• Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    That's what I thought was so funny seeing the brewery in the news before

    "Oh, you're telling me cats are good to keep around your warehouse because it keeps rats away? Such a novel idea, why hadn't anyone thought about that before this?!?"

    • comi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      American journalism “history is what happened yesterday” disease reaching new heights :shrek-pixel-despair:

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah lol people have been doing this forever. Ships too used to have (and still do sometimes) cats on board for the same reason. Also my father grew up in a rural area back in the 50s-60s when there wasn't even electricity in these areas and people did that all the time since they didn't have poison for pests or cheap but sophisticated traps etc. They also left non-venomous snakes the name of which literally translated to "tree cats" roam around in storage areas for the same reason.

      I'm fully expecting someone to write a story soon about how "man discovers fermenting grape paste has alcohol-like effects".

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I imagine snakes would be much better for this, considering cats can carry unwanted contaminates in their fur.

        Too bad snakes have so much EEEEK! factor for many people

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Nah I think snakes would be super terrible in a city lol I don't think they'd survive very long...

          • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            Oh very true, I was strictly thinking about like in a warehouse.

            Chicago weather would absolutely wreck any snake friends without a warm burrow. :(