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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 57 points 2 days ago (11 children)

If I'm being completely fair and objective, not all birds eat "bird seed" and not everyone is well-informed about the diets of various types of bird. But also, at least where I live, some parks have signs that specifically say not to feed the ducks/geese at all, and I can totally understand how that might lead people to conclude that it's not safe to feed them.

On the other hand, I'm reminded of the time that I was at an insect exhibit when one of the educators running the booth referred to "these animals" and the woman behind me asked something like "bugs is animals?" And it still leaves me perplexed that otherwise seemingly fully functional people make it to adulthood thinking that insects are not animals.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I've met people who don't know humans are animals.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ok, so you say humans come from monkeys, right?

But then, who put the monkeys there in the first place, uh?

Have you ever thought of that?

/s

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I did. I am the monkey king. You will never financially recover from this.

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