talking to non-rat owners: they’re actually extremely smart, so trainable, and obsessed with being Clean!! they spend all day washing their little faces and fussily rearranging their area!! good and precious!! never done anything wrong in their lives!!!
talking to another rat owner: oh, YEAH? well MY fatrat once chewed through the ENTIRE WALL! she also likes to beat up her sisters for their snacks, thieve food from my very mouth, and stick pizza crust in my underwear drawer.