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‘Hot Rodent Boyfriend’ is not the compliment you think it is

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Have you heard it’s the summer of the “Hot Rodent Boyfriend”? No, me neither.

Sadly, Pizza Rat has not had a glow-up and found love in New York City. The latest internet trend is something far more insidious and gross. It seems that a certain faction of the internet has decided that the desirable male aesthetic for the coming months is… anthropomorphic vermin.

As a single man with shorter stature who has on occasion been referred to as “an annoying little rat”, I should be thrilled by this new trend.

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