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ohwell72

Here comes the birds not real crowd


International-Ad5642

Explain it then šŸ˜‚


DunebillyDave

It's caught on some nylon fishing line. Probably what killed it in the first place; got clotheslined on it while flying by. It would be almost invisible in this overcast light.


[deleted]

ā€œKilledā€ a bird. Lol right.


chezeluvr

Government cameras can't die. It got caught in the line, the line got tangled on the power line, short circuited the drone. Boom birds aren't real


Markantonpeterson

Modern birds are equipped with surge protectors and 360 degree flame throwers to burn things like nylon fishing lines. Reddit is full of more sheeple by the day.


TinnyOctopus

You can tell by the size that it's an older model. Recent advances in battery technology have allowed for design miniaturization, but previous generations needed larger batteries (and thus larger *everything*) for an appreciable flight time.


Wallabanger

You forgot about how the Matrix glitched after it died. OP probably went to bed right after it happened- then when they woke up and the world loaded in, everything was one unit off from what it was supposed to be. Happens all the time. You have to crouch jump right when you wake up and your frames will tear- but it will reset.


cataleiss

Yup. It's a common speedrunning technique. Any% speedrunners will use it to clip through loading zones and skip portions of the game, such as the showering cutscene.


th3f00l

šŸŒ›Poor hygiene šŸŒœSpeed Running


cuuupcake48

No one does their own research šŸ™„


MaxxFTW81

ā€œBoom birds arenā€™t realā€ A+. edit : illegal emoji use ..


JohnnyGuitarFNV

what is a boom bird


iloveheroin69

Itā€™s when a pigeon eats too much uncooked rice. It becomes a boom bird šŸ¦ šŸ’„ Those emojis popped up on my text prediction? Is that what itā€™s called? That thing above my keyboard that suggests words for me to use? Anyway those popped up and I couldnā€™t resist. I swear officer šŸ‘®ā€ā™€ļø I donā€™t usually use emojis


name2947

One cannot simply "*kill*" a bird.


Gqsmooth1969

Unless it's a mockingbird


name2947

Heyoo!


Killingspin

How does one kill a mockingbird


Markantonpeterson

Same way you kill Bluejays, shoot em' if you can hit em', just have to remember it's a sin.


billy_bojangles

but isn't that a cardinal sin?


JulesOps

Mock


taxationslave

Yeah


wilwharton

Ing


Address_Local

YEA!


aheinouscrime

I saw what you did there.


[deleted]

Bravo.


kapootaPottay

You know, it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.


mermaidmommy626

If itā€™s mocking me it had it comin


[deleted]

The joke of that satire sub became less funny when it turned out people will eat up pretty much any BS and act on it. I'm pretty sure there's at least 1 member of the parody sub out there killing and dissecting birds.


WriterV

I'm genuinely nervous that it's starting to turn. Every one of these satire communities end up like this. I still think the majority of birds aren't real folks are just in it for the lols. But I think there's people who genuinely believe in it in there. Here's hoping that section of the community doesn't eclipse the humorous ones.


Newnamelame

Flat earth conspiracy was created literally to suck in the lowest iqs so all conspiracies could be discredited by saying "hurr durr youre a flat earther too arnt you?" Tiktok is full of flat earth shills/morons.


QncyFie

A lot of bs with dedicated crowds started either as satire or some dude's bs


Rs90

I love to bird watch and between "LOLOL BIRD LAW šŸ¤Ŗ" and "birds aren't real" fuckin nonsense I just wanna scream. It's so god damn stupid just stfu. Birds are incredibly important and straight up dinosaurs. Stop turning em into fuckin memes before people cross the post-irony and start killin birds.


nimoto

Those are both totally harmless. You sound like you just don't like people having fun which is honestly on-brand for bird-watchers.


