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I think I have to tell my favorite bird story.
I used to have a glorious organic garden, and I would work in it almost every day. One day, as I was turning a bed for the next crop, a Robin sat on the edge of another bed watching me. When I stepped back to take a break, he hopped over to where I’d been working, and pulled up a big worm.
I went back to work, and he continued to watch me. Occasionally I’d toss him a worm. After that, he’d show up whenever I’d work, for a free meal.
One day, I got started, and my buddy showed up. He called quietly, in that little warbling chortle that they do, and a female robin hopped out from behind the neighbor’s fence. She spotted me, and became immediately agitated, but he chortled lightly, and she settled down, eyeing me warily.
I got to work, and tossed him a worm, which startled her. He gulped it down as she watched. Then I tossed a worm to her, startling her again, but less. She carefully approached the worm and ate. After that she settled down, and enjoyed her dinner
My Robin friend had gone out and got himself a date, and brought her to his favorite restaurant, where he’s friends with the head chef. What a BALLER move!
Honestly the way birds mate call is more beautiful than crass humans, and I’m pretty sure their chirps are not crass messages to each other like crass humans make.
Mmm not quite always. Some species, like house sparrows, are rather monotonous and annoying.
A flock of cockatoos make a cacophony. They’re terrible
Sure, some birds sound more annoying than others, but I doubt they are screaming “sit on my face!”
There’s a song for that too
It is beautiful!
Sex is natural and not something that’s aesthetically inferior to other things
And then tweet about it …
Hot take: too many songs are about Love, and it gets boring. Like seriously, 95%
I rarely listen to music and when I do it’s because someone else turned it on. But my kid absolutely loves music, so we take turns on when she can decide if the radio is on in the car.
The last time I was just thinking, "why on earth is 95% of these songs about wanting a woman/man, romantically or sexually?
Was it all the same genre? Genres have a tendency to be about the same thing. Rap is about sex, strippers, guns and drugs. Punk rock is usually about break ups and depression. Country is trucks, beer, nostalgia. Pop is usually about sex and love…
Most Punk Rock in my experience is either A. Politics, B. The Human Condition, or C. Not Following The Herd.
Punk Rock is also about politics a lot
That’s why we have Power Metal et al.
Metal in general. Not too many lovesongs there.
And the exceptions sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t7z-UXllBM
I realised that this must’ve been one of the reasons I enjoyed metal when younger.
Yes, indeed…
