Do You Want Ants? Meme Generator
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What is the Do You Want Ants? meme?
Do You Want Ants? is a close-up of Sterling Archer, the animated spy from the show Archer, in a dark suit and tie, staring straight ahead with flat, expressionless blue eyes in front of a bright office. The quote paired with it is a scolding that asks if you want ants, then warns: "that's how you get ants." It mocks someone doing a small careless thing by predicting its obvious consequence in a weary, parental tone. The format has grown into a snowclone where ants are swapped for any predictable result, which makes it a dry way to say "you did this to yourself."
Origin: The line comes from the pilot episode of the FX animated series Archer (2009), where Malory Archer scolds her son about food left lying around the office.
Also known as: Do You Want Ants, That's How You Get Ants, Archer Ants.
How to use the Do You Want Ants? meme
The top box asks "do you want ___?" and the bottom box answers "because that's how you get ___." Fill the blank with the bad outcome, and keep the same word in both lines so the rhythm survives.
Use it for a habit that clearly leads somewhere predictable: no tests before deploying, leaving food out, skipping leg day, replying-all. The deadpan face makes the warning funnier when the consequence is mildly catastrophic rather than truly serious.
Do You Want Ants? meme ideas
- do you want ants? / because that's how you get ants
- deploying on friday afternoon? / that's how you get weekend on-call
- do you want merge conflicts? / because that's how you get merge conflicts
- replying all to the company email? / that's how you get 400 replies
- skipping the warm-up? / that's how you get pulled hamstrings
- do you want sequels? / because that's how you get sequels
About the Do You Want Ants? meme template
The Do You Want Ants? template (ants) supports 2 lines of text. A classic example reads “do you want ants? / because that's how you get ants”. Read about its origin on knowyourmeme.com.
Use it from the API
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https://memegenscript.com/images/ants/do_you_want_ants~q/because_that's_how_you_get_ants.png