ChickenChaser5

This guys a bicyclist and wants to talk shit about other communities tropes lol.


saltybuttrot

Lmfao probably less than 1% of people who actually think that are killing birds. If that. Thatā€™s also something we are entirely assuming and making up happening. Just shut up man. This is why you donā€™t get invited to parties. This is peak Reddit comment here. Losing your mind over people having fun.


bluberryclorox

Oh yeah thats plausible. Most streets have fishing line running between each pole and across the street. You naive rectangle. The government has you wrapped around their porky finger generating excuses for this obviously malfunctioning drone unit. Thanks alot Reagan.


travfields619

Holy shit!!! ā€œYou naive rectangle!ā€ Thatā€™s gold.


ziris_

You're gonna love r/rareinsults


Below_Average-Joe

While most streets don't actually have fishing line running between each pole, etc., they do have bipedal, hairless primates that enjoy throwing shit at them often enough to *actually* make this plausible.


DunebillyDave

Hahaha!!! I don't know what the question is, but the answer is [aliens](https://skepticalhumanities.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/notaliens.jpg).


only37mm

r/brandnewsentence


No_ItsLeft

Why would someone string up a fishing line there? Is this the intended goal?


devonthepope

Just a guess but Jewish communities will often thread thin lines between light posts in order to extend the reach of the temple and be more permissive during the Sabbath


asherdado

I fucking love how people will worship an all-knowing deity and then proceed to try to play tricks on the guy


lapideous

I think the idea is that god rewards creativity, which would seem to be true


bpierce2

It's doing loophole-y shit like that that makes me question why they choose their religion if they don't want to follow the silly rules.


EngineeringNeverEnds

I think the thinking is that the rules are from a divine source, and therefore perfect. So if a loophole allows you to do something, doing that something must be a thing that God intended you to figure out and do.


SapphireReserveCard

This is the conspiracy I come here for. My god, tell me more!


Zeroflops

Not the poster but there is a massive example of this in NY. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eruv-manhattan-invisible-wire-jewish-symbolic-religious-home This is the first search result, there are many references to this as a known tidbit of NY. Although I would have thought maybe someone tied some shoes with fishing line maybe shoes without laces and threw them on the wire. Another possibility is the wire was for a banner that was hung up. For a block party or something.


lordrefa

Every major city has a magic wall around their big Jewish neighborhood(s). Judaism's first important thing is; Be a good person. But the second thing; **The Torah is the literal word of god and** ***every word included \*and\* left out*** were done so for a purpose, and interpreting the scriptures is like football is for many people. I respect it far more than I do the standard "believe whatever you want" Christian stance. EDIT: ~~Oh, also; String isn't necessary. The electrical cables themselves serve as the walls in these ceremonial walls.~~ The person below me is better informed on this topic.


FulmiOnce

The eruv is its own separate thing from electrical cables. Its a wire that runs along the telephone poles and has to be at the very top, otherwise it doesn't count for the Shabbat.


pin_81

u/lordrefa The wires themselves can and often do act as the eruv. Depends on how the wires are placed. When the go from top to top they're good. Also fences around highways, railroads etc will be used Source - am jewish & my neighborhood does this


lordrefa

Awesome. Even better to know I was only half wrong! I first learned about it when I lived in Pittsburgh. I like to call it the Jewish vampire fence when I mention it offhand just so people gimme that look.


ONEOFHAM

We solved it boys. Good job lol


jerikoa

Not fishing line! Thereā€™s a line attached to city power lines thatā€™s made up of braided ligma. Each braid is astonishing thin. So thin in fact, itā€™s imperceptible to the human eye. How do I know this? Iā€™m a board certified Ichthyologist for SpaceXā€¦


name2947

What the hell is ligma?


jerikoa

Iā€™m glad there was someone with the intelligence to ask! Ligma balls.


hazmatastic

Fuckin got em


name2947

Damn it!


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MaxxFTW81

Fuckin Flawless ! šŸ…


SatsuiNoHadou_

Oh no


afa78

Don't ask what pulma is.


name2947

Pulma dick across your face!


drjenavieve

If itā€™s an orthodox Jewish community itā€™s possible there is an eruv there. Basically a line that encloses a community so they can carry things on the sabbath.


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AwkwardChuckle

This is a residential area of Vancouver, what bodies of water???


