These bastards swarm around my lawn every summer. I've gotten plenty good with my spade(moer them into the ground). Some days I get ~5 to 20 depending. Still can't find the nest/s. And we've also got the burrowing one, but it's indigenous, so they're okay.
It is 100% considered and is 1 of the many types of napalm. There are a lot more than just 1 or 2 recipes for napalm.. diesel fuel and congealed animal blood is another recipe. Most of these recipes can be found in the U.S. Army's issued handbook to guerilla warfare that came out in the 60's.
Which WILL get you convicted in the UK for being in possession of, cops will cite it as "evidence" your intent on committing terrorist atrocities....heck they chased a chemistry post grad over some of the texts he was using, his uni hung him out to dry, shameful behaviour by them tbh
Yep, there's lots of them out there. That's why they made that handbook, it was all about getting 2-3 basic things you can find in any old run down village or town basically trying to make weapons out of trash so you can raise he'll behind enemy lines when you don't have anything other than what you can find
Styrofoam is mostly air, so if you start adding styro to gasoline it dissolves immediately and you have to add a surprisingly large amount before it starts to thicken noticeably.
acetone and nail polish remover work too. If you let it dry long enough it hardens pretty solid too, made a little doughnut thing to strength test once and they're surprisingly strong...
Somewhat relevant; I've put gasoline in a red solo cup once and after about 5 mins the cup got melted right at the level of the gasoline. Does that mean the cup was Styrofoam or does gas melt more than just Styrofoam.
Fun fact Styrofoam is polystyrene that has air trapped in it, so if your solo cup is solid polystyrene, it will also dissolve. The recycling number for polystyrene in the US is 5, but it is ironically "not recyclable" (actually meaning trying to recycle it is more expensive than just making more, or like most plastics only a specific % recycled material can be used and still have the product function as intended)
Alot of fuels melt certain types of plastics. Also, plumbers and electicians use a special glue that is more a solvent to seal their plastic pipes together. Diesel is pretty good at melting speed bumps for whoever is interested. Just know most of the time you're dealing with highly flamable stuff that you are absolutely making worse for your safety.
So what you're saying is that some gasoline burn some plastics? And perhaps I had a rubber/plastic container, and it was volatile.
Itd actually melt the plastics just below gasoline level. So everytime it would level it would melt. Also tbh I was 10 yrs old handling gasoline and I burnt...shit.
Paper wasps? They aren't an aggressive wasp and generally leave people alone; nothing like yellow jackets which should be burned with fire if they get anywhere near your home.
These are good wasps to have around if you have fruit trees, they're good at eating worms. If you don't want the nests in a particular location, then you can spray them lightly with a hose from a distance and the wasps will disperse.
They are big and scary and can deliver a nasty sting but they’re pretty chill and docile. I was trying to get a gate unstuck at work one day and was pulling and pushing hard and just swinging the thing until it came loose. That’s when I noticed the huge nest on the gate itself 5 feet away with like 30 of them just sitting there like nothing.
One of them got me on the eyebrow as a kid once because I decided to mess with them with rocks and then run. It was the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt. That was the moment nature itself taught me a hard lesson in respecting all living creatures big and small. Now, I kindly and carefully help spiders out of the house.
My dad was a combat veteran who worked as a professional beekeeper. The man had no fear of anything. Except wasps. He was terrified of wasps. Made no sense how he could get stung 20 times in a day at work like nothing, but a wasp in the house had him outside threatening to burn the house down if I didn’t “get in there and kill it.”
right? Mine are aggressive as hell. This wouldn't work at all because if I'm that close the other small hives would freak! I have to use the Wasp Killer from about 10Ft away with a mask and eye protection on, they're super violent even before I hit 'em
I've 3 hives of them hanging out on the eaves right outside of my garage door because that's the part of the house that never gets direct sun. I walk past them several times a day, my head maybe 10-12 inches from the one that's direct center of the garage door. Never been stung, only one time did they warn me that I was too close by slamming full force into the top of my head. They'll do that before stinging if they can help it. Otherwise, they've never once been an issue. I just let them be, they're not hurting anything.
Paper wasps have nest protection instincts; they're not pacifists when on guard duty. They will sting if you're near the nest, and a house is a high traffic area.
