A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 I've played too many video games because I thought for a moment they could just drop the treat on the floor and the rat would automatically pick it up
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 I am concerned about the rat cyclists... are there protected rat bike lanes for them?
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What would reduce their level of stress is : set them free.
Period.
Living beings aren't «pets».
You mean like those domesticated (carrier) pigeons that were set free after ca. 1940-ish?
That went really well; for the pigeons and the humans /s
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 wow, a rat race... https://youtu.be/AmkMEoVb6rA?is=seBT93oEsot2le58
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 Tagging for my guy, @Gustodon
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What would reduce their level of stress is : set them free.
Period.
Living beings aren't «pets».
@Khrys @Rainmaker1973 Famously no stressors out in the wild, of course. Just ignore the hooting owls.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 if there were only a few other humans on earth driving I’d find it relaxing to do as well.
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What would reduce their level of stress is : set them free.
Period.
Living beings aren't «pets».
@Khrys @Rainmaker1973 idk, my cat seems to get less and less stressed now all of his needs are attended to and he doesn't have to worry about getting run over by a car or not being able to find his next meal... I wish we were better at communicating with them so we could really give them a choice, but tbh if I could shirk the responsibilities of capitalism and live in the house of someone big who feeds me and loves me and my only job is to nap and play and receive affection... I totally would
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 ban cars
Ban cars, except for rats
(yes I'm aware there will be some disabled people who still need cars after we revamp public transportation. Yes I think we should make exceptions for some humans too. it just wasn't as good of a post to include all the exceptions)
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@Khrys @Rainmaker1973 idk, my cat seems to get less and less stressed now all of his needs are attended to and he doesn't have to worry about getting run over by a car or not being able to find his next meal... I wish we were better at communicating with them so we could really give them a choice, but tbh if I could shirk the responsibilities of capitalism and live in the house of someone big who feeds me and loves me and my only job is to nap and play and receive affection... I totally would
Well, a cat is not a rat.
Cats have evolved to exploit humans and command them.
That's not the same (as far as I know) for rats.
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Well, a cat is not a rat.
Cats have evolved to exploit humans and command them.
That's not the same (as far as I know) for rats.
@Khrys @Rainmaker1973 true. I assumed you were making a generalization about all sentient beings being kept as pets, but I actually don't have much of a counterpoint for rats specifically. I figure it probably depends on the home, but I've definitely seen rats that were probably stressed to hell being pets (eg, roommates had cats that loved to sit outside the cage and watch them
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@Khrys @Rainmaker1973 true. I assumed you were making a generalization about all sentient beings being kept as pets, but I actually don't have much of a counterpoint for rats specifically. I figure it probably depends on the home, but I've definitely seen rats that were probably stressed to hell being pets (eg, roommates had cats that loved to sit outside the cage and watch them
which sounds extremely stressful for the rats)I was moved by the sight of that poor rat in its «car» much to the amusement of the humans who treated it like a toy...
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 "Hey Elon, I just solved your Full Self Driving problem. It's Full Rat Driving!"
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]"It's a rat trap, baby, and you've been CAUGHT" - in the rat-race, no less.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 This is the future we wanted.
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@Rainmaker1973 amazing. lol. We need more stuff like this in the world. Just so wholesome and fantastical.
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A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.
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emperorsofmischief]@Rainmaker1973 Now do
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@Rainmaker1973 whereas you can teach dogs to drive but they find it very stressful
also weird to hear the non-Branflakes version of that song
@jackeric @Rainmaker1973 You really can't just stick your head out the window while driving. Takes all the joy out of the car.