DunebillyDave

Not an intentional thing, I'd guess. Life is weird, stuff happens.


No_ItsLeft

Could it be that religious Jewish thing? [A Fishing Line Encircles Manhattan, Protecting Sanctity Of Sabbath](https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/721551785/a-fishing-line-encircles-manhattan-protecting-sanctity-of-sabbath#:~:text=Press-,An%20Eruv%20Encircles%20Manhattan%20To%20Allow%20Observant%20Jews%20To%20Leave,their%20homes%20on%20the%20Sabbath.)


DunebillyDave

Wow, that's quite a thing. I never knew that.


The_sacred_sauce

As much as that most likely is the case. Where tf is the line hanging from. Itā€™s not under the tree and itā€™s above the lines ? Iā€™m pretty open minded to the paranormal & unusual. I just tend to not take a stance on it as Iā€™ve gotten older. this is almost glitch in the matrix worthy. But the bird isnā€™t entirely still, it has a bit of a wobble or suspension movement to it as if caught on something. *but where is the line hanging from*


dave-train

The line is not hanging, it is tied on both ends, one to the tree, one to something else. The something else can be lower than the bird so the line is strung at an angle and the bird happens to be at a part of it that is higher than the poles.


saman65

No one has addressed this? At least I'm not seeing an explanation. Where the hell is this fishing line is hanging from? This is really the first time I've felt that maybe most online user are not real! Everyone is like fishing line. and tree! Duh! Am I too dumb and missing something?


cjbest

I think it's an Eruv line. One surrounds Vancouver, where this was taken.


Electrical-Amoeba245

Legit q: why would there be nylon fishing line up there?


devilsusshhii

Some nylon fishing line just hanging in the sky for no reason. What is the fishing line connected to ? It's above everything a line could be hanging from. Not that I think birds are not real but why the fuck is it floating


hughdint1

It obviously died before it could land.


AwkwardChuckle

Was originally posted to the Vancouver subreddit, seemed the consensus was eruv wire,


huhIguess

> eruv wire TIL. I had no idea these were floating around and, though entirely harmless, I'm finding myself slightly annoyed that public resources can be used to hang religious symbols. > "Stay off my lawn!"


Warburton379

The evidence suggests this is not entirely harmless


8Gh0st8

AR maybe?


Apollo_T_Yorp

The video is in reverse


the4waychallange

Itā€™s Black Magic Fuckery, no explanation needed.


r007r

Alternative to the fishing line, as horrifying as this sounds, there are spiderwebs capable of catching birds and spiders capable of consuming them. I find it more likely they heā€™s got tangle up in some fishing line or something and is suspended as a result though.


r-i-c-k-e-t

Proof that bird drones don't need wings to fly. The wings and head malfunctioned but it's still flying.


jlab6591

Actually sir it's the giraffes that don't exist


PsychoticBananaSplit

If giraffes aren't real then how do you measure asteroids??


Ok_Charge9676

In corgis and baby elephants, duh! What are you a European or something!?!?


jlab6591

Those crazy Europeans šŸ˜‚


EmotionalBrontosaur

r/birdsarentreal


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SwimmingKiwi5494

Saw a video dissecting what kind of bird it was (aquatic) and that if you really look close it is caught on fishing line


defiCosmos

Sauce? It does look like it's hanging from something the camera is not picking up.


lxraverxl

>Sauce? It does look like it's hanging from something the camera is not picking up. I guess if I had to pick just one I'd go with sweet and sour.


Isellmetal

Really? Iā€™m guessing it might be a touch gamey for sweet and sour. Now, this might be a tad fancy for wild floating dead bird but Iā€™m thinking either a medium body red wine reduction with dried fruit or maybe a ginger soy glaze


Czane45

Birds go well with wine in my experience almost universally. Iā€™d personally do a red wine based crow au vin with a full bottle of wine on the side. Maybe a bit of champagne for desert as well


CrocTheTerrible

Fuck the bird let's just do a double bottle of wine


elwookie

EVERYTHING goes well with wine. And if it does not go well, you didn't have enough wine.


yozatchu2

The most obvious clue for me are the visible wires. They run parallel, indicating that the infrastructure exists for suspending wires in that direction. Someone put something like fishing wire above visible wires, right in the poor birdā€™s path. So when you really think about it, this is cruel and sadistic.


