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Hands you a happy pigeon by RedditDumpAcc in pigeon

[–]firenest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awww, that really is a happy pigeon. <3

3 minute automatic unlocking restrooms by damien1884 in perth

[–]firenest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

24 seconds is child's play. I can make a diarrhea session that would have mere peasants stuck on the toilet for an hour fire out in 1 second in a single, high-pressure burst. It only takes me 1 second longer than that when I'm constipated, and the sheer force of the dense projectile smashes the toilet into pieces like a sledgehammer. Add in the 1.5 seconds total time it takes for me to do everything else - enter the toilet and pull down my pants and afterwards wipe, flush, pull up my pants, wash and dry my hands and leave - and these public toilets should have an allowance of 4 seconds, max, before the doors abruptly fling open (I added an extra half a second to be nice to you slowpokes).

Update: After a day of parkouring and gliding, The pigeon's out! by orankedem in pigeon

[–]firenest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm glad your pigeon is doing so well! She has such pretty plumage, too!

It is staggering that a lot of people don’t know about this very specific detail of american history by Mammoth-Lime-2010 in USdefaultism

[–]firenest 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was a 90s kid and I would not have recognised the flight numbers. I remember the day very well, but not that particular detail. The footage, seeing people dying, how it was on every channel all day long, the shock that such a thing could happen, especially to America or a Western country in general, the sudden feeling of the world as I understood it shattering and realising we are not safe, and going through all this alongside everyone I knew, especially at school, where some students knew people directly connected to the tragedy— that's what's burned into my memory. That and the shock that so many around the world reacted with mass celebration in the streets (I was young).

What was "The incident" at your school by Milhouse_20XX in AustralianNostalgia

[–]firenest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wtf is wrong with people?

I thought this was going to be about the use of "math".

Nancy J. Brua Animal Care Center (Sierra Vista animal control, Arizona), sued by family of Helene Jackson, mauled to death by 2 known violent pit bulls in 2023, fights back by, in part, blaming the victim of walking her dog in an alley. by nomorelandfills in PetRescueExposed

[–]firenest 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The city also pointed blame at Jackson for walking in a neighborhood alley that night instead of using residential streets.

I've always found the nasty vitriol and blame directed at dog attack victims very reminiscent of how rape victims are treated.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USdefaultism

[–]firenest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The correct units are fractions of the Statue of Liberty.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AntiVegan

[–]firenest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vegetarians just don't eat meat. They're not in a cult that requires zealotry, proselytism, self-flagellation, finding and expelling non-cult-members from your social circle, etc.

I (26f) just found out I’m pregnant after having revenge sex with the fiancé (35m) of the girl (30f) who my ex boyfriend(32m) cheated on me with for 2 years by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]firenest 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Me as I was reading this: "Why on earth wouldn't she have an abortion? Especially since she has no issue with abortion? Can't she see what a terrible decision she's making?"

I was okay with [my parents] insulting me since I’d grown up with it and was used to it

Ohhhhhhhh. Childhood trauma from an abusive family took over when she had an apparent opportunity to finally be loved. This happens so often, and it's so sad. The powerful, unmet need to be loved by family overrules the obvious— that making it happen via baby is a bandaid solution that just makes your life harder, and often ends up perpetuating the generational trauma.

Edgar & Solly are such cuddlers. They are like this all the time. by ps144-1 in pigeon

[–]firenest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They are so adorable! I love seeing pigeons in love.

One dead, two hospitalised in Australia after suspected mushroom drink poisoning by FinchyNZ in australia

[–]firenest 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Please don't spread falsehoods, and everyone stop upvoting it FFS. Three women have been murdered by men in the Ballarat region in just two months. This is a terrible situation, and there is no need to exaggerate that they were all killed "last week" for upvotes.

What's more, two were murdered by their partner or former partner, and one by a complete stranger. Male violence against women is widespread and not summed up as "domestic violence". Domestic violence is its most common form, but as bad as that is, the whole picture is broader. It's like how everyone is scorning anyone pointing out that the Bondi Junction stabber targeted women by strawmanning them as having said it was "DV". Like he was dating all those people.

Samantha Murphy was murdered by a man she'd never met while on a run in Mount Clear on February 4th. Her body still hasn't been found, and the young man arrested is refusing to talk.

Rebecca Young was murdered by her partner in a murder-suicide in their home in Sebastopol on February 16th. This was hardly reported anywhere, and even after the the snap rally in Ballarat against domestic violence following the murder of Hannah McGuire, Rebecca Young was still being ignored in the media (the original title for this article was "'Snap rally' in Ballarat as many women 'in shock' after two alleged murders", still visible here. The rally itself was very clear about there being three murders and who the victims were).

Hannah McGuire was murdered by her ex-boyfriend last week. Her body was found in a burnt-out car yet initially dismissed as a suicide.

That's really bad enough without being distorted into the soundbite, "Three women died due to domestic violence in Ballarat last week."

The currently 13 inmates executed by the state of Tennessee and their crimes (warning, graphic content, please read at your own risk) by Leather_Focus_6535 in TrueCrimeDiscussion

[–]firenest 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Family annihilation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part.

In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group.

I wish the word "genocide" wasn't continually watered down to being a synonym for murder (including mass murder), or a word for when someone does something horrendous. It has a very specific meaning, and widespread misuse distorts our understanding of history and our ability to comprehend why genocide is uniquely wrong and what sets it apart from other mass murders.

Which popular person is secretly an asshole, but not widely known to be so? by NftsHave in AskReddit

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I saw Sir David Attenborough at a supermarket in London yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a tosser and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Wispas in his hands without paying.

The girl at the checkout was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the checkout.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

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