I’ve summed up the week in internet indignation so you can adjust your anger levels accordingly. savor!The online outrage cycle comes at you fast. One minute,for example, everyone is laughing approximately an adorable viral video of a rat showering like a human and the next minute you are a horrible person for sharing the video because it turns out the rat is not really showering.
No, or actually,the rat is in terrible pain because (it would appear) a DJ from Peru covered it in soap so he could go viral on YouTube. And then, as whether your faith in the world hadn’t already plummeted to unique lows, or rodent experts start weighing in to inform you that it’s not even a rat in the video,its a pacarana, which means that you’re not just a terrible person for sharing the video, and you’re a terrible person who can’t even come by your rodents right. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk