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posted by knuckle tattoos at 7:59 PM on January 4, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by knuckle tattoos at 7:59 PM on January 4, 2022 [2 favorites]
😀👉🕺📝👉📈😀⚠️🐭🐅🐁
posted by clavdivs at 8:32 PM on January 4, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 8:32 PM on January 4, 2022 [3 favorites]
My best friend has a profound phobia towards rats and mice and I will respect that till the day I die so I am allowed to see her and her family but man I would love to have a rat as a pet 🥲
posted by The Adventure Begins at 8:43 PM on January 4, 2022
posted by The Adventure Begins at 8:43 PM on January 4, 2022
At first I was prepared to argue the claims on their merits, but then the bat showed up and I realized I was missing the point.
posted by biogeo at 9:07 PM on January 4, 2022 [18 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 9:07 PM on January 4, 2022 [18 favorites]
Look, it's art, and art takes liberties. But Stuart Little is a mouse.
posted by davidwitteveen at 9:45 PM on January 4, 2022 [29 favorites]
posted by davidwitteveen at 9:45 PM on January 4, 2022 [29 favorites]
Yes, that's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking right before the bat appeared.
posted by biogeo at 10:34 PM on January 4, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 10:34 PM on January 4, 2022 [6 favorites]
Look, it's art, and art takes liberties. But Stuart Little is a mouse.
The canonical answer to "is Stuart Little a mouse or a rat" is "he is a human boy"
posted by knuckle tattoos at 10:45 PM on January 4, 2022 [15 favorites]
The canonical answer to "is Stuart Little a mouse or a rat" is "he is a human boy"
posted by knuckle tattoos at 10:45 PM on January 4, 2022 [15 favorites]
Matt, come work for me.
posted by lazaruslong at 12:02 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by lazaruslong at 12:02 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I got excited about this only to find it's the same way how my brain is already organized.
posted by aubilenon at 12:14 AM on January 5, 2022 [13 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 12:14 AM on January 5, 2022 [13 favorites]
i had a hairless rat one time -- harriet -- a coworker gave me because her roommate didn't want to feed his new pet snake (which harriet came with) a live animal -- only frozen, please. she wasn't a 'regular' animal, but i'm guessing bred for animal testing purposes... and to feed pet snakes? she was marvelous!
also, i recently read stuart little to my kid, and that picaresque book goes places :P
posted by kliuless at 12:21 AM on January 5, 2022
also, i recently read stuart little to my kid, and that picaresque book goes places :P
posted by kliuless at 12:21 AM on January 5, 2022
Outsides rats are fine but FUCK RATS WHO FUCKING KEEP FUCKING CHEWING HOLES IN THE WALL TO GET INTO THE BASEMENT AND CHEW ON EVERYTHING AND POOP AND SHIT EVERYWHERE AND DIE IN THE WALLS BUT ONLY HALF DIE IN TRAPS AND FUCK YOU GODDAMN RATS STAY OUTSIDE. I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S COLD OUT THERE.
posted by aspo at 1:11 AM on January 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by aspo at 1:11 AM on January 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
also, i recently read stuart little to my kid
Have you met Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH?
Have you met Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH?
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.posted by Thella at 1:48 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
We can't stop here. This is bat country.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:50 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:50 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
The city moved to the rat.
posted by rhizome at 2:10 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 2:10 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I have both delightful pet rats and rats-that-tear-up-carpets-and-die-in-the-walls. I do prefer the former, it must be said.
posted by pipeski at 2:35 AM on January 5, 2022
posted by pipeski at 2:35 AM on January 5, 2022
This is all about Matt and his hideous marketing major, what a disappointment
posted by biddeford at 3:46 AM on January 5, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by biddeford at 3:46 AM on January 5, 2022 [5 favorites]
It… was a marvelous rat.
Rat rating A+++
Bat bating A+
Matt mating C-
Sorry, Matt. Marketing?
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:59 AM on January 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
Rat rating A+++
Bat bating A+
Matt mating C-
Sorry, Matt. Marketing?
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:59 AM on January 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
Look
Look at this @
Look at this marvelous @
People didn't used to see an @ and scream "no"
They didn't used to see an @ and scream "God no! No! Fuck no! Nooo"
@'s used to be regular symbols.
Like &'s and £'s
Only when the @ moved to the Twitter did it become unclean.
Wait. Did I say the @ moved to the Twitter? No. The Twitter moved to the @
posted by xigxag at 4:58 AM on January 5, 2022 [55 favorites]
Look at this @
Look at this marvelous @
People didn't used to see an @ and scream "no"
They didn't used to see an @ and scream "God no! No! Fuck no! Nooo"
@'s used to be regular symbols.
Like &'s and £'s
Only when the @ moved to the Twitter did it become unclean.
Wait. Did I say the @ moved to the Twitter? No. The Twitter moved to the @
posted by xigxag at 4:58 AM on January 5, 2022 [55 favorites]
xigxag: you win.
posted by signal at 5:00 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by signal at 5:00 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
Look at this marvelous rat!
Reminded me of a "marvelous" rat that found its way into my loft. Healthy-looking shiny coat, appeared well-fed. But something was wrong with it. I said to it: "Oh too bad, buddy, looks like you've been poisoned. I'm going to let you die on your own terms, all I ask is please don't crawl inside a wall to die". The next morning it was laid out dead, neatly positioned in front of the toilet. Poor guy.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:12 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Reminded me of a "marvelous" rat that found its way into my loft. Healthy-looking shiny coat, appeared well-fed. But something was wrong with it. I said to it: "Oh too bad, buddy, looks like you've been poisoned. I'm going to let you die on your own terms, all I ask is please don't crawl inside a wall to die". The next morning it was laid out dead, neatly positioned in front of the toilet. Poor guy.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:12 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Eh, that whole bubonic plague thing was something that happened to other people. But look at this rat.
posted by gimonca at 5:17 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by gimonca at 5:17 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Despite all his rage, he is still just a Matt in a cage
posted by Mchelly at 5:20 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 5:20 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
that whole bubonic plague thing
I refer you to the prologue of ratatouille, where they explain that today's rats chased off the bubonic rats, and never carried the plague.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:20 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I refer you to the prologue of ratatouille, where they explain that today's rats chased off the bubonic rats, and never carried the plague.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:20 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
That’s a good-looking rat.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:19 AM on January 5, 2022
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:19 AM on January 5, 2022
I have an advanced degree in rodent ecology (true story), and so spent a fair bit of time watching that video having Important and Complex Thoughts about human's relationship with the genus Rattus, and then the video posits "Bats got small because of the patriarchy" and from there I switched to All LOLZ All the Time. Glorious!
posted by mcstayinskool at 6:52 AM on January 5, 2022 [15 favorites]
posted by mcstayinskool at 6:52 AM on January 5, 2022 [15 favorites]
Some of the things that MeFi gets excited about...
I do not need (or want) to reorganize my brain around that (or any other) image of a rat.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 7:11 AM on January 5, 2022
I do not need (or want) to reorganize my brain around that (or any other) image of a rat.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 7:11 AM on January 5, 2022
re: bubonic plague, or any other perceived rat-adjacent "bad thing" I just gotta say.. it's pretty rich for our species to cast any shade on the remarkable rat. Rats will survive long after this hairless ape shuffles off. Call me a rat, and I will thank you.
posted by elkevelvet at 7:26 AM on January 5, 2022
posted by elkevelvet at 7:26 AM on January 5, 2022
Every time I read the line 'Look at this marvelous rat!' I keep hearing it sung to the melody of this song in my head. [Possibly NSFW or children...or anyone, really.]
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:29 AM on January 5, 2022
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:29 AM on January 5, 2022
this is amazing. thank you for blessing us with it.
posted by wesleyac at 7:31 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by wesleyac at 7:31 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I lost my two boys (Bob and George) this year to old age. This video was just what I needed, thanks!
posted by catdapperling at 7:51 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by catdapperling at 7:51 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I gotta rewatch Ratatouille.
When my sons were little they loved that movie but, for reasons lost to history, they called it Mouseatouille. So that's what we call it in my house(-atouille).
posted by The Bellman at 7:57 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
When my sons were little they loved that movie but, for reasons lost to history, they called it Mouseatouille. So that's what we call it in my house(-atouille).
posted by The Bellman at 7:57 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
I lost my two boys (Bob and George) this year to old age.
Condolences. I lost one of my three on Monday. The others are two years old today, so they won't be too long for this world, rats being rats.
posted by pipeski at 8:13 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Condolences. I lost one of my three on Monday. The others are two years old today, so they won't be too long for this world, rats being rats.
posted by pipeski at 8:13 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I don't have any pet rats at the moment but I have had many over the years. They make amazing pets and can be as smart and playful as dogs. They're like pocket sized otters with half the trouble of owning a ferret.
Unfortunately my housemate is not into them at all. I'm also hesitant about putting myself through the heartbreak of a friend that only lives 3-5 years at the most. There's also a cat here that's a dedicated mouser and would wonder why I was keeping snacks as a pet and be very confused about it.
posted by loquacious at 8:51 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
Unfortunately my housemate is not into them at all. I'm also hesitant about putting myself through the heartbreak of a friend that only lives 3-5 years at the most. There's also a cat here that's a dedicated mouser and would wonder why I was keeping snacks as a pet and be very confused about it.
posted by loquacious at 8:51 AM on January 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
the Matt race.
