This is unthinkably sad.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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I wonder if it's actually bad for the squirrels or just makes them more powerful.
I'd imagine that if you're spending time and energy finding and smoking vapes you're not looking for actual food. And such tiny animals don't have a lot of reserves.
I mean it really depends on where the squirrels are
my brother's apartment neighbors basically use the yard by the road as a trash midden and the squirrels there are fat as fuck
They look pretty well nourished
Squirrels are very small animals, nicotine is probably 10-50x more harmful to them than to us.
Hellworld but I did laugh at this.
strung out in the gutter smoking trash vapes with the local squirrels... just another day in The Greatest Country on Earth
fuck they packing fat lippers now too wtf
If you can train the squirrels to collect the vapes and exchange them for food, you could build your own e-bike battery with them
These are the kinds of Fallout quests we'd get if Bethesda didn't suck so much
this would be almost as amazing as the guy who trained a crow to bring him money for treats
Can you actually train a squirrel? Are there smart like ravens?
You can train most mammals, because mammals are generally smart and understand rewards, so yeah I imagine you could train squirrels.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Neither Marx nor any cyberpunk writer ever accounted for the vape squirrels
First Marx never accounted for that is actually true, never once in capital does he talk about vaping squirrels, or even the humble cig-smoking ape
humble cig-smoking ape
You called?
Lmao
Same, brother.
We made Tomacco! But we removed the very concept of potential nutritional value first!
I wonder if squirrels prefer ecigs or weed pens.
it's not animal abuse MOM i'm doing SCIENCE, the people have questions!
I imagine those drugged squirrels are living their best life.
There is always reason for concern about human, wildlife contact but squirrels don't seem that much worse adapted than rats and those are doing great.
savory
I swear I saw a joke image of Campbell's soup vapes, but I can't find it now. Alas
Not quite the same, but I've seen these: https://www.generalmills.com/news/press-releases/soup-you-can-suck-on-introducing-progresso-soup-drops-the-ultimate-cold-and-flu-season-comfort
Is this the capitalist innovation I was told about? 🤔
Does anyone know what flavor they like most? I could stop by downtown and drop some old cartridges in a park on my way to throw car batteries in the ocean to recharge the eels
Im stuck between being melencholy about the concept and the happy thought that if squirrels learn about dip they could pack such a fat lip in. Whole can in one go.
I tried to feed a squirrel in the park and it just kept called me cringe and said it was nutmogging me.
almost as sad as when I saw a pigeon flying off from a train stop with a baggie of off white.
Fun fact, the pigeons in chicago will actually ride the L in chicago to get to dif locations faster
the squirrels are cooler than I am ig 😔😔😔