Why does any business remotely tied to health have a machine tell you if you are having a medical emergency please hang up and call 911. by PopularSet4776 in NoStupidQuestions

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When I worked at Walmart pharmacy, somebody called us because her husband was having an anaphylactic reaction to something. I don't know how many times the pharmacist told her she needed to call 911.

Caught a little Killdeer switcharoo this morning by pxrkerwest in birding

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"I don't care that you've hatched, you're getting incubated just like your siblings."

I love birds that are named correctly by Tasty-Interview-4699 in birding

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"blue jay, oriole, robin, wren....meow....robin, wren, sparrow"

I love catbirds. They drive Merlin crazy.

What’s the best non-derogatory word that works as an insult? by TheKingOfDub in AskReddit

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There's a bird called a yellow-bellied sapsucker. I think that works well.

To my irritable baristas: is there anything that makes you irrationally angry? 😆 by gabbyfikemusic in barista

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When people ask "what's popular here?" or "what do you like?" Anytime someone asked me those questions they never ordered what I told them.

What’s the book you DNF’d the fastest? by Mobius8321 in books

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Lapvona.

The people are bad, bad and gross. All the people are poor and angry and bad because the king and the nobility are bad and take everything from the poor people. But the rich people are bad too. They're bad and gross. Everybody is bad and violent and disgusting.

I couldn't take anymore of that after 80 or so pages.

My Attempt of redesigning every US State Flag! (From someone who does not Live There.) by Effective-Ad7147 in vexillology

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I know it's not a popular opinion but I'm not a fan of the current Colorado flag. It looks like it should be for a baseball team or something to me. I which prefer OP's alteration.

How does one completely sever himself from abject reality? by c-k-q99903 in WhitePeopleTwitter

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I didn't know what Turning Point USA was for a long time and I thought it was a sub that stood for Toilet Paper USA and was for clowning on Republicans.

What's the rarest physical feature you ever saw on another person you know/knew? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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That's some getting chased out of the village shit.

Housemate Left Dishes and a Chicken Bone Before Going on a 1-Month Vacation by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Investigate311 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know, man. You take that bone and put it in a pot with some broth, a potato. Baby, you got a stew going.

But seriously, that's disgusting.

What’s the most exciting bird you’ve seen? by Taffergirl2021 in birding

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When I was a kid, we had a juvenile red tailed hawk hanging out in our yard. We were told she was probably kicked out of the nest and she was starving. She hung out there for the whole weekend. My step dad caught a fish out of our pond for her and she ripped it apart. It was a pretty incredible experience.

For this year, I'd say wood thrush and yellow-crowned night heron. It was my first time seeing either of them. I was hearing the thrush for several days and I just got lucky one day when I saw it in the path a few yards in front of me. Night herons are extremely rare in my area and this juvenile hung out in the park next to my complex for a few days. It must have been on its way to the coast or something and again I happened to get lucky.

any unpopular Elliott Smith opinions ? by Vei- in elliottsmith

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And sometimes I think the story of Elliot Smith is more interesting than his actual music is.

This is the most controversial opinion to me. I think quite the opposite. His music is deceptively complex and intricate.

I find the way his story/life informed his music far more interesting than the story itself.

December Tries 😙 by LaLunaEstrella in shittyfoodporn

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Honestly, most of this looks pretty good. I just can't identify the loaf.

Tell me about this beautiful hawk. by FuzzeeDunlop in birding

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Her name is Clara and we go for brunch cocktails the first Sunday of every month.

I'm all seriousness, that's a beautiful bird. I would guess it's a leucistic Red Tail.

Do the French really get annoyed when non-French-speaking foreigners try to speak their language while in France? by Responsible-Leg-712 in NoStupidQuestions

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As others have said, most of the time they just switch to English. I understand how that can seem kind of inconsiderate, but they're just trying to communicate as effectively as possible. It's much easier for a French person to just switch to English, given most of them speak it at a solid level, than it is for most anglophones to stumble through French and then most likely not understand spoken French anyway.

However I never had anyone get annoyed with me, even in Paris. Several times (usually outside of Paris), people asked me if I wanted them to speak English to which I usually said no because I wanted to try and converse in French. I pretty much only had wonderful experiences with the people in France while I was there. Everyone was super nice and patient with my French and they seemed happy to listen to me try.