this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago

It's always something new with these fuckers

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago

I don't know why, but this is absolutely hilarious to me

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

That bird had legs that wouldn’t quit, and an unblinking stare that looked right into your soul. She kept pleading with me to tell her “Who? Who?” but I had no answers.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

When you don't have the right body-type for skinny jeans/leggings

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

"Sir, I must insist you unhand my pantaloons post-haste."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the good ol SuperbOwl days

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Why do I have the vague urge to report this image to the authorities?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Does this count as upskirting?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know seeing how you phrased the sentence, I know intuitively that it should be long, skinny legs instead of skinny long legs but I'm not sure why

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

There's actually a "proper" order of adjectives in English!

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In-a-Word/2021/0921/Explaining-the-royal-order-of-adjective-placement

It's not something ever learn directly, but nonetheless we all seem to inherently know it. Why this order? Who knows! It's one of many weird quirks of our language (and some others). It's certainly a hard thing for non-native speakers to pick up on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I honestly wouldn't blame anyone who just rage quits English upon getting to this lesson in ESL class.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

english isn't special all languages have this

how do you think anglophones feel when they learn french and have to say "small balloon red"?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Why is it chained up like that?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those are jesses used to let the handlers keep ahold of the bird while on their glove, as well as tether the bird to a perch. So basically the bird version of a leash.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

because slavery is still legal in some parts of the world.

we're not free unless we're ALL free!

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably to keep it from flying away

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Or to keep it from clawing its handler to death for exposing his secret.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

It is funny

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Afair, almost all owls are 90% legs and a big feathered head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlCLi5i3GM

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Nice khakis.