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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While many are unaware of the cause of this behavior, it's widely thorized that Ducks fly together

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago
[–] __matthew__@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Formally speaking, it is not trivially apparent that if one side of a V formation, then there are more birds on one side of a V. If this were true then it would imply that birds always fly with a precisely consistent spacing such that there are never more birds on the opposite side just flying closer together.

So if the statement were true it would actually be a relatively novel observation, but I question the legitimacy of the claim.

Anyways, I probably shouldn't be formally analyzing a shitpost about bird formations cross posed to a meme community lol

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is absolutely false. It's because there are FEWER birds on the other side. I mean duh.

Honestly... the state of education these days...

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

Every bird you count is a multiple of i.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

But just on one side

[–] dodeca@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a joke I remember my dad telling me when I was a kid. Love it.

Is there a name for that type of joke? Why did the chicken cross the road? What did the farmer say when he couldn't find his tractor? Etc.

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dodeca@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks. They use the chicken and farmer jokes as prime examples too lol.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you, captain obvious

[–] Joker@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Man told me this joke at the beach a few years ago. It had been an ongoing thing between my partner and I whenever I would just say " Hey you so those birds" and she would just say "shut up."

Years of good chuckles from this one stupid joke. Although I do have to say timing is really missing on text format.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago