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[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So what does he want to be called? Just a rat? But - there are actual rats, which are already called rats. Unless those don't exist in this universe, "ratman" seems like a pretty reasonable term. He has both rat and humanoid features.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Serious answer? He'd be called a Rat-Man in the language of humans, and an original word in his own language

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Him calling the man "man-rat" makes no sense though. For it to make sense, there would have to be something even more human and more distant from rats, so that he could be viewed as half rat.

[–] Omgarm@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe in that world there are tiny humans that crawl in their walls and steal their food.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but they're called pixies/fairies/gnomes/whatever

What do they bait their man-traps with - scratch lotto tickets?