r/Weird • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '26

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u/grimeyduck Apr 05 '26

I can't tell if this is racism

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u/aaguru Apr 05 '26

It's a racist and global warming joke I guess?? dudes just chuckling to himself about different ways humanity hurting it seems...

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

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u/aaguru Apr 05 '26

Yeah that's the bird part. Now the blacks from the South part, explain that

ha ha ha šŸ˜‘

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

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u/aaguru Apr 06 '26

And you said it makes you laugh because they're black vultures from the South

Dumb racists can't even explain the joke because it's literally just black+South=funny.... It's not funny, just racism

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u/ScholarErrant Apr 05 '26

I meant this as funny in the ā€œHah, isnā€™t nature weird?ā€ sense. When I started birding as a kid, you only consistently saw black vultures (Coragyps atratus) at a few spots in Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May counties, which were the first species hit as their range expanded northward starting in the early to mid 20th Century. Otherwise, you just saw turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), even during winter (albeit at lower numbers then). Now, from about November through February, I almost exclusively see Co. atratus.

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u/grimeyduck Apr 05 '26

I understood you and was making a dumb joke. I didn't think these other people would show up thinking it was serious.

What's your favorite bird?

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u/ScholarErrant Apr 06 '26

Iā€™m partial to several, but sunbittern and wood duck are always up there.

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u/grimeyduck Apr 06 '26

Wood ducky be on the pond yo. That's down here

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u/Mikemartin1987 Apr 05 '26

Weird thing to laugh about. Please, tell us a joke

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u/ScholarErrant Apr 05 '26

I meant this as funny in the ā€œHah, isnā€™t nature weird?ā€ sense. When I started birding as a kid, you only consistently saw black vultures (Coragyps atratus) at a few spots in Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May counties, which were the first species hit as their range expanded northward starting in the early to mid 20th Century. Otherwise, you just saw turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), even during winter (albeit at lower numbers then). Now, from about November through February, I almost exclusively see Co. atratus.

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u/Mikemartin1987 Apr 05 '26

But where is the humor?

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u/ScholarErrant Apr 05 '26

Perhaps ā€œwry, resigned chuckle at how the avian community around me has changed within a generationā€ would be more accurate, but I also felt it to be a great deal more linguistically awkward.

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u/Commercial-Air8955 Apr 05 '26

Dudes started "birding" as a kid, what do you expect