Do You Want Ants? Meme Template
The “Do you want ants? That’s how you get ants” snowclone exposes a bad shortcut by naming its predictable consequence.
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What the Do You Want Ants? meme means
The “Do you want ants? That’s how you get ants” snowclone exposes a bad shortcut by naming its predictable consequence.
Archer character with confident stern expression; image is a still, while the quote’s original speaker is Malory Archer.
How the joke works
proposal or shortcut rhetorical consequence
- proposal
- consequence warning
Caption examples
- Let’s keep the only backup on this laptop
- Do you want no backup? Because that’s how you get no backup
- Should I have lunch?
- Do you want ants? Because that’s how you get lunch
The consequence is unrelated to the proposal, so the rhetorical warning no longer exposes a predictable result of the choice.
Situations it fits
- same laptop as sole backup
- skip umbrella before a storm
- hide a mess instead of fixing it
When this format does not fit
- Claiming Archer said the original line (Malory did); consequence unrelated to proposal; real dangerous advice.
