PSA to always release prey animals back into the wild in a bush or a tree depending on their normal habitat. They hang out in covered areas for a reason.
Also just release from a box, open it up so they can get out and let them take their time.
And never throw birds!
How else are you gonna kill two stones with one bird?
It’s a good opportunity to teach little Timmy a life lesson about death without buying him a pet first.
My cheap ass dad brought home some roadkill for that purpose. ะเ
You can teach kids about death without having to use a thing they care about. Though if my kids didn’t care about the rat, you’re spot on.
And points for being able to talk about your trauma like that.
I learned about death by accidentally killing a fly once. Then my mimo passing away. Then almost dying from sepsis. Then a classmate dying from a hit to the head. Then having to put down a sick dog. Then seeing a neighborhood cat get hit by a car in front of me, with an eye popping out and still breathing for a while. Then getting a hearth attack. Then my mom getting cancer and finding her dead in her bed.
I’m fucking tired of learning about death, can I stop now? please…?
You know this story isn’t true because it involves eagles actually carrying people where they want to go instead of sitting on their feathered asses while orcs slaughter everyone.
The indifference of the parent just staring at their phone in the first panel really hits home. Sure they could be recording the event but the expression says otherwise.
I’m a school bus driver and it’s genuinely depressing how often I see a parent waiting with their kid for the bus, face down in their phone instead of paying the slightest bit of attention to their child. I also find it depressing to see a person walking their dog while looking at their phone - not sure dogs actually give a shit but somehow they manage to look sad and neglected anyway in these situations.
Talking from the other side, it’s far harder than you think. Children can be incessant. They seem to be energy vampires. They suck the energy out of their parents, then funnel it right back, in the form of questions, chatter or desire for amusement. Maintaining the correct mindset is absolutely exhausting.
One of the hardest things is balancing being a “parent” with being “you”. If you try and just be a parent, you will burn out, and be a REALLY shitty parent. You need the balance between the two.
I don’t begrudge parents grabbing a few minutes of “me” time, when they can. Unfortunately, some don’t (or can’t) properly plan it into their lives. They then burn out and just grab whatever they can. This leads to the sort of behaviour you mentioned.
I like the way you explained not all the people on the phone are shitty parents! I think it’s a very nice and positive way of thinking about people. Just for the sake of balance I would like to add that shitty parents do exist, unfortunately. But I agree not all people that seem shitty at first glance are!
Agreed shitty parents exist. Some are just shitty, others are shitty because they’ve burnt themselves out.
I’ve definitely been the parent on the phone at the park, only because she’s finally playing, without wanting to include mummy and daddy in everything! Someone walking by would see a shitty parent. In fact, it’s a parent taking the short time they are engaged in independent play to recharge enough to be positively engaged for the rest of the evening.
I once found a wounded pidgeon on my balcony, I guess it flew against the window. I nurtured it back to health. Over a period of a month or so, I kept it in a cage and hand fed it, but eventually it grew restless and it was time to let it go. As soon as I opened the cage, that horny bastard flew into the nearest tree, jumped on another pidgeon and made the tree shake.
It must’ve been lonely on the inside.
I thought that pigeon ended up eaten by a hawk a minute out. Was rather relieved!
/c/natureisfuckingmetal