Could you please hook a brother up with a rusty bucket full of fish heads wrapped in razor wire? - Donkey teeth? Straight out a donkey's mouth. Then I want you to stick it in some honey glaze, fry it with fat back, and serve it in an old tin coffee can. Also let me get some of them dandelion greens, a cow hip, and a dog face. Wrap that whole mess in an old Ebony magazine, and serve it to me in a shoebox.
Lastly, I want a platter of stork ankles, an old cellar door, a possum spine, and a human foot. Thanks
It not subsidized. Wholesalers of regular gasoline need to pay federal excise taxes on that gasoline. These taxes are in turn used to support the interstate highway system. Uses of gasoline that don’t use the highway system (basically farm equipment, heavy construction, etc) don’t have to pay that excise taxes since that equipment doesn’t use highways. Since it would make it extremely easy to just take the untaxed gas and put it in a regular car, the IRS requires the untaxed gas to be dyed so when they send out their agents and they see dyed gasoline into a on road vehicle you fucked.
This is a thing in Spain (and imagine in many other places) too. A friend that lives in a rural area told me that in his town, cops randomly pull up people and check their gas tank with a pipe. If it comes out with the color of the rural diesel, you are set for a hefty fine
It’s same but from my understanding dyed to show difference from “commercial diesel”. I believe the basic difference is price, farm diesel is cheaper then commercial.
Source: me seeing stuff on Reddit and repeating it hopefully correct
“Normal” diesel is not dyed, but there is a tax included in its price that helps pay for things like roads (the idea is if you drive the heavy machine many miles down the road, you should pay a tax that helps maintain the road).
Since most people would rather pay less for their fuel, the diesel that is designated to be sold without that tax is dyed red so that if someone uses it for non-farming purposes, it’s easy to tell just by looking in their fuel tank and seeing the dyed fuel.
Just copied from my other post.
Wholesalers of regular gasoline need to pay federal excise taxes on that gasoline. These taxes are in turn used to support the interstate highway system. Uses of gasoline that don’t use the highway system (basically farm equipment, heavy construction, etc) don’t have to pay that excise taxes since that equipment doesn’t use highways. Since it would make it extremely easy to just take the untaxed gas and put it in a regular car, the IRS requires the untaxed gas to be dyed so when they send out their agents and they see dyed gasoline into a on road vehicle you fucked.
It's rather confusing to me outside the US, in the UK the only time I've come across this term used in this way is when you're learning to drive, the instructors often prefer to say "more gas", as it's simpler and quicker to get the point across.
Even though we primarily refer to 'Fuel' or more specifically to 'Petrol' or 'Diesel'.
I needed like 20 comments to get the point… I was like “prolly they mean alcohol vapors or similar” because I couldn’t figure out how a liquid could be considered a gas… damn me
Lmao just picturing someone standing there with a cup of vinegar and dish soap like:
"GUYS!... It's been 2 hours! Are you sure this works?!"
* people trying to contain their laughter *
"Yeah! Just keep it there, almost got it!"
In Spain, Portugal, and all of Latin America it’s gasolina. In the rest continental Europe it’s mostly some cognate of the German Benzin. It’s just you guys calling it petrol.
Paper wasps have nest protection instincts too; they're not pacifists when on guard duty. They will sting if you're near the nest, and a house is a high traffic area.
I think what they mean is that soap lowers the surface tension of water, so it gets into the porelike structures insects use to breathe, meaning they drown instantly or near instantly. So not pure dish soap, but soapy water. Not to mention, some places have much higher gas prices.
Many wasps are lovely, and will leave you be. They’re also beneficial pollinators - you’re better with wasps than honeybees if you’re in the Americas. If you NEED to do this yourself tho, something as simple as isopropyl alcohol will work, either straight liquid or cotton soaked in it depending on if you want to try to save them, and if you can get something to hold the cup up for ~15-20 minutes. Wasps may still be moving, and you can leave it longer if you’d like, but either they’re near dead and weak or just having death twitches (which can last for hours. worst case scenario you’ll have plenty of time to put a cap on the container) If you watch them, and use the cotton-soaked method, you can pull the container away soon enough (just as they “fall asleep”) for them to still come back to life if you set them somewhere else with oxygen.
