#Rat hole

[hobohobgoblim]

Because we can remake him. We have the technology.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1665263199/cookie-cutter-the-chicago-rat-hole

[amethystsoda]

rat yuri spotted at the chicago rat hole shrine!!!

[prinnay]

The Chicago rat hole might’ve been made by a squirrel. Maybe squirrel girl can tell us once and for all 🤔

[i-carrion-icarian]

[transit-fag]

SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL RAT HOLE!!!

[copperbadge]

Sam have you heard about the Chicago Rat Hole? it seems like something that would delight you. associated quote from Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards podcast: "the worst thing about humanity is our tendency to create religions out of anything. the best thing about humanity is our ability to make cathedrals out of anything."

I'd seen a photo fly past at some point but I assumed it was a joke of some kind. I googled when I got your ask and I guess it's a thing.

I have to admit I don't get it -- like, I don't have a problem with people randomly adorning a rat-shaped (probably squirrel-derived) imprint in the cement, but I don't understand the fascination with it. If I were to be catty I'd say it's because there's not a lot else going on in Roscoe Village, but it's a perfectly nice Chicago neighborhood, no reason to slam it. I suppose it's the same urge that makes people make pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary in a water stain. I'm not about to go out in Chicago in the winter to witness it, but it takes all kinds.

I dunno, I like Robert Evans a lot (I'm a regular BTB listener) but maybe I just don't feel the urge to create cathedrals. In any case it's harmless enough, and I'm glad people are having fun with it. :)

[queerism1969]

[causticlullaby]

It's the end of an era

[livoks]

i want my bottom surgery to look like the chicago rat hole

[chequerootlurks]

Remember to make offerings at the local Shrine when you visit Chicago.

[hobohobgoblim]

for carrying your offerings to rathole

[fallen-honor]

Yall heard about the couple that got married at the Chicago rat hole?

[nana-bird]

A comic about a superhero, superstition and a rate hole

So my webcomic is set in an alternate universe Chicago named Haven, and I like to think chicagorathole is a a universal constant.

[galacticturnip-art]

We have rat touchdown!!! The first rat hole sticker has been printed! All hail!!

Stickers will be available for purchase starting April 26th!

[stellarchai]

TUMBLR DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CHICAGO RAT HOLE

[lotus-bunni]

so I'm not cropping much but you can see this shrine to "Chimley" I found in Dorngal which only happened because I crashed into a set of stairs.

I think this is a reference to the rat hole