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Am I a horrible person for laughing at this

Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:41 am
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
18017 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:41 am
Vikings glass covered stadium killing dozens of birds

I involuntarily chuckled when I read this part
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a structure that cost over $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to build — reflects the sky almost perfectly. Birds flying close to the new stadium are unable to tell the difference between what is glass and what is the great blue yonder, are causing them to fly beak-first into the arena’s walls.


This post was edited on 3/2/17 at 7:47 am
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
18017 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:42 am to
Sorry, please move to OT or MSB.
Posted by SmoothOperator96
TD Premium Member
Member since Jan 2016
4040 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:42 am to
See you in hell
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11283 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:06 am to
Have you read about the wind powered turbine impacts on bald eagles and golden eagles? I didn't chuckle. It sucks.
Posted by eetiger
Baton Rouge via Eunice
Member since Mar 2006
1751 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:11 am to
Stand there and clean them as they fall and make a jambalaya!! Damn Yankees.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29424 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:20 am to
quote:

causing them to fly beak-first into the arena’s walls

Not gonna lie, I LOL'd.

Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
9577 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:46 am to
quote:

Have you read about the wind powered turbine impacts on bald eagles and golden eagles? I didn't chuckle. It sucks.


Lol
Posted by Malik Agar
Member since Nov 2012
12076 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 11:38 am to
I have a dark sense of humor, but I don't get how it's funny.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
28341 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 11:41 am to
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I have a dark sense of humor, but I don't get how it's funny.

Because birds are dumb...get it?
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35393 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 11:42 am to
They say between 1 and 9 million birds die each year from skyscraper collisions in NY and Toronto.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202510 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 11:44 am to
I highly doubt this.....
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
8748 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 12:51 pm to
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They say between 1 and 9 million birds die each year from skyscraper collisions in NY and Toronto


Fake news.
This post was edited on 3/2/17 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Tactical Insertion
Member since Feb 2011
3205 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 12:52 pm to
Between 0 and 9 million is probably more accurate.
Posted by CubsFanBudMan
Member since Jul 2008
5059 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 1:48 pm to
I clicked the link hoping for a video of birds flying into it. I want my click back.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
25313 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

I clicked the link hoping for a video of birds flying into it. I want my click back.


me too.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
76624 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 1:58 pm to
It's fortunate the Cardinals, Seahawks, Falcons and Eagles are not in the NFC North.
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48926 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

Have you read about the wind powered turbine impacts on bald eagles and golden eagles? I didn't chuckle. It sucks.




quote:

Wind turbines kill between 214,000 and 368,000 birds annually — a small fraction compared with the estimated 6.8 million fatalities from collisions with cell and radio towers and the 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion deaths from cats, according to the peer-reviewed study by two federal scientists and the environmental...
Posted by CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
Member since Dec 2014
17169 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 5:21 pm to
I think my family's cat lives off of birds.
Posted by LakeViewLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
17730 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 5:24 pm to
Think about how many birds there would be if it weren't for cats.
Posted by LSU GrandDad
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
21564 posts
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:01 pm to
not unusual for this to happen with glass skyscrapers. hell, windmills kill even more.
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