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[-] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Woman just realized for the first time that ducks eating birdseed were, in fact, birds.

[-] adry@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

(Can I patronize? should be funny to point out that) ackshually, ducks are birds regardless of what they're eating. Like, at all times. Same happens with Penguins, Ostrich, and... Mmm.. other birds! gotcha!! Can't say the same with Velociraptors :P

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 25 points 1 week ago

Nobody said that the act of eating birdseed was the thing that makes the ducks birds.

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

JavaScript devs learning python: is this duck typing?

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Yes.

if 'is_eating_birdseed' in obj.__dir__() and obj.is_eating_birdseed:
    return 'Is duck!'
[-] chellomere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hmm, squirrels are weirdly shaped ducks

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Well, temporarily.

[-] adry@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

I know... yet,

ducks eating birdseed were, in fact, birds.

[-] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah but nobody also didn't explicitly not say it.

[-] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Thank God, right?

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 1 week ago

Technically ducks and velociraptors are both dinosaurs, regardless of what they eat.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

I mean, you gotta admit the differences is something that varies, especially just on size and build. If I saw a guy offering fancy feast to a tiger, I'd probably also question it.

Also would say, this could be the best scene ever in a Jurrasic Park movie. Trex is charging in... a kid just drops birdseed on the ground, T-Rex stops and begins eating... Palientologist asks kid "how the heck did you know that would work", Kid "Bird!".

this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2025
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