The history of societal collapses are all just examples of Universe 25

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• vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What is universe 25?

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  • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

    Too many rats, too well cared for. The mice became withdrawn and… “Though physically able to reproduce, the mice had lost the social skills required to mate.”

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    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That guy’s experiments were the inspiration for the Rats of NIMH books, which led to The Secret of NIMH movie!

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    • Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you had to guess, what form would this “loss of social skills and non-mating” take in a human population?

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    • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Now I want to see human population density compared to birthrate 25 years later for regions with a current sub-replacement birthrate.

      “Losing the social skills required to mate” sounds like many people I know.

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  • kemsat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s an experiment that was conducted to see what would happen when rats were given what people supposed would be a rat utopia. Things did not go well.

    Here’s some videos, pick your poison lol

    youtu.be/7ReBJfxHjFU

    youtu.be/NgGLFozNM2o

    youtu.be/5m7X-1V9nOs

    youtu.be/7CXj0AGuh4c

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    • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s not Utopia, that’s rats in a bag: overcrowding.

      Animals need more than food, water, a clean environment, nesting material, stable temperature and freedom from predators.

      All life forms need space to live.

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• dabaldeagul@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My brain really wants to see loss in this…

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  • kemsat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Just remember the trauma doesn’t own you, and one day, you won’t see loss in everything again.

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• Pencilnoob@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Despite all my rage, I’m still just a rat in a cage

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• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Universe 25?

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  • kemsat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m just gonna paste from a different comment:

    It’s an experiment that was conducted to see what would happen when rats were given what people supposed would be a rat utopia. Things did not go well.

    Here’s some videos, pick your poison lol

    youtu.be/7ReBJfxHjFU

    youtu.be/NgGLFozNM2o

    youtu.be/5m7X-1V9nOs

    youtu.be/7CXj0AGuh4c

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    • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ohh I see, I heard of these before. I didn’t know they were called universe 25

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    • call_me_xale@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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