Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/23/rats-trained-to-drive-tiny-car.html
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See, now I am just imagining rats in tiny cars in the—AHEM—rat race of the daily commute.
Insert something about Amazon deliveries, or gamified froot loop rewards tied to an app-driven ride-sharing service using rat drivers here.
Someone cut me 1% of the venture funding, and invite me to the celebrations when you monetize this.
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“But the little rat-drivers aren’t employees, you understand; they’re independent contractors…”
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There’s wisdom to gained here, somewhere.
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I love this! In high school, I volunteered at the local science center and had a gig training rats to play basketball. Rats are really fun to train and play with. I might need to replicate this at home…
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Next up, teaching them to ride motorcycles on Mars.
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I’m buying a box of fruit loops tonight. I’ll eat them on my commute, teach MYSELF to drive.
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Uber plan B for when self driving cars doesn’t work out for them? Maybe they’re already piloting this in Phoenix…
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Was this research co-authored by Zardulu?
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Unfortunately one rat became a total asshole and beat the shit out of a little old lady rat who cut him off on the way to the loops. Charges are pending.1
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Probably driving a BMW
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I wouldn’t be surprised if that remark surfaced up at an ad company meeting handling Kellogg’s Froot Loops account.
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I’m guessing these rats could have aced the driving test on the first try, unlike myself…
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Oh the fools, the gullible fools… The rats are experimenting with them !!!
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A recent study found that only 20% of rat passengers tip their driver. The rest of them are cheap rat bastards.
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I’ll be impressed when they teach them lane discipline.
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