No offense, but lately I've had somewhat more pressing things to worry about...

ornornor 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They’re living things, just like you are. And they’re paying the price of our poor decisions without any agency in the matter.

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AngryData 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean to a lot of people a parrot isn't much of a step below human due to their extraordinary intelligence. There are a considerable number of people that if they were trolley problemed against a parrot I would likely save the parrot.

We captured them against their will and put them into an artificial environment where they can't even survive without direct constant human help and they live for many decades and have a high emotional intelligence, the least we can do is care for them half decently.

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tamimio 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Exactly, I think articles like that are just a mockery.. there are 10s of things that can be considered a crisis than a this.

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koiueo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I find no mockery or mean spirit in this article. FWIW I'm Ukrainian, having quite a lot to worry about.

	▲	defrost 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ngarritj, a Yolngu speaking corella (small parrot) from Elcho Island in Northern Territory Australia, cannot change a thing happening to Ukranians, but might spark up your day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbSxc6Y1aVA

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rsynnott 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Look, what's one more crisis, in 2026?

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MattGaiser 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Articles are hardly scarce. The barrier to addressing problems in society is not a shortage of people to write about them.

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logjinhu 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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androiddrew 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Apparently this is front page material

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mhurron 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Ya, that's what it's like living in a country that hasn't been trying to destroy itself for some time now.

	▲	steve_adams_86 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We're able to buy electric cars from China, too. It's a whole civilization here. Of parrots and people