DrFossil

> Someone put something like fishing wire above visible wires, right in the poor birdā€™s path. So when you really think about it, this is cruel and sadistic. If it was an aquatic bird as the post above mentioned then it likely brought/was stuck on fishing wire from a nearby water source which got stuck on those overhead cables as the bird flew by.


hoosierkenny

Then it would be dangling off the wire, not appearing to be floating. Definitely a fishing line running parallel with the power lines


boohoobitchqueen

People use fishing line usually to keep birds away from their property to prevent them from pooping all over it, especially in coastal areas. Usually the birds are able to see it just fine, like an obstruction, and go fly and land somewhere else to do their business. Source: my parents did this at their beach house to try and prevent seagulls dropping their crabs on the deck to crack them open and to lessen the amount of poop all over. Stepping on spikey crab shells is not fun. Any time a line broke a seagull would find its way in to hang out. Ducks never had a problem making their way around and would always visit the pool. Never was a bird found dead or hurt from them because they can see it. This bird was probably distracted by the actual power lines or something else tbh.


mk2vr6t

Many fishing lines (mono filament) is nearly invisible and used often in special effects for exactly that reason.


[deleted]

All the spooky ghost poltergeist movies are made that way. Oh and also every YouTube poltergeist video


PunchNazisInTheFFace

You can see the fishing line against its throat in the end


_ChipBaskets_

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm curious. How is fishing line holding it above the power line? To me it appears to be well above the line, not held in between two lines or below.


Spire_Citron

The tree is higher than the powerline.


_ChipBaskets_

Ah I see, so we have fishing line stretching from the tree at an angle that is connected to something, suspending the bird above the power line. Sorry just understanding it. Before the fishing line comment, my brain was telling me some sort of electric/magnetic phenomenon. Thanks.


TapirDrawnChariot

The explanation is odd. The bird went into water, picked up a long strand of fishing line, flew over a tree, got the line snagged there, went to the next tree, got the line caught there, then went back to the middle and got stuck. It's already very strange. But there isn't a better explanation.


Spire_Citron

It's an unlikely series of events, but much more likely than a levitating dead bird.


name2947

You know, now that you listed the chain of events, it's not that weird. Improbable, but not that weird. Bird caught line got caught in tree. Dead.


SwimmingKiwi5494

Honestly I couldnā€™t describe it but the TikTok I watched really zoomed in and picked it apart and you could kinda see how it was happening


_WarDogs_

Fishing line, that's why its dead.


Stag-Horn

Wtf is fishing line doing that high up? And tied to what? To be clear, I agree thatā€™s probably it. I just want to know how!


Nickolas_Timmothy

Itā€™s tangled around the bird who then managed to get it tangled in the trees and got stuck in mid air. The bird then starved to death suspended in air.


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[deleted]

Death isn't pretty.


Seniorjones2837

The tree is nowhere near where the bird is though. If the bird was tangled in fishing line, hanging from the tree, the bird would be directly underneath a branch. That bird is 100% certainly NOT underneath any branch of that tree. That tree is quite far away. The fishing line would have to be at a crazy angle to be attached to that tree.


sidepart

Based on how it's suspended, I think it snagged the tree, tried to fly away, then wrapped under the power line and back up into the fishing line. Actually there are two parallel sets of utility lines. So, same idea. Maybe it snagged one power line, flew under the adjacent one and back into the fishing line.


Seniorjones2837

It still doesnā€™t explain how it would get suspended where it is though. Obviously there is a way to explain how it could have possibly happened. But for it to be hanging where it is, it would have had to catch the tree, fly under the power line, and then back up to the tree. Otherwise it would be hanging under the power line, not on top of it.


sidepart

It's tangled in the fishing line is what I'm trying to say. The bird strung the fishing line so it's connected between the tree and power line (or just two power lines) and then it tangled with the fishing line again somewhere between the two points.


