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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 year ago (7 children)

People really argue about which birds are the best birds, but everyone can agree that seagulls are the worst.

[–] mihnt@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs described them best. Rats with fucking wings.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You talk like a man who's never been attacked by a wild turkey.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I haven't. But also that line is from a song.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Turkeys are stupid and angry. I think the only bird less intelligent than a turkey would be a guinea fowl, but they have the edge of just being suicidally dumb. I've had a Guinea run away from my car and then back in front of it in confusion, but never have I had one openly charge my vehicle. I've had a turkey do that, though.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait. Are seagulls worse than black swans? Are they worse than Australian Magpies? I mean these surely got to be the top three worst birds, personally I'd prefer a seagull to a swan, but I've met enough magpie haters so I wouldn't be so sure everyone agrees

[–] SpeakinTelnet@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Throw the Canadian Goose in that mix. That bird is simply evil.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Never seen neither of those, but I've seen enough seagulls to not be sad if one day they all be deleted off this fucking planet

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

They may be the worst, but someone who kills out of annoyance needs to be on a watchlist.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For people not in the proximity of water it's pigeons. Fuck pigeons.

[–] thoomfish@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love pigeons. They're like rats with wings.

[–] agoseris@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Plus, it's kinda our fault that they're everywhere, since city pigeons are actually dometic animals that have gone feral

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Rats are way smarter than pigeons, pigeons are dumb skyrats.

[–] rishado@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Fuck you bro team pidgeon over here

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everything we complain about regarding pigeons are traits humans intentionally bred into them across millenia.

Pigeons did not invade cities. We abandoned them there, after they helped us coordinate building and connecting them. And we inexplicably treat them like the invaders after abandoning them the second they were no longer deemed useful.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I live by the bay of a freshwater lake with gulls so I call they baygulls

[–] nevial@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I love seagulls