<![CDATA[Hi #fediverse.]]>Hi . We need to talk about something.

While browsing the Fediverse today it appears most people here have never tried to pick up a duck or swan. Like, not even once during their childhood.

Some people say they've not even touched a living chicken!

My hypothesis is that people here get upset about whatever hypothesis I present so I'll shutup on this.

🦆 🦢

Have you try pick up a duck or swan?

Please boost for scientific accuracy (or don't, it's your choice, that for you!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/38bee43b-98a2-4b5f-a8fd-9ed3d44c418f/hi-fediverse.RSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 11:28:10 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2026 20:14:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:24:27 GMT]]>@Pepijn Step 1 to pick up a swan in the UK is to ask the King for permission.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116374022913090796https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116374022913090796Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:55:19 GMT]]>@CarstenBoll @Pepijn
Can confirm this. Not mentioning their “landmine” shit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/Phrozeltic/statuses/116373200517588970https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/Phrozeltic/statuses/116373200517588970Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:55:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:24:29 GMT]]>@Pepijn at least for the mute swan which is the most common in Switzerland, I was always told to leave these guys alone, and if one is stuck on a road or something, to call the police. These things can be mean.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thias/statuses/116373079308100920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thias/statuses/116373079308100920Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:24:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:19:25 GMT]]>@SnyperWolf
A hairy hare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare

@Pepijn

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/src_esther/statuses/116373059348264994https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/src_esther/statuses/116373059348264994Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:19:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:36 GMT]]>@Pepijn

Furthermore, not just tried, but actually did.
Picked up geese too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/nlarson830/statuses/116372985387590086https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/nlarson830/statuses/116372985387590086Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:22:00 GMT]]>@Pepijn not a swan, of course, since I am not suicidal. But plenty of ducks and chickens.

I think of swans as pretty geese, and geese delight in fucking you up if they can.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/ap/users/115904213986136232/statuses/116372833626139194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/ap/users/115904213986136232/statuses/116372833626139194Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:22:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:40:36 GMT]]>@Pepijn
No duck or swan, but I've met a pet chicken. She was a sweetie and I did pick her up.

I had an opportunity to pick up a goose once, but I chose life.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/silvermoon82/statuses/116372670823593142https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/silvermoon82/statuses/116372670823593142Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:40:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:30 GMT]]>@Pepijn

No, I haven't. That's why I survived.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rollenspiel.social/users/alexshendi/statuses/116372587818091173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rollenspiel.social/users/alexshendi/statuses/116372587818091173Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:13:24 GMT]]>@Pepijn If I ever do have the desire to pick up a duck, now I know how.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116372563870526881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116372563870526881Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:11:41 GMT]]>@Pepijn I see them all the time I live near a park. They’re lovely. But I have no desire to pick them up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116372557078608499https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116372557078608499Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:11:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:11:29 GMT]]>@Pepijn real men have tried to pick up a pelican. They also now have an eye patch.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mcnado/statuses/116372556295854190https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mcnado/statuses/116372556295854190Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:11:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:00:57 GMT]]>@Pepijn ducks, chickens, and geese. Still have faint scars on my forearms from their unintentional scratches.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/dasparky/statuses/116372514865259425https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/dasparky/statuses/116372514865259425Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:00:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:33:37 GMT]]>@Pepijn ducks are easy, except the one I picked up pooped all over me. 😩

Geese are harder.

Swans are evil. Don't do it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116372407388631400https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116372407388631400Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:33:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:20:17 GMT]]>@Pepijn I have not tried to pick up either a duck or a swan, but I have helped a tortoise that was older than me climb into my lap.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/WhiteCatTamer/statuses/116372354967606559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/WhiteCatTamer/statuses/116372354967606559Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:20:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:23:15 GMT]]>@Pepijn @mwt I picked up a duckling once. This turned out to be a major mistake on my part, as Mama Duck took violent exception. I hear birds have hollow bones, but I swear being battered around the head by duck wings is NO joke.

Don’t get me started on geese…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aprilfollies/statuses/116371894803425472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aprilfollies/statuses/116371894803425472Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:23:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:17:36 GMT]]>@kobold tell it that you think it's really hot

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/edwilk/statuses/116371872563378745https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/edwilk/statuses/116371872563378745Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:17:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:15:45 GMT]]>@kobold the way I used to pick up geese was to grab them by the neck very close to their head, and just a second later I would put the other arm around their body so their wings are held close and cannot flap.

I should say that I've never picked up a goose who did not know me, and I have *never* tried this on a swan. Swans are *much* more powerful than geese and a lot meaner

Good luck! Send photos of bruises from wing blows! 😋

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116371865333685137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116371865333685137Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:15:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:28:41 GMT]]>@Pepijn I like ducks

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116371578813774219/statuses/116371680243270782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116371578813774219/statuses/116371680243270782Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:28:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:22:01 GMT]]>@Pepijn Leave them alone

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/IrishCath/statuses/116371654012830269https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/IrishCath/statuses/116371654012830269Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:22:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:59:02 GMT]]>@Pepijn I've voted no, because I've only picked up a duckling, never a full grown duck.

Having met some adult ducks, I'm not sure it's as easy as the instructional video suggests.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Standard_Phil/statuses/116371563634102373https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Standard_Phil/statuses/116371563634102373Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:59:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:57:42 GMT]]>@Pepijn everybody DUCK

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weezmgk/statuses/116371558418987235https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weezmgk/statuses/116371558418987235Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:57:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:52:28 GMT]]>@Pepijn Hang on. Are you just approaching random stranger ducks? Ducks whomst are unknown to you?

Just planning on goin' around, pickin' up strangers??

Now, I'm no @fzer0, but I'm pretty sure that is not the way. Not the way, at all. 😮

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116371537793370115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116371537793370115Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:52:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:48:48 GMT]]>@Pepijn

I cry “fowl”! I have hugged and carried a chicken. 🐓
Do baby ducks, count? Then yes. Ducks!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/RachelA/statuses/116371523405665840https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/RachelA/statuses/116371523405665840Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:48:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hi #fediverse. on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:43:32 GMT]]>@Pepijn

I believe you may be what people call "an odd duck", Pepijn.

That is not a criticism. I like ducks (have picked many up, petted them, fed them, raised them from egg, studied them in the wild, etc.) I like most "odd" people, much more in fact than I like hidebound, sullen, militantly average people.

I'm an odd duck, myself.

Thanks for your entertaining posts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116371502707763242https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116371502707763242Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:43:32 GMT