The Cookout

[sourgrapes]

A group of rats were given an endless supply of food, water, and everything else they needed. They didn’t have to fight for anything. They had their lives made easy. After a few generations of having all their needs met (counteracting their instincts of survival), they started fighting and killing each other, some stopped reproducing, some would groom themselves to perfection, some even became gay. It was declared to be “behavioral sync”. The anxiety and stress they would normally go in and out of was removed so it was bottled up within them and eventually exploded.

One thing to note is that laboratory rats do not inherit information like rats would in the wild. So a baby rat would learn from its mother what to eat, what not to eat, how to survive, what to hide from, and so on. Lab rats are limited in their knowledge of all these things after just a few generations.

I feel like, for a lot of people, this is what life has become. Because life had been made so easy for them (compared to the contrast of the past and how life was all about survival), they started focusing on self-pleasure and nothing more. This is why anxiety, depression, anger issues, violence, boredom, purposelessness, and so on are so rampant among young adults and teens today.

Just some stuff I was thinking about that I wanted to share.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Wow, I had never heard of the rat utopia. Thank you for sharing.

 

[lexodyssey]

Yeah I had never heard of that but it makes a lot of sense. I can definitely see how that relates to how society is these days.

 

[DaBeast]

That's why, I think is something like the purge happened, or some kind of war, we'd all be at each other's throats soon enough. Especially if food and water becomes scarce. Basically if an apocalypse happens, I bet we'll see a lot of this expressed by humans.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

That's why, I think is something like the purge happened, or some kind of war, we'd all be at each other's throats soon enough. Especially if food and water becomes scarce. Basically if an apocalypse happens, I bet we'll see a lot of this expressed by humans.

We saw glimpses of that during Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, and the blizzards in Texas last winter.
People had no idea how to react once the grids went down. The "utopia" has basically eliminated our natural survival instincts.

 

[Jay]

We saw glimpses of that during Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, and the blizzards in Texas last winter.
People had no idea how to react once the grids went down. The "utopia" has basically eliminated our natural survival instincts.

Yes, it makes us comfortable and suppresses our natural beastly urges. People here in Cali were acting crazy over toilet paper during COVID. I was like this is going to get really ugly if it comes down to food.

 

[sourgrapes]

Yes, it makes us comfortable and suppresses our natural beastly urges. People here in Cali were acting crazy over toilet paper during COVID. I was like this is going to get really ugly if it comes down to food.

If it comes down to food, we are going to see people killing each other. I saw the issues with the tp in most states. I mean the stuff people were sharing online, it was insane. Then there was milk hoarding and even gas hoarding. This dude legit hoarded so much gas, he put it in his car. Pulled away from the gas station and lit a smoke, he killed himself. I have to imagine that the people who would survive these scenarios stockpile on the DL and are armed and know how to use guns.

 

[Jay]

If it comes down to food, we are going to see people killing each other. I saw the issues with the tp in most states. I mean the stuff people were sharing online, it was insane. Then there was milk hoarding and even gas hoarding. This dude legit hoarded so much gas, he put it in his car. Pulled away from the gas station and lit a smoke, he killed himself. I have to imagine that the people who would survive these scenarios stockpile on the DL and are armed and know how to use guns.

Exactly. The people who have the guns are gonna be the safest in that situation. If you have food but no guns and someone has guns and no food, you already know what’s going to happen

 

[The Honorable]

A group of rats were given an endless supply of food, water, and everything else they needed. They didn’t have to fight for anything. They had their lives made easy. After a few generations of having all their needs met (counteracting their instincts of survival), they started fighting and killing each other, some stopped reproducing, some would groom themselves to perfection, some even became gay. It was declared to be “behavioral sync”. The anxiety and stress they would normally go in and out of was removed so it was bottled up within them and eventually exploded.

One thing to note is that laboratory rats do not inherit information like rats would in the wild. So a baby rat would learn from its mother what to eat, what not to eat, how to survive, what to hide from, and so on. Lab rats are limited in their knowledge of all these things after just a few generations.

I feel like, for a lot of people, this is what life has become. Because life had been made so easy for them (compared to the contrast of the past and how life was all about survival), they started focusing on self-pleasure and nothing more. This is why anxiety, depression, anger issues, violence, boredom, purposelessness, and so on are so rampant among young adults and teens today.

Just some stuff I was thinking about that I wanted to share.

Do you have any studies or articles you can share on this? It’s fascinating. I don’t understand why the lab rats don’t pass culutral information down.

 

[sourgrapes]

Do you have any studies or articles you can share on this? It’s fascinating. I don’t understand why the lab rats don’t pass culutral information down.

This is because they don't experience the environmental struggles their parents did. Think of it like house cats vs feral cats.

Here's a video:

 

[Deleted member 1946]

A group of rats were given an endless supply of food, water, and everything else they needed. They didn’t have to fight for anything. They had their lives made easy. After a few generations of having all their needs met (counteracting their instincts of survival), they started fighting and killing each other, some stopped reproducing, some would groom themselves to perfection, some even became gay. It was declared to be “behavioral sync”. The anxiety and stress they would normally go in and out of was removed so it was bottled up within them and eventually exploded.

One thing to note is that laboratory rats do not inherit information like rats would in the wild. So a baby rat would learn from its mother what to eat, what not to eat, how to survive, what to hide from, and so on. Lab rats are limited in their knowledge of all these things after just a few generations.

I feel like, for a lot of people, this is what life has become. Because life had been made so easy for them (compared to the contrast of the past and how life was all about survival), they started focusing on self-pleasure and nothing more. This is why anxiety, depression, anger issues, violence, boredom, purposelessness, and so on are so rampant among young adults and teens today.

Just some stuff I was thinking about that I wanted to share.

Very plausible explanation.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Do you have any studies or articles you can share on this? It’s fascinating. I don’t understand why the lab rats don’t pass culutral information down.

Same thing I was thinking

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Exactly. The people who have the guns are gonna be the safest in that situation. If you have food but no guns and someone has guns and no food, you already know what’s going to happen

Perfectly said. And folks can holla about God all they want to. The person with the best ability to protect himself/herself will win.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Wow, I had never heard of the rat utopia. Thank you for sharing.

I have never heard of this before either.

 

[Deleted member 1475]

I remember watching this video a couple months back that went into depth about the experiment:

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Yes, it makes us comfortable and suppresses our natural beastly urges. People here in Cali were acting crazy over toilet paper during COVID. I was like this is going to get really ugly if it comes down to food.

Very ugly. Only a certain amount of food. Either get it or get got.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Yeah I had never heard of that but it makes a lot of sense. I can definitely see how that relates to how society is these days.

It definitely does relate to today. it is amazing how animals' behavior can translate to humans' behavior.

 

[sourgrapes]

Very plausible explanation.

I forgot I posted about this here. The study still fascinates me and makes me look around at today's world and think "maybe we are just in a giant experiment too".