Also, you can't spell marketing without RAT and MINK
posted by chavenet at 9:22 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Also, you can't spell marketing without RAT and MINK
posted by chavenet at 9:22 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
(in the form of ancient metafilter joke)
WORK.
FOR.
ME.
MATT.
posted by wordless reply at 10:11 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
WORK.
FOR.
ME.
MATT.
posted by wordless reply at 10:11 AM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
...and from there I switched to All LOLZ All the Time.
Um, yeah, right I guess...
posted by y2karl at 10:17 AM on January 5, 2022
Um, yeah, right I guess...
posted by y2karl at 10:17 AM on January 5, 2022
Not convinced the image they threw up behind the words just before the Stuart Little shots was a rat. Nose is not pointy enough. I mean, it COULD be a grass rat. But not a rattus rat.
I know rats. Rats know me. Lord knows I spent enough time around weird rodents in grad school.
posted by caution live frogs at 11:41 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I know rats. Rats know me. Lord knows I spent enough time around weird rodents in grad school.
posted by caution live frogs at 11:41 AM on January 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
MetaFilter: weird rodents in grad school.
posted by loquacious at 12:48 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by loquacious at 12:48 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Thank you Peach!! Claire McFadden is a discovery for me, I'm so happy you posted that link
posted by elkevelvet at 1:06 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by elkevelvet at 1:06 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
MetaFilter: weird rodents grads in rodent grad school.
ftfwhatever...
Now get in that maze and start scurrying.
posted by y2karl at 2:12 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
ftfwhatever...
Now get in that maze and start scurrying.
posted by y2karl at 2:12 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
This is perfect.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 2:37 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by St. Peepsburg at 2:37 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Several of our kids have had pet rats over the years and I can attest that they are wonderful. Ratties are smart, quiet, clean, and sociable. We actually just lost a hairless rat just a few months ago. RIP Potato, who was preceded in death by his furry cagemate Chip.
posted by jquinby at 3:59 PM on January 5, 2022
posted by jquinby at 3:59 PM on January 5, 2022
Sadly we won't be keeping rats again for a while once the current two are gone, as mrs pipeski is keen to adopt a dog, and they're unlikely to coexist easily. The tails seem to be what people find off-putting. Admittedly they're a little freaky - the scaly pinkness lying in the uncanny valley between mammal and reptile, I suppose. But the genuine affection rats show humans is very endearing, even if we're just pawns in their subtle game.
posted by pipeski at 4:18 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by pipeski at 4:18 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
The rat asked the squirrel, "Who does your marketing?"
posted by AlSweigart at 5:27 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by AlSweigart at 5:27 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Oddly enough, here in the UK the American grey squirrel is an invasive species, and has largely driven out our much cuter native squirrels. So they're oft compared to rats.
posted by pipeski at 5:38 PM on January 5, 2022
posted by pipeski at 5:38 PM on January 5, 2022
I was not at all prepared for that. And neither will be anyone I coerce into watching.
posted by zenon at 7:15 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by zenon at 7:15 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Look
Look at this scat
Look at this marvelous scat
posted by biogeo at 8:00 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Look at this scat
Look at this marvelous scat
posted by biogeo at 8:00 PM on January 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
This is amazing. I have friends that will love this.
posted by Yash RE at 10:16 PM on January 5, 2022
posted by Yash RE at 10:16 PM on January 5, 2022
Ceci n’est pas un rat.
posted by scratch at 8:28 AM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by scratch at 8:28 AM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
"The worst thing in the world," said O'Brien, "varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even fatal."posted by kirkaracha at 11:26 AM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
He had moved a little to one side, so that Winston had a better view of the thing on the table. It was an oblong wire cage with a handle on top for carrying it by. Fixed to the front of it was something that looked like a fencing mask, with the concave side outwards. Although it was three or four metres away from him, he could see that the cage was divided lengthways into two compartments, and that there was some kind of creature in each. They were rats.
"In your case," said O'Brien, "the worst thing in the world happens to be rats."
Late to the game, but I live in NYC in a neighborhood that has had a notorious explosion of rat population during Covid times.
I used to freak out when I saw a rat, but then I realized I don't panic about squirrels. Since I cannot control the rat population, I've rebranded rats in my head to "night squirrels".
I don't want either of them in my apartment, but if we are going to live together in this city, I need to find a way to not scream if I see one. (I do avoid the one corner empty lot near me that is literal UES rat city hall).
posted by elvissa at 1:08 PM on January 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I used to freak out when I saw a rat, but then I realized I don't panic about squirrels. Since I cannot control the rat population, I've rebranded rats in my head to "night squirrels".
I don't want either of them in my apartment, but if we are going to live together in this city, I need to find a way to not scream if I see one. (I do avoid the one corner empty lot near me that is literal UES rat city hall).
posted by elvissa at 1:08 PM on January 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
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