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Since according to Bill Ackman the presence of a place you can buy eggs without a 100% markup is going to plunge NYC instantly into a Mad Max / Escape from New York style hellscape, what gangs are we all joining?

Personally I'm thinking the one of slightly sexy cultists who worship bodega cats.

How about you comrades?

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[โ€“] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 20 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Sometimes they're owned by the owners, sometimes they're just happy to let them chill there each day because they keep pests and rodents away.

To be fair, lots of places have shop cats like that, especially in hot places where the cats use the shops and stall awnings to chill in the shade. I've been to towns in Turkey and Spain for example that have statues to infamous or long standing shop cats.

[โ€“] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The more social but slightly less menacing cousin of the infamous Barn Cat.

Barn cats are country cats. Shop cats are city cats.

City cats will fearlessly navigate crowded floors or even car traffic. Barn cats will bully animals 50x it's size. It's the same energy.