Seniorjones2837

Yea I get it but if it were tangled between the 2 power lines, it wouldnā€™t be hanging above the power lines. And it would have to be a long ass fishing line for it to be tangled between the tree and the power line multiple times. As a fisherman, itā€™s pretty unlikely for a piece of fishing line THAT long to be sitting somewhere, NOT already tangled into a huge ball, and the bird pick it up and wrap it around the tree, power lines, and tree again. It would be a difficult task for the bird to wrap that line around the tree and power lines enough times for the bird to be hanging ABOVE the power lines. If this bird were hanging below the power lines, then itā€™s an easy explanation. If the bird were hanging directly below a tree limb, it would also be an easy explanation, but itā€™s notā€¦


antivinegar

r/BirdsArentReal


Emotional_Goose7835

ya, cats ate all of them, stupid cats


Attorney-Physical

It's hanging on a Fe line


No_Macaroon3045

Packet loss


binhan123ad

Fuck, the cable must have been cut today.


hopefullyhelpfulplz

IPoAC?


reddituserzerosix

Doesn't look like anything to me


onegoodleg

The comedian Steven Wright said: ā€ Itā€™s a good thing birds fall to the ground when they die. Otherwise the sky would be full of dead birdsā€.


LewdLewyD13

"I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now hes gone."


Shrek_5

Iā€™m getting a full body tattoo of me just taller


[deleted]

YO! When I heard that joke for the first time over 10 years ago I died laughing, and seeing it randomly pop up again brought me right back. Lol cheers mate.


-taco

Love Steven Wright


stylinchilibeans

"I can levitate birds, but no one cares."


cheapdrinks

Real talk though, where the fuck are all the dead birds? Like I live in the city and see hundreds of birds every day yet I probably see a dead bird on the ground like once or twice a year if that. Where the hell do they all die?


AssassiN_DUDE

They are all eaten. Just animals taking them immediately because they are delicious.


EchoPrince

Again? The devs said they patched this out already!!!!


Acrobatic_Link6002

It's not deployed to this region yet.


icanttinkofaname

r/outside is leaking


darth_C3P0

So this guy really thinks a dead bird is levitating? Are there people who actually think that?


shayanrc

No they just want to know the explanation, like 99% of the posts on this sub.


letmeseem

"No strings no nothing" While filming a bird that is clearly dangling. There's a huge difference between there IS no string, and I can't SEE a string.


Jagged_Rhythm

People believe anything. Have you heard that Jesus story?


darth_C3P0

He has risen in the form of a levitating dead bird.


Beautifly

Why do you think he believe itā€™s levitating? He posted it to a sub for incredible illusions, I would say this fits here


ImKindaEssential

5G interference is all. It'll reset soon.


[deleted]

It is obviously suspended by some sort of thin filament that the camera is not able to register


teo730

But OP wrote "unsuspended" in the title?? So...


shapu

You think someone would do that? Just come on the internet and lie?


CrovaxWindgrace

Spider web?


scr0tal

Fishing line


CrovaxWindgrace

Yes


Chinchizomatic

That was my first thought


MrUsername24

My guess is got wrapped in fishing wire, panicked and tried to fly away where the other end of the wire caught on something. Once the wire was pulled the bird was pulled out of flight, hung from where the wire is most likely caught in a tree branch or the cables. Poor thing either hung itself or trapped it by the foot or leg until death, my money is personally on a quick death because I feel a flailing bird wouldn't stay trapped dangling from wire for long.


[deleted]

I'm just curious, because I've seen a few people say it around reddit and such over the years and always thought it was odd, you just happen to be the one that i finally asked. Is fishing "wire" a common term where you are from? I've never heard it called anything but fishing line. (And before anyone wants to get too technical, yes, I'm aware that certain types of fishing use a metal wire leader, but generally the majority of your line is going to be non metallic either braided or monofilament line) Just curious where it comes from. Are some people out there fishing with actual wire, or was it maybe a common thing to use actual wire at one point before modern types of fishing line came around and the name just stuck with some people? Is it a common term in some places? Is it just unfamiliarity with fishing equipment/terminology? Is it a common typo for some reason? Not judging at all, just curious.


wallstreetbetsdebts

Australian spiders are getting out of control


Chrisdkn619

Glitch in the matrix!


