Death Spiral

Sources:

Playstation 2 Commerical:

GeoNaturalist - Death Spiral:

The evolution of a meander cutoff:

Music:

Music Created By : ErikMMusic
Song Title: High Atop The Tower

[feedyourcuriosity]

Don't despair folks. It's tough love.

By "Escape the trap" I mean don't be like those fleas. If you aren't careful, tradition, religion or familial manipuolation may trap you in a mental fence, in which you may live your whole life without knwing it.

By "Break the routine" I mean if you aren't careful, a monotinous job, a bad partner, addiction or lack of confidence may trap you in a toutine you may stay your whole life. Doing the same thing day in, day out, waiting for death, just like these ants.

So in the era of consolation trophies and hypersensitivity, I'm hoping to give you some tough love, so that you find the courage to finally give yourelf a kick in the ass and shift gears and take that next step in life you (may) have been postponing.

[micahwright]

“No, no guys, I swear we’re almost there.”

[gabecervine]

This is simultaneously depressing and interesting

[alexanderchapman]

The pheromones, the overwhelming harmony...

[saintbrush]

This was a lot more intense than I anticipated. This felt more like art than anything else.

[boogurl]

YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE YOU'RE GOING! IN A SPIRAL OF ANTS

[ackount]

this is literally me when I've got no choice but to dance in a spiral of ants

[groundhopeunder]

I feel like all you need to save them is a quick blow of air

[xdtimetoastergaming]

"I thought I was following you?"
"huh I thought I was following *you*"

[darthbiscuit]

Randomly saw a gif of an Ant Death Spiral and it freaked me out for all the same reasons I'm finding it is with others.
Can see easily see this reflected in humans and civilizations.

[DanielGonzalez-rhjg]

Over and over
The pheromones, the overwhelming harmony
Consuming the colony
The Circle rules your life
Chop, chop! Don't want to be late
Lift up and carry your weight
You've got no choice but to dance
in a spiral of ants
True bugs might laugh in your face
Don't fret, you're leading the race
Don't let the bastards step on your hands
in a spiral of ants
You can't remember where you came from (In a spiral of ants)
You can't remember where you're going (In a spiral of ants)
You can't remember knowing
You are one ant
Over, it's over
The pheromones, the self-avoiding odyssey
Consuming the colony
The Circle rules your life
Now, now! Don't run out of breath
Don't feel surrounded by death, no
Take the wheel, this could be your chance,
in a spiral of ants
False bugs, you'll soon be alone
See how they drop like a stone
You're free now forever to dance
in a spiral of ants
Now you remember where you came from (From a spiral of ants)
Now you remember where you're going (To a spiral of ants)
You've got to keep it flowing
You are one ant
(Over, over, over)
Over and over
The pheromones, the overwhelming harmony
Consuming the colony
Creating its own gravity
Before we knew it we became a hurricane
And the bugs who laughed got blown away
As we proclaimed:
The Circle rules your life

[sahir]

Our evil masters are using the same trick on mankind.

[matthewh]

This narrator was way to happy. Couldn't we have picked a sadly, more depressing narrator?

[laurasanchez]

That example with the fleas is absolutely insane!

[crunch.dot.]

Ah so this is what Lemon Demon meant by "Spiral of Ants"

[wisestein]

Public health officials during a pandemic.

[RuLeZ]

The same instinct and evolution is also what those ants keeps them alive and survive over an unimaginable amount of years. Nothing is perfect and even though it looks like a trap to have these instinct at some of these times like in the "spiral of death", but most of the times it prevails to the path of survival and propagation. It is what essentially keeps them alive.

[wtch]

I wonder if this behaviour also happens on natural grounds or only on artificial flat and smooth surfaces

[Bravest_Epoch]

Spira is a land of suffering and sorrow caught in a spiral of death

[darrellerrad]

I came to see stupid ants running in circle til they die, now I have gained new perspective on life