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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
Sep 2025
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Ocelot II
(129,275 posts)1. It can happen to you a lot with AI.
twodogsbarking
(17,626 posts)2. Turn to the Emu page.
aggiesal
(10,568 posts)3. Very 😎 n/t
Fla Dem
(27,436 posts)4. Very adorable, unfortunately we can no longer tell what's real and what's fake.
Donkees
(33,438 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
(9,196 posts)6. I bet this happens to taxidermists a lot
airplaneman
(1,373 posts)7. That sure helps with bird identification