not to be a rat sympathizer but would love some reporting on this that considers the fact that the rats surely did not plan to have a new york city man falling into the happy home pit they'd made for themselves https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1321793747152154624

(no but seriously just reading this tweet made me never want to walk on a sidewalk ever again and also I read that the man didn't scream because he didn't want the rats to go into his mouth, which means I will also not be opening my mouth any time in the immediate future)

ok after watching a video of someone playing with their pet rats my politics have evolved on this topic in the past ten minutes and I am now a proud rat sympathizer (the rodent, not the person who betrays their loyalties)