I’m trying to change

#this reminds me of that time my mom (who grew up in an island in the Caribbean)

#was telling me a story from her childhood about her neighbor attacking another neighbor with his cutlass

#and I was like “what he just had a cutlass lying around?”

#and my mom was like “of course — everybody had a cutlass!”

#and I was like “???????”

#and my dad was like “they didn't have Home Depot when we were growing up - if you needed to chop something you used the family cutlass”

#and I was like “??????????????”

#that was the first time my brain actually processed the fact that the Caribbean my parents grew up in

Not a biologist, but the evolution of mammals is way more granular than you might expect. Humans are the sole surviving species of the genus Homo, which was a real party before the other ones went extinct. You're in for a fun time.

Domestic cats are believed to be domesticated not from tigers, but from the African wildcat:

Which evolved to be small just because it's sometimes more useful to be small.

And no, hamsters are not off-brand rats. They're part of the rodent order, which includes beavers, moles, capybaras, guinea pigs (yes, also wild) and lots of other fun things:

Everyone and their alien best friend has made this joke, but I wanted to. Plus (pointer finger) nothing can stop me when I’m hyperfixating.

they deal with human shit, dog shit, body fluids, razors and broken glass, hazardous chemicals, dead animals, live animals, flammable, corrosive, and poisonous substances, they are more likely to get cuts and punctures than most jobs, and those cuts and punctures are more likely to get serious or exotic infections...

and if they didn't do it for like just a few days, your city would be unlivable.

Garbage collectors went on strike in Memphis and within only 3 days Memphis had an estimated 10,000 TONS of garbage piled in the streets

And as for Debbie, I will always repost my stance on her end.

I’ve said it a million times - if Debbie had listened to what the Addamses were saying in response to her tales of woe, she’s have realized that they understood completely. She had found her people, and was too wrapped up in herself to realize it.

If they could have, they’d have burst from their bonds, hugged the stuffing out of her, bought her a Bentley (and a vintage Ballerina Barbie) and declare her an Addams.