Ah, hello "Let's Get High And Go To The Pet Store" person. I've not encountered your ilk in nearly 26 years, when I worked at a pet store. I recall your kind, coming into the store reeking like a skunk. "Bro, can we see the snakes?" you'd ask. I'd indulge. Until the Burmese python incident. One hand streaming blood, the other being constricted. My manager having to pry the snake's hook like teeth off my thumb. You and your friends now intently watching the rhythms of the saltwater fish...
cruelty to animals (isolation, pellets on ground that aren't comfortable enough to make a bed. a hard hard floor under the pellets, day after day of misery and tedium and a form of sensory deprivation, having to use his own body as a pillow because of horrible cruelty) isn't actually funny!
You're missing the point... if you have a bunch of soft small cedar chips, they are going to shift while sleeping and some part of your hamster body is going to be on hard man-made material on the floor of a cage that is a lot harder than dirt and grass and leaves.
As someone who raised hamsters, I can tell you that the hamster does not go through the cedar shaving unless the hamster wants to. Of course, I always made sure they had a couple inch layer of shavings. Sometimes, the hamster would push them aside because they liked the cool metal floor but that was their choice. On the other hand, they are also free to pile the shavings up even deeper and just cover themselves. You act like they have no choice in the matter.
It's hard to know if you are right or just biased. I am not an expert on this topic but feel bad for animals who live in small cages or tanks alone and feel like if it must be done, it would be nice if they were comfortable. Has a hamster ever been observed doing this in nature or only in captivity?
One definition of humor is pain plus distance. The pain is possibly moderate, and the distance for me to do that is impossible to bridge. Sounds pretty funny to me.
34 Comments
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 200d
The balls on this guy
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 199d
hamsters do be packing.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 198d
pir8t0x@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 200d
Give the hamster some privacy, dude
tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 27 pts · 200d
People say they slept like a baby, but have you ever slept like a hamster?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 200d
do i look like a tanuki?
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 198d
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 25 pts · 200d
You should buy him and name him Dragonballs.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 199d
DragonballZzzzz
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 22 pts · 199d
Ah, hello "Let's Get High And Go To The Pet Store" person. I've not encountered your ilk in nearly 26 years, when I worked at a pet store. I recall your kind, coming into the store reeking like a skunk. "Bro, can we see the snakes?" you'd ask. I'd indulge. Until the Burmese python incident. One hand streaming blood, the other being constricted. My manager having to pry the snake's hook like teeth off my thumb. You and your friends now intently watching the rhythms of the saltwater fish...
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 200d
Must be mice.
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 9 pts · 199d
I don't think I would find this comfortable
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 199d
i would
xorollo@leminal.space · 8 pts · 199d
Is this really what that is he's resting on?
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 200d
Priorities
man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 200d
My spirit anermal
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 199d
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 200d
Livin' the dream
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 200d
I can't imagine that would be comfy. That's a lot of weight on the ol' bean bag.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 199d
but it keeps your head warm... and your head keeps your balls warm.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 199d
Oh damn! I thought I was the only one who does this!
mr_eckneim@feddit.org · 6 pts · 199d
Is it possible to learn this power?
okmko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 198d
Not. From. A gerbil.
Daviino@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 199d
I mean, if you can, you can.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 200d
Just keeping his babies warm and safe
okmko@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
This literally slaps, lol.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 199d
Nice? Trust me, if you are not a hamster, that can NOT be nice.
someone@lemmy.today · -6 pts · 199d
cruelty to animals (isolation, pellets on ground that aren't comfortable enough to make a bed. a hard hard floor under the pellets, day after day of misery and tedium and a form of sensory deprivation, having to use his own body as a pillow because of horrible cruelty) isn't actually funny!
Pirat@lemmy.org · 8 pts · 199d
It looks like the cage has cedar chips on the bottom which is softer than the packed dirt this creature would sleep on in the wild.
someone@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 197d
You're missing the point... if you have a bunch of soft small cedar chips, they are going to shift while sleeping and some part of your hamster body is going to be on hard man-made material on the floor of a cage that is a lot harder than dirt and grass and leaves.
Pirat@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 197d
As someone who raised hamsters, I can tell you that the hamster does not go through the cedar shaving unless the hamster wants to. Of course, I always made sure they had a couple inch layer of shavings. Sometimes, the hamster would push them aside because they liked the cool metal floor but that was their choice. On the other hand, they are also free to pile the shavings up even deeper and just cover themselves. You act like they have no choice in the matter.
someone@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 191d
It's hard to know if you are right or just biased. I am not an expert on this topic but feel bad for animals who live in small cages or tanks alone and feel like if it must be done, it would be nice if they were comfortable. Has a hamster ever been observed doing this in nature or only in captivity?
stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 199d
ok well the dude is high so he don't be thinkin about what's funny or not
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 199d
One definition of humor is pain plus distance. The pain is possibly moderate, and the distance for me to do that is impossible to bridge. Sounds pretty funny to me.