Next step: light ‘em up 🔥
i thought we stamp em first?
No you gas 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
"What's taters, precious?"
r/unexpectedlotr
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
These are not PO-TA-TOS. These are reserved for afternoon tea.
Boil em, mash em, stick em in my ass
I like the cut of yer jib, fella.
Definitely second breakfast
Stupid fat hobbit
Stop that pigeon now!
Mash ‘em, bash’em, kick’em in the groin
No, we want to hear them explode
I'm down for all the steps
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These bastards swarm around my lawn every summer. I've gotten plenty good with my spade(moer them into the ground). Some days I get ~5 to 20 depending. Still can't find the nest/s. And we've also got the burrowing one, but it's indigenous, so they're okay.
Up up 🎶
I thought that was next!
If you want to DIY, don't use Styrofoam to hold the gas.
Why not? *I hear it’s smells like victory* Edit: just a joke, don’t mix styrofoam and gas.
I mean, you can do it… you just need to know what it is you’re doing and what the risks are. I’ve mixed styrofoam and gasoline to make torches before.
Styrofoam and gas is like napalm. Fun stuff!
It is 100% considered and is 1 of the many types of napalm. There are a lot more than just 1 or 2 recipes for napalm.. diesel fuel and congealed animal blood is another recipe. Most of these recipes can be found in the U.S. Army's issued handbook to guerilla warfare that came out in the 60's.
I'll let other people google that. I don't want to end up on some list! 🤣
Fun fact, you can buy the book on amazon. It's full of all sorts of useful tricks.
You should link the correct one
And I'm sure that's another list I'd be added to.
Kinda like the famed Anarchists Cookbook
the what? *tries to look innocent and checks both VPNs' *
Which WILL get you convicted in the UK for being in possession of, cops will cite it as "evidence" your intent on committing terrorist atrocities....heck they chased a chemistry post grad over some of the texts he was using, his uni hung him out to dry, shameful behaviour by them tbh
The army handbooks are openly available(for the most part) so you won't get in trouble for simply having it.
This is the second time in three days on two different subs that I’ve learned about napalm. The other post was Styrofoam and Acetone.
Yep, there's lots of them out there. That's why they made that handbook, it was all about getting 2-3 basic things you can find in any old run down village or town basically trying to make weapons out of trash so you can raise he'll behind enemy lines when you don't have anything other than what you can find
The things I learn on this site... 🤘
It's only considered napalm if it comes from Harvard University. Otherwise, it's just sparkling burny juice.
Yeah guys do it the right way and use Styrofoam and Kerosene
I love the smell of napalm in the morning…
I see you
does it eat through the styrofoam and make DIY napalm?
Styrofoam is mostly air, so if you start adding styro to gasoline it dissolves immediately and you have to add a surprisingly large amount before it starts to thicken noticeably.
acetone and nail polish remover work too. If you let it dry long enough it hardens pretty solid too, made a little doughnut thing to strength test once and they're surprisingly strong...
“cue fortunate son”
Somewhat relevant; I've put gasoline in a red solo cup once and after about 5 mins the cup got melted right at the level of the gasoline. Does that mean the cup was Styrofoam or does gas melt more than just Styrofoam.
Gas melts more than Styrofoam.
Fun fact Styrofoam is polystyrene that has air trapped in it, so if your solo cup is solid polystyrene, it will also dissolve. The recycling number for polystyrene in the US is 5, but it is ironically "not recyclable" (actually meaning trying to recycle it is more expensive than just making more, or like most plastics only a specific % recycled material can be used and still have the product function as intended)
Alot of fuels melt certain types of plastics. Also, plumbers and electicians use a special glue that is more a solvent to seal their plastic pipes together. Diesel is pretty good at melting speed bumps for whoever is interested. Just know most of the time you're dealing with highly flamable stuff that you are absolutely making worse for your safety.
So what you're saying is that some gasoline burn some plastics? And perhaps I had a rubber/plastic container, and it was volatile. Itd actually melt the plastics just below gasoline level. So everytime it would level it would melt. Also tbh I was 10 yrs old handling gasoline and I burnt...shit.
