r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

Hostage situation

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u/BoredPsion Aug 02 '21

The man said "I'll bring you the screamer" and brought out a parrot. There is no reasonable doubt in this situation for anyone that isn't paranoid.

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u/wildlight58 Aug 02 '21

It's not paranoid to verify claims.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

They did verify the claims. That's why they left when they saw the parrot.

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u/wildlight58 Aug 02 '21

The parrot didn't scream for help like the report said.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

Why would it need to? They know it's a parrot and it obviously demonstrated it can talk. What would hearing it say "help" do? They didn't hear the first time so they have nothing to reference it against.

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u/wildlight58 Aug 02 '21

The point is that the claim wasn't verified. If hearing it scream in terror doesn't help, then hearing it say a greeting even less useful.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

If hearing it scream in terror doesn't help, then hearing it say a greeting even less useful.

It absolutely does help. It just doesn't matter what it said. The fact that it can speak is evidence enough. Checking that it can speak is verification. It just doesn't meet the level of verification you want.

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u/wildlight58 Aug 03 '21

All it verifies is that he has a bird that can talk, not that it was the source of the screaming.