Episode 5: Asshat and Pizza Rat

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On September 18, 2015, a New Yorker filmed and posted a short clip of a rat attempting to carry a slice of pizza down some stairs onto Instagram and YouTube. These were some of the responses on Instagram:

goldengurl31 You see a rat, but I see a hard-working dad just trying to feed his four teenaged turtles.

ariaphoenix48 You can do it Pizza Rat! I believe in you!

nj-d3vil they're evolving

ny-empire11 a true New Yorker

princesspeachthe4th This is why I refuse to step foot in NYC

miss_missippi well look at the little fella go!

potatogod @princesspeachthe4th shut the fuck up bitch you do you Pizza Rat!

queen_eliza_x I ship it

mary-nevermore @queen_eliza_x  Pizza X Rat = Pizza Rat! XD

beautiful_oregon @mary-forever-nevermore I'm going to draw it! :)

coolguychicago no big deal. our rats can lift bigger slices

thecornfarmer i'm hungry

ny-empire11 @coolguychicago -_-

mary-nevermore @beautiful_oregon I'll write a fanfic!

iluvhughjackman26 i would've gotten pepperoni...

leialoha pineapple on pizza is a sin

im_not_miserable247 it's just a rat...

goudabay @im_not_miserable247 are you being ratcist? :D

im_not_miserable247 @goudabay smh

arkvark25 @goudabay booooo! go home! booooo!

arthur_kirkland That rat is going to get obesity from eating that pizza.

ultimate-masshole @arthur_kirkland like your mom!

cock-island @arthur_kirkland ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

americas.dick @arthur_kirkland SUCK IT!!!

Wyoming turns off his phone. "I'm never going on social media ever again."

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Among the many animal that inhabit Earth, rats are one of the most misunderstood. Sure, they have the power to scare giant-ass elephants and a single bite from one of them can possibly kill you, but cut them some slack. Most can barely grow a year old and-

"Fuck rats!" New York yells into a vent in his wall. "Rats are fucking disgusting! They poop everywhere! They eat through almost everything! And what's worst, they're fucking ninjas who can bite your face off!"

Squeak! Squeak!

York turns his head around. He spots a large, brown rat sitting on top of his kitchen island counter. The rodent nibbles on a red, juicy apple it managed to grab from the nearby fruit bowl. The young man clenches the broom and slams the bushy end onto the rat in a loud wham.

Squeak! Squeak!

The rat escapes through the straw bristles, scurrying across the living room. New York's Yorkshire terrier barks at the rat as it tries to chase it down. York chases after the rat with the broom.

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