Putting food for rat in snake enclosure to distract them?

[Zoe]

No I do not, however, kids wearing helmets is not the same as feeding snakes. Nope, never gonna be.

Of course it's not the same, it's a comparison, it's not supposed to be the same. Point being, we do things to mitigate risk all the time. Sometimes those things significantly reduce significant risk (say, a doctor washing his hands before assisting a birth or doing surgery - something which was, incidentally, formerly ridiculed). Sometimes the risk is very minor (like putting a bike helmet on your kid who is just riding around the driveway and sidewalk on training wheels under your supervision and is highly unlikely to suffer a head injury even without a helmet).

In addition, please point out where I ever said the kibble thing was a BAD idea? Please point to the line where I said it was a problem.

I didn't say you did, or at least I didn't intend to. I meant that because it's a potentially good idea (by virtue, partially, of not being a bad idea), it's shouldn't be ridiculed.

Where do you people buy your rats? At the Caffeine, Adrenaline, Rat Farm? Are your rats that freaked out? Sheesh, I'm glad I buy mine at the 420 Rat Ranch. Pretty chill bunch over there as a general rule.

Darling, I was using your estimated chance of a problem (0.1%) to illustrate that even though it's a small risk, it does happens. And if you're the person whose snake got bitten, statistics are of little comfort.

Where did I take a side?

That wasn't directed at you, apologies for the confusion. In fact I have no qualms with your original point that it is, in the grand scheme of things, a statistically unnecessary precaution, I just didn't like the derision that accompanied it, nor the implication that it if someone does do this, it's because they don't know a snake can kill a rat on its own. It was insulting and unnecessary.

Sounds like a lost Prince lyric...

I was never a Prince fan but I shall take it as a compliment!

Were not sizing up teams for dodge ball here...R E L A X

Don't do that. I'm allowed to not like what you said, and say so, without being motivated by hysteria.