Any birdwatchers?

[SimonDoom]

Oh, I love birds. I don't trust them. But I love them.

I don't blame you for not trusting them.

They're rather . . . flighty.

 

[Britva415]

When you snigger behind your hand at whoever made the "Northern Bluebird" meme.

 

[CuriousJInLA]

Amateur birder here. Only ~200 on my life list but it’s so enjoyable

 

[liqueur]

I still have that burning question, is it true that Loons call out in significant numbers when someone dies? I swear, I read that someplace

If by “someone,” you mean another loon, I've never heard this, but it seems quite possible. If you mean “a person”— no. Loons don't give a hoot about people.

 

[liqueur]

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I don't know where this weirdly upside-down ageist belief comes from. I've loved and fed and been fascinated with birds my entire life. The only thing that's changed with age is having more time to devote to them.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I don't know where this weirdly upside-down ageist belief comes from. I've loved and fed and been fascinated with birds my entire life. The only thing that's changed with age is having more time to devote to them.

How exactly does it represent an ageist belief? It’s a belief I completely relate to, hence why I shared it.

 

[liqueur]

How exactly does it represent an ageist belief? It’s a belief I completely relate to, hence why I shared it.

When I say “weirdly ageist," I mean that it's not necessarily so in the sense of discrimination, but is, in the thinking that a particular activity is exclusive to a certain age. As I said, I've always had a deep interest in birds (from age 8, at least— maybe earlier), and I know from my interactions with other bird people that I'm far from alone in that. So to me, it seems like a silly stereotype.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Is we pickin' fightz in here now too?

 

[Britva415]

I don't know where this weirdly upside-down ageist belief comes from. I've loved and fed and been fascinated with birds my entire life. The only thing that's changed with age is having more time to devote to them.

It's obviously about people who have a different experience from you.

It doesn't invalidate your experience, so, you don't have to invalidate the experience represented there.

And it's only ageist in, as you said, a weirdly upside-down way. How did you get that way?