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That’s how you get more kitty mills.

Could you really induce a cobra problem if the only reward were a burger? Raising a few hundred kittens every year just to eat a steady diet of burgers doesn't seem very efficient.

“…we feed the rats to the cats, and the cats to the rats, and we get the skins for free!”

I was under the impression that expressing a sense of humor was not allowed on this site. Can someone clarify :)

It is not, the appropriate response to this post is to downvote and reply with a terse comment on the misuse of the apostrophe.

Generally correct, especially if it's too subtle for the varied age groupings and interests - everyone's hair-triggered to get butthurt about some triviality. Eventually the adults will show up in most threads and will occasionally be bothered to correct the karma injustice.

I’ve noticed it depends on your karma score and reputation

I don’t think people check karma scores. (I never do.) More likely it’s a factor of being on the site long enough to learn what jokes you can slip in without getting downvoted. That would correlate strongly with karma and good reputation.