nitpickers and picnickers!