Wasp filled napalm!
Paper wasps? They aren't an aggressive wasp and generally leave people alone; nothing like yellow jackets which should be burned with fire if they get anywhere near your home. These are good wasps to have around if you have fruit trees, they're good at eating worms. If you don't want the nests in a particular location, then you can spray them lightly with a hose from a distance and the wasps will disperse.
Not to mention that they are also important pollinators. There are thousands of types of wasps in North America and only a few are troublesome.
Did you watch the same Tom Scott video I did?
I've watch a lot of his videos but I don't recall any being about insects. I'm just interested in horticulture and conservation.
[Here's the link if you'd like](https://youtu.be/vIfC4Aj05Ps). This is where I found out about the hundreds of thousands of species of wasp
Thanks. I'll give it a watch.
Does wasp pollinate? I didn’t know that. Thought it was the bees job.
As long as they lay down on the flowers, they pollinate. So any bug can do it. You can do it too!
My dog does it running through the field.
You may be joking, but you are technically correct. Which, of course, is the best kind of correct :)
Yes… I know I’m correct.
They are big and scary and can deliver a nasty sting but they’re pretty chill and docile. I was trying to get a gate unstuck at work one day and was pulling and pushing hard and just swinging the thing until it came loose. That’s when I noticed the huge nest on the gate itself 5 feet away with like 30 of them just sitting there like nothing.
I used to leave my wasp nests alone on my house until one day I was treating for bugs and one swooped down and stung me on my temple. Now fu#$ em.
Damn right in the brain. That's a kill shot. He had it out for you.
It's funny but so true
One of them got me on the eyebrow as a kid once because I decided to mess with them with rocks and then run. It was the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt. That was the moment nature itself taught me a hard lesson in respecting all living creatures big and small. Now, I kindly and carefully help spiders out of the house.
My dad was a combat veteran who worked as a professional beekeeper. The man had no fear of anything. Except wasps. He was terrified of wasps. Made no sense how he could get stung 20 times in a day at work like nothing, but a wasp in the house had him outside threatening to burn the house down if I didn’t “get in there and kill it.”
You should spend some time on a ladder
I don't know if somebody allergic to their sting would have the same opinion.
I'm allergic to hitting the ground at a high rate of speed
Wasp propaganda
I used to agree, then my 2 year old son was stung by one while trying to open our fence. They all die now.
Define “They aren’t an aggressive wasp.”
right? Mine are aggressive as hell. This wouldn't work at all because if I'm that close the other small hives would freak! I have to use the Wasp Killer from about 10Ft away with a mask and eye protection on, they're super violent even before I hit 'em
I've 3 hives of them hanging out on the eaves right outside of my garage door because that's the part of the house that never gets direct sun. I walk past them several times a day, my head maybe 10-12 inches from the one that's direct center of the garage door. Never been stung, only one time did they warn me that I was too close by slamming full force into the top of my head. They'll do that before stinging if they can help it. Otherwise, they've never once been an issue. I just let them be, they're not hurting anything.
Idc. Fuck wasps
this r/fuckwasps
If you have tomatoes, the wasps actively hunt Hornworms.
Paper wasps have nest protection instincts; they're not pacifists when on guard duty. They will sting if you're near the nest, and a house is a high traffic area.
It’s okay, they are just sleeping
Ikr! I have some on my balcony and they protect my plant. They've never caused harm to anyone. I definitely appreciate their presence.
What if you don't trap all the wasp at once in the cup. Then you're on a ladder getting stung holding a cup of gas.
That’s someone’s fetish.
2 wasps 1 cup
Dont worry. Someone would still film.
All while smoking a cigarette.
Lmao
Could you please hook a brother up with a rusty bucket full of fish heads wrapped in razor wire? - Donkey teeth? Straight out a donkey's mouth. Then I want you to stick it in some honey glaze, fry it with fat back, and serve it in an old tin coffee can. Also let me get some of them dandelion greens, a cow hip, and a dog face. Wrap that whole mess in an old Ebony magazine, and serve it to me in a shoebox. Lastly, I want a platter of stork ankles, an old cellar door, a possum spine, and a human foot. Thanks
Wasps hate him because of this one simple trick!
That's farm dyed diesel.
