- snooggums ( @snooggums@midwest.social ) English99•4 months ago
AI will use this as a fact.
- M0oP0o ( @M0oP0o@mander.xyz ) English14•4 months ago
As is tradition (now anyway)
- c0ber ( @c0ber@lemmy.ml ) English60•4 months ago
this is done to prevent unauthorized reuse of parts to repair other hamsters which could potentially harm business
- prof ( @prof@infosec.pub ) English44•4 months ago
Hamster are much like lobsters, in that they just keep growing forever until they can’t molt anymore.
If you don’t laser explode hamsters, they would eventually be able to eat humans. Which is quite scary if you think about it.
- Aussiemandeus ( @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ) English33•4 months ago
Ok I did some goggling and can’t find the truth, however I’m now more sure they’re not blowing him up
- notabot ( @notabot@lemm.ee ) English69•4 months ago
Of course they’re not blowing up the hamster! That would be unethical, immoral, probably illegal, very hard to clean up, and, most importantly, lasers don’t blow things up, they vapourise them.
They vapourise the hamsters.
- Trailblazing Braille Taser ( @0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English41•4 months ago
I don’t know where you’re getting your information from. “Hamsters” is actually a misleading term because there is only one hamster on Earth and he is immortal. He travels through time and overlaps his own timeline frequently, creating the illusion of multiple hamsters. As he ages, he grows very slowly and the patterns on his fur change, which is why he looks different sometimes. You should probably say a few hail hamsters now because he doesn’t like when people make jokes about his demise — and he can bite.
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) English14•4 months ago
when he travels backwards through time he’s referred to as a sterham and is positively charged
- notabot ( @notabot@lemm.ee ) English11•4 months ago
I, for one, welcome our immortal, time-travelling, hamster overlord, but please stop giving away their secrets. The ‘vapourisation’ is the cover they need to make the particularly tricky jumps through time and space. It’s not needed every time, hence why it’s not more common, just when they need to arrive at a very specific point that’s already crowded with other manifestations of the ur-hamster.
- swab148 ( @swab148@startrek.website ) English6•4 months ago
The proper term is Miniature Giant Space Hamster
- Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English5•4 months ago
Go for the eyes, Boo!
- Bonsoir ( @Bonsoir@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 months ago
Is he a cousin of St. Gulik or something? They kind of look alike.
- Trailblazing Braille Taser ( @0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•4 months ago
Fascinating! I’m certain they’re in the same genus.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English10•4 months ago
Sadly I think it’s hardly economically viable to do an MRI on a hamster.
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English16•4 months ago
Why not for research? I could imagine there are some very specific research projects that could make that necessary or interesting enough.
- Madlaine ( @Oszilloraptor@feddit.de ) English15•4 months ago
Well, that doesn’t mean it’s not done.
My sister had a few (more than 20 simultaneously) rats.
One rat got stuck with her tail in the cage, and the tail had to be amputated, or the rat would’ve died. There were a few complications during the operation, and the bill would have skyrocketed to more than 2k€. For a tiny rat.
Needless to say, my sister insisted the operation continue. Rat lived happily for another 18 months
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English4•4 months ago
I’m skeptical but I would like to hear about those cases. I had a mouse with $600 vet bill. She did actually live another seven months with a good quality of life.
- fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ( @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•4 months ago
“economic viability” doesn’t apply when you love something.
Into the airlock and out to outer space. He is the future of the hampster race.
- leftzero ( @leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ) English14•4 months ago
No, Mr. Hamster, I expect you to die.
- AmbiguousProps ( @AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ) English14•4 months ago
How much do you think a hamster MRI costs?
- /home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) English10•4 months ago
Same as a human mri, from what I looked up it’s like $1k
- monk ( @monk@lemmy.unboiled.info ) English5•4 months ago
Found the American.
- TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) English6•4 months ago
My last MRI they billed 20k
- monk ( @monk@lemmy.unboiled.info ) English1•4 months ago
My last MRI they billed ~$70. No insurance involved, a plain straight “you walk in from the street, you pay this” price.
- boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) English3•4 months ago
I had both my knees done, I think it was AUD$400 because it was GP not specialist referred. Probably one of the more expensive things you can get done in this country, but I’m thankful it was only that much hearing from the yanks.
- blackbrook ( @blackbrook@mander.xyz ) English3•4 months ago
Couldn’t you save a lot of money by scanning a few dozen at the same time?
- gentooer ( @gentooer@programming.dev ) English3•4 months ago
If this is an American hamster, I hope it’s got a decent job with good health insurance.
- DragonTypeWyvern ( @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ) English2•4 months ago
About as much as a human MRI
- Elaine ( @Elaine@lemm.ee ) English11•4 months ago
Forbidden burrito
- Artyom ( @Artyom@lemm.ee ) English5•4 months ago
Inertial confinement hamster
- corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 months ago
Comma splices from a DVM. Nice try, Braeden.