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Rats don't live long, the first result on Google says that they live 2-4 years on average and the longest living rat in captivity lived to be 7 years old.

I like to think that after the rat's death everyone will treasure the good memories and start another restaurant of their own. But it's more likely that they'll be depressed and miserable for the rest of their lives without being able to tell anyone their story.

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[–] givesomefucks 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, they'd have got him a lady rat.

Not all of them would be smart enough, but rat generations are crazy fast. Breed the smart ones with the other smart ones and you could be franchised nation wide in a couple decades.

Just a bunch of inbred genius rats yanking on some minimum wage teenagers head.

Hell, you could probably charge the human because an average person would learn how to cook pretty fast. It would be the best culinary school in the world.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to see this version as a saga like the Planet of the Apes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Rise of the Skaven, yes-yes!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

My kid really loves the 2000s Alvin and the chipmunks movies. Dave is always talking about how they need to be like normal kids and they need to plan for the future, but on a lark I looked up how long a chipmunk lives and by the third movie they'd be like 50 in chipmunk years.

I think we'll just assume whatever Gene makes them talk makes them live really long. Let's do that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rats reproduce as if there was no tomorrow. Remy might be dead in two years, but his sons will run the place and a dozen other branches given the chance.

[–] eldopgergan 3 points 1 year ago

Succession spinoff

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He was eating super luxurious food for humans.

Remmy is gonna die like 3 months into his restauranting gig from rat diabetes or heart disease caused by eating too much liver paté.

[–] vita_man 2 points 1 year ago
[–] habanhero 9 points 1 year ago

Why would they be depressed and miserable? They've had a fantastical thing happen to them, once in a lifetime, even if it's for a short little while.

Besides, the rats can just do what humans do when faced with mortality - pass down the torch.

[–] busturn 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In a world where rats are intelligent beings capable of communication, who says the don't live like 10 or 20 years? It's fiction and, if not stated otherwise, you can believe whatever you want ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

this is so sad

[–] feedum_sneedson 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But what a life!

Yeah, rats don't live very long. Annoying pets, because they constantly die. I quite like them otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The last Lassie movie was in 1994, and yhe oldest dog ever was 31, IIRC. Soon we will be free...

[–] x4740N 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could just get the rat and the guy named after some sort of pasta if I remember correctly to make an in-house training video set

[–] ThisIsNecessary 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Raildrake 1 points 1 year ago

Damn now I'm sad.

[–] trouser_mouse 0 points 1 year ago
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