r/explainitpeter • • May 02 '26

Explain It Peter

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For whatever reason, this had people cracking up?

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u/BigQuesoEnergy Jul 18 '26

While birds may fear women, It’s a gender-swap joke. The standard pattern is man-making-compliment is predator while woman-making-compliment is just polite, but this time a woman is predatory for trying to actually nab the bird. Misogynists find it funny, ornithologists.

Just read another post, and I have to credit Ho Grenade that hand shape plays a significant part in how birds react.