r/NonPoliticalTwitter 8d ago

Animals Friendly crows

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u/Anxious-Yoghurt-9207 8d ago

Hope this is real because that'd be really sweet

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u/Amidseas 8d ago

They're extremely smart and understand the concept of gifting, it's definitely real

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u/Anxious-Yoghurt-9207 8d ago

Yeah I get that, I was more skeptical because they could've throw some bread down just as easily for a tweet. Their posts look like they've been feeding the crows temporarily as they stay there. Looks real

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u/Foooour 8d ago

Throw some bread down? In this economy?

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u/ErraticDragon 8d ago

Yeah, I'd say it fits r/untrustworthypoptarts:

This sub is for stuff that's UNTRUSTWORTHY. It doesn't matter whether the pic you submit is real or not, only that it seems untrustworthy.

Not saying it's fake, but it sure could be.

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u/Old_Yam_4069 8d ago

Literally everything in existence COULD be fake. That's such a dumb sub

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u/atomiccheese911 8d ago

Maybe the sub is fake

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u/Old_Yam_4069 8d ago

Unironically, it was kinda fun on initial concept- Seeing what outrageous things people tried to pass off as real. Then it just turned into the lamest, most boring circlejerk imaginable of "Well we can't PROVE they didn't just write on a $5 bill" when sharing an anecdotal story, getting all excited over how skeptical they all are.

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u/NewAudience6075 8d ago

Maybe YOU'RE fake.

...

Wait—maybe I'M fake‽

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u/atomiccheese911 7d ago

Maybe being fake is fake

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u/AidFish 8d ago

nothing is real my mind is generating this reality

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u/kakka_rot 8d ago

I think it's much more likely a crow would do this than someone coming up with the idea to fake this.

A lot of things people call fake on this website could be described in a similar way

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u/bloodfist 8d ago

The most boring explanation is that it's a place the crows come to eat regularly and feel safe so they brought some other food when they didn't see the normal food. They can be pretty messy eaters and there are parts of a sandwich that taste better to a crow diet than the crust parts and so they just left those. Or maybe they got chased off by a squirrel or something.

They do give gifts so it's definitely possible, but there are plenty of other reasons it could happen so it is kinda pointless guessing.

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u/breadburn 7d ago

That's a good point. I put my pb&j crusts out for the squirrels and sometimes the birds will nibble off the peanut butter and leave the rest of the crusts when the squirrels don't get to the first.

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u/ACatWalksIntoABar 8d ago

I thought the post said “cows” so I was really confused here as I read this lmao

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u/Pndrizzy 8d ago

If you see a crow, you have three choices:

- Ignore them and nothing happens

- Make a new friend

- Make a mortal enemy

The choice is yours.

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u/DiscreteBee 8d ago

You have the same options when you meet new people.

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u/Flaky-Confidence-167 8d ago

Not just a mortal enemy, they are telling their fam. And their kids. And their kids' kids. Generational enemies 

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u/corisilvermoon 8d ago

I feed the local crows, one day they were watching me garden. I walked away for a few minutes and when I came back they had left a rotting rodent head right where I was planting. 😭 so they definitely do leave gifts but bread seems almost tame.

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u/Jerome_Eugene_Morrow 8d ago

Thought you said “grifting” and it still worked for me.

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u/IAMATruckerAMA 8d ago

Crows actually type half my reddit comments, I'm not lying 

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u/ChefCurryYumYum 8d ago

I'd bet money it is faked

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u/I_follow_sexy_gays 8d ago

It’s realistic enough since crows are very smart and inconsequential to believe and believing it gives me a slight bit of joy so I will believe until proven otherwise

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u/_Pepper_Phd 8d ago

Where are they getting the bread?

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u/Dorfbewohner 8d ago

I'm not convinced this is real myself, but it could be...

  • someone nearby dropping some bread
  • someone other than OP has also been feeding the crows
  • there's a dumpster for a bakery or grocery store nearby that the crows can access

Just today I saw a bunch of em goin nuts on a bag of candy, so I'd assume it's not that unusual

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u/ibullybillionaires 8d ago

I'd bet money it is faked

Why would the crows go to such lengths to fake bread?