People are obsessed with watching this rat drag a slice of pizza down the stairs

As any New Yorker will tell you, rats are often par for the course when riding the subway and they're usually met with disdain.

But now, one rat caught on video dragging around a slice of pizza has captured the hearts of the internet.

Early Monday, comedian Matt Little uploaded an adorable video of a rat dragging a piece of pizza through a subway station in New York City, Gawker reports. YouTube only records a few hundred views on the video so far, but people are tweeting about "pizza rat" nonstop.

Here's a look at "pizza rat," bravely making his way down the steps of an L train station, while dragging a cheese topped slice along with him. 

Since the video was brought to the internet's attention in the morning, people on Twitter have begin buzzing about the hungry little rodent. 

Pizza rat is taking the media by storm. The video has already been picked up by Mashable, Gothamist, and other news outlets.

"We relate to the little guy desperate to get home. We, too, want to Netflix and chill (while scarfing down pizza)," Esquire wrote of the fearless ball of fur. "And yes, we disregard the five-second rule. Pizza rat, you are all of us. We are you."

Some on Twitter just wanted let pizza rat do their thing. 

While others were amazed by how quickly pizza rat became a meme. 

Perhaps comedian Julie Klausner said it best.

"We are all pizza rat," the "Difficult People" actress tweeted. 

Long live pizza rat. 

Watch the whole pizza rat video here or below.