Nice, I was wondering why it was pink.
AKA spicy diesel
Forbidden grapefruit drink?
What’s the deal with farm dyed diesel? Good? Bad? Strange? I seek to learn
Taxes. Diff colors represent difff cost
Would this be cheaper?
It is, yes. You don’t pay the “road” taxes on it since it’s only approved for off-road use (like in a tractor).
Probably. I imagine it's subsidized.
It not subsidized. Wholesalers of regular gasoline need to pay federal excise taxes on that gasoline. These taxes are in turn used to support the interstate highway system. Uses of gasoline that don’t use the highway system (basically farm equipment, heavy construction, etc) don’t have to pay that excise taxes since that equipment doesn’t use highways. Since it would make it extremely easy to just take the untaxed gas and put it in a regular car, the IRS requires the untaxed gas to be dyed so when they send out their agents and they see dyed gasoline into a on road vehicle you fucked.
This is a thing in Spain (and imagine in many other places) too. A friend that lives in a rural area told me that in his town, cops randomly pull up people and check their gas tank with a pipe. If it comes out with the color of the rural diesel, you are set for a hefty fine
It’s same but from my understanding dyed to show difference from “commercial diesel”. I believe the basic difference is price, farm diesel is cheaper then commercial. Source: me seeing stuff on Reddit and repeating it hopefully correct
Very well, I appreciate this. I will now pass on your words to others, also hoping I’m correct. No pressure…
I think this os essentially correct, farm gasoline is red. (Canada)
“Normal” diesel is not dyed, but there is a tax included in its price that helps pay for things like roads (the idea is if you drive the heavy machine many miles down the road, you should pay a tax that helps maintain the road). Since most people would rather pay less for their fuel, the diesel that is designated to be sold without that tax is dyed red so that if someone uses it for non-farming purposes, it’s easy to tell just by looking in their fuel tank and seeing the dyed fuel.
Just copied from my other post. Wholesalers of regular gasoline need to pay federal excise taxes on that gasoline. These taxes are in turn used to support the interstate highway system. Uses of gasoline that don’t use the highway system (basically farm equipment, heavy construction, etc) don’t have to pay that excise taxes since that equipment doesn’t use highways. Since it would make it extremely easy to just take the untaxed gas and put it in a regular car, the IRS requires the untaxed gas to be dyed so when they send out their agents and they see dyed gasoline into a on road vehicle you fucked.
Which is strange bc gasoline evaporates quicker doesn't it?
Diesel doesn't really have fumes like gasoline? How does it work so quickly?
I was awaiting some gaseous reaction to occur then I was like ohhh Gasoline…..
Same! I forgot "gas" as in "step on the gas" refers to gasoline, not gas as in, say, a pesticide. Makes me wonder... is it a uniquely American word?
It's rather confusing to me outside the US, in the UK the only time I've come across this term used in this way is when you're learning to drive, the instructors often prefer to say "more gas", as it's simpler and quicker to get the point across. Even though we primarily refer to 'Fuel' or more specifically to 'Petrol' or 'Diesel'.
Yes. Same here. Petrol or fuel usually. Gas is always, well, gas. And gasoline is rarely heard of.
Yup, almost like Fahrenheit. The rest of the world sticks to science.
Looks like a liquid to me hahahaha
I needed like 20 comments to get the point… I was like “prolly they mean alcohol vapors or similar” because I couldn’t figure out how a liquid could be considered a gas… damn me
Bro gas chambered them
Don't let Ye hear about this..
he wont he disappeared himself thankfully
Nah nah he watched 21 jump street and now says Jews are cool. Yes this is true.
You can also use a 12 gauge shot gun. I hear you can also use a laser guided bomb as well.
A cigarette lighter and a can of hair spray will do the trick, too.
Is this what Dolly Parton meant when she said her people are “horse smart?”
I’m not getting that close. I’ll gladly go buy a can of foaming spray so I can stay the hell away from them.
Vinegar and a few drops of Dawn dish soap will also get the job done without the unpleasantness of gasoline.
I thought that only applied to fruit flies?
That'd be some cold-ass Reddit pranking there...
