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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 12 points 23 hours ago

One of my kids, out of nowhere:

"So I just go to school, work work work, then I'm an adult, work work work, for my whole life?"

Yup. Sorry kiddo.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plot twist. You were a duck, but now you're in "duck hell".

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A duck wouldn't go to hell though.

[–] AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would beg to differ (sorry for the formatting. On mobile)

Source

Forced Copulation

The most striking example of aggressive behavior in mallards occurs later in summer as unpaired males will try to force copulation with females.

These encounters can result in some very loud and intense exchanges of vocalizations and distressed activity from the female and her partner.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Ducks get a free pass on morality, it's kinda messed up

Geese too

Hamsters on the other hand... Anything they do is worthy of damnation, no matter how benign

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Hard reset and try again?

[–] Coldgoron@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder about becoming a hermit sometimes. Then, I think about all the other people who are probably crowding the woods with their hermit turf wars.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

I imagine after a while the government that owns most of the uninhabited wilderness would track you down with satellites and drones and evict you too

[–] zout@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Has she not heard of the corkscrew thing?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't go searching for those images! They're fowl.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Quite unpheasant