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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis only happens to you once.
Reposted by Mike Masnick
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Edward Elderman
@elderman.bsky.social
This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@elderman.bsky.social
This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This only happens to you once
— Edward Elderman (@elderman.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T19:39:23.513Z
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This only happens to you once. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
15 hrs ago
OP
Very adorable, unfortunately we can no longer tell what's real and what's fake.
Fla Dem
12 hrs ago
#4
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)1. It can happen to you a lot with AI.
twodogsbarking
(15,975 posts)2. Turn to the Emu page.
aggiesal
(10,338 posts)3. Very 😎 n/t
Fla Dem
(27,121 posts)4. Very adorable, unfortunately we can no longer tell what's real and what's fake.
Donkees
(33,177 posts)5. Several versions of these 'birds seeing themselves in bird books' have been around for years ...
you can see sunflower seed bait on this person's thumb. It's similar to training songbirds to land on your hand in Central Park, NYC
JoseBalow
(8,483 posts)6. I bet this happens to taxidermists a lot
airplaneman
(1,341 posts)7. That sure helps with bird identification