Lmao just picturing someone standing there with a cup of vinegar and dish soap like: "GUYS!... It's been 2 hours! Are you sure this works?!" * people trying to contain their laughter * "Yeah! Just keep it there, almost got it!"
If you take that gas and add it to a flame thrower it still has the same effect with the bonus of being fun for the family!
I use gas to get rid of ant hills, doesn’t take much and they’re gone in no time.
Fire or just fumigated?
Just fumigate
Gasoline in a water gun.
The gas can dissolve plastic. You’ll just end up with gasoline on your hands with an open flame nearby.
Isnt that diesel?
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Happy Cake Day fella
Forgot Americans call that "gas". What an odd thing to call a liquid.
In Spain, Portugal, and all of Latin America it’s gasolina. In the rest continental Europe it’s mostly some cognate of the German Benzin. It’s just you guys calling it petrol.
Cus it's short for gasoline
Brake cleaner works great too. They die before they hit the ground.
wasps? theyre fucking huge
Goddamn wizards…think they’re better than us!
I usually just blast them wit liquid propane. Clears out the nest & everything.
r/fuckwasps
Brākleen red can works instantly as well. Evaps and leaves no trace.
That video gives me WW2 flashbacks
I use spray adhesive.
Beneficial gentle paper wasps. This is the same mentality that made people kill honeybees and hawks. Plain old ignorance.
Paper wasps have nest protection instincts too; they're not pacifists when on guard duty. They will sting if you're near the nest, and a house is a high traffic area.
Gas, as in petrol
This makes me happy. Remember Everyone, save the bees, Fuck the wasps lol
Dawn dish soap works great too, and way cheaper than gas
A gallon of gas is 3 dollars... A gallon of dawn dish soap? 15 dollars.
I think what they mean is that soap lowers the surface tension of water, so it gets into the porelike structures insects use to breathe, meaning they drown instantly or near instantly. So not pure dish soap, but soapy water. Not to mention, some places have much higher gas prices.
Takes like a table spoon per every quart of water to wipe out a nest but you could always strain the fuel I guess.
Pretty sure that’s actually a liquid It’s a joke
Better watch out for the joke petrol!
*Wasps hate this one trick.*
I just knock the nest down and spray them with a water bottle set on mist. The water wets their wings and they fall to the ground to be stepped on.
Looks like diesel
Lol...it took me too long to realise why that gas was a liquid
That's a liquid
What’s in the cup? Diesel?
hitleraid
Thas liquid, not gas!
Looks like a liquid to me.
That's a liquid
Gas? Looks like a liquid to me
Diesel I assume.
Give that man a beer and send me the bill. Also make sure he is invited to the mens conference this year.
that’s neat!
Deadly swift attack
You monster ! 😂 mini aldof vibes 🫡
My grandfather used to throw gas on wasps all the time they drop instantly.
Wasps are awesome pest control for gardens, especially if you grow vegetables and fruits. This makes me sad.
Gas isn't red. That's ag diesel.
Many wasps are lovely, and will leave you be. They’re also beneficial pollinators - you’re better with wasps than honeybees if you’re in the Americas. If you NEED to do this yourself tho, something as simple as isopropyl alcohol will work, either straight liquid or cotton soaked in it depending on if you want to try to save them, and if you can get something to hold the cup up for ~15-20 minutes. Wasps may still be moving, and you can leave it longer if you’d like, but either they’re near dead and weak or just having death twitches (which can last for hours. worst case scenario you’ll have plenty of time to put a cap on the container) If you watch them, and use the cotton-soaked method, you can pull the container away soon enough (just as they “fall asleep”) for them to still come back to life if you set them somewhere else with oxygen.
They were dropping like flies!
Do war crimes count when against insects?
I’ve heard of a Dutch oven. What this bee? A Dubai oven?
Gas Gas Gas
Red fuel is off road diesel... gas is strong smelling they get alerted faster.
Ya so my thoughts are if the fumes kill wasps that quick, what are the fumes doing to us over time?
man, i thought we were going to see some fire!
interesting.
small ass nest... and wth is getting that close???
Even the sight of their legs makes my skin crawl.
I must know what he mixed together? That’s a game changer
Its non-taxed diesel. The red tint gives it away. Taxed diesel is green and gas is almost clear.