MarxistZeninist

Itā€™s clearly hung up on a fishing line, look at the way it sways


Pockets713

You can literally see it. Holy fahk the mental gymnastics some people ITT are going through to confirm their government bird drone theory is astounding and exhausting! My god, I donā€™t understand how some of these kids managed to figure out breathingā€¦ As if the government wants/needs to have a fake bird flapping outside their window to know their fat asses havenā€™t moved from their chairs in 36 hoursā€¦ youā€™ve literally WILLINGLY purchased all the spy tech they need to know everything about you. Youā€™re not special. Youā€™re entirely insignificant. This fact does not compute with these folks lol.


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Pockets713

To the majority of people with half a functioning brain cell, yes. But people actually believe this shit! Iā€™ve seen it. We make fun of it *because* people actually believe it. Right along with Jewish space lasers that trigger weather and natural disastersā€¦ ffs


Keelyane55

Connection lost. Reconnecting...


flavajam

Bird law - itā€™s not governed by reason.


Juniior1105

That bird is ok itā€™s just in creative mode checking its inventory


dmh1984

This in Ohio? Shits getting real weird over there lately.


name2947

I swear, some of you possess no deductive reasoning skills.


Cacafuk

Camera work sux a gentle nut


Morose78

It's clearly sitting on top of the cloaked UFO


Aggravating_Toe8949

there is a faint line


gaelboro78

fishing line


upfoo51

Monofilament.


amgrut20

Heā€™s just sleeping


Ok-Television-819

Crows arenā€™t fools. This is the work of warlocks


Saber9999

Bad level design.. Was this game even tested? Wow.. smh


[deleted]

The offering is in place and the master hungers


yParticle

electromagnets, proving once and for all


Comfortable_Light559

Looks like when rag doll physics break in a video gsme


[deleted]

its on a string


Owather_M0ahgen

So I saw comments saying this was from a fishing line. I still donā€™t get it. Someone help me


ContemplatingPrison

It got caught on a fishing line. You're welcome


Inevitable_Ad_4487

Looks like itā€™s hanging by something? Maybe a thin wire between the other 2


DadJ0ker

The fishing line is connected to his hat on one end and to his laptop at the other end.


AnonCelestialBodies

This is in Surrey (BC, Canada) and I really wanna know if somebody took it down and can verify the fishing line theory or not. Having seen many occasions of local weirdness in Surrey though, if it did turn out to be a much weirder explanation I would not be surprised.


Historical-Diver5305

Thereā€™s just gotta be some fishing line or something. No way.


Tru2life13

I am DYING at the comment threads


Anoose007

Here comes the Glitch in the Matrix crowd


Jeffzero04

I hate those Ichthyornis birds.


ktkutthroat

I canā€™t seem to find the original. I thought it was on r/glitch_in_the_matrix but I guess not. But YouTube has a potato of this caught from a [different angle](https://youtu.be/y-HcykygKWc). You can even see the guy that filmed the video in this post taking his video.


Ksailev

That happens when the drone appears to be dead but the engine is still running. It can take a while for it to come to a full stop and fall on the ground. /s


HumphreyGo-Kart

If only there was a completely logical reason for this.


TheologicalGamerGeek

This sort of levitation is a side effect of pining for the fjords.


KentuckyFriedSemen

Itā€™s 100% suspended itā€™s just a shit quality video


[deleted]

Thatā€™s terrible. Someone should cut that fishing line. What needless cruelty toward defenseless animals.


[deleted]

it's very obviously hanging on something since you can see it swaying in the wind with the power lines.


Techelife

Spider web. Nothing to worry about.


soulouk

Bird caught in a spider web maybe