Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "DO HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE FEET?"

May 03, 2021

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TWEETS!

hanson o'haver @HansonOHaver

it’s hard being a spy. I told my boss I had imposter syndrome—he gave me a raise!

Northern Sparrow @NorthernSprw

Remembering that time in grad school when my advisor, a great ornithologist, got a random call: drunk guy, bar noises in background: IS THIS THE BIRD PROFESSOR? my advisor: um..yes? drunk guy: DO HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE FEET? my advisor: ...yes *wild cheering over phone from bar*

Jason Filiatrault @jfiliatrault

Me: <funges a token> Tech Bros: "Oh fuck."

;) @ttheantikris

my therapist: how are u? me: im ok how are u?

slate @PleaseBeGneiss

nobody: guy with two monitors: let me drag this over to my second monitor

Karli Marulli @VeryFineHat

Every old comedy writer is like well I sent a drawing of a dog to CBS and they hired me forever

REDDIT!

Ah, the perfect instance of don’t start shit if you don’t want shit thrown back at you:

she started joking that my husband and I just needed to have sex and how easy it is to have a baby and then she joked that I must not be a real woman if I can't get pregnant. My parents were furious and told her it was a nasty thing to say and well, they scolded her. But then she said I would be a shitty mom and that's why the universe wouldn't give me a baby and I might have lost it a bit and I told her well at least I wouldn't regret having my kids after they were born and wouldn't be thinking I should have had an abortion when they're already living, breathing babies.

Wow, these parents truly suck:

On 29th April this year, they arrived as usual and told my sister that they had a surprise for her. After the cake cutting, they took everyone outside through the back door and gifted her a BRAND NEW CAR (she recently got her driving licence). They gave me a pair of socks as a gift an hour prior to the cake cutting.

A kid spends ten years inside a wave.

The absolute wrong way to handle this situation:

She recently came back from running and asked me if she looked better before the baby. I just didn't answer before I didn't want to hurt her feelings. I left and tried to say sarcastic answers like you always look good but she clearly wasn't buying it.