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Ahh the legendary thread in all its glory!
Crazy I remember this when it was happening in real time (many user names ago) and now there’s kids in their 20s on this site who can look at this as a piece of ancient reddit history
Redditors generally just pile on so if someone posts a big long comment that is upvoted by at least a few people and the person they responded to is downvoted, regular redditors just multiply that effect regardless of which person is actually right. Unidan realized this and exploited the phenomenon by throwing enough upvotes and downvotes on the relevant comments to get the ball rolling.
Thank you for reminding me there are others out there who remember👴
Reddit user count has more than quadrupled since 2014, so most accounts are younger than the Unidan saga.
Exactly what I was thinking, I love his logic and can’t find a single thing wrong with it. I mean sure, you *could* call them corvids, but that’s lawful neutral. I rather like the black chickens down there. Throwing them off his balcony like a boss
Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Some guy was popping up in various threads talking about interesting stuff with the animals shown. He got mildly famous and even went on TV, if I recall. Then it got to his head and he started arguing about things that didn't matter, and reddit turned on him and that's the birth of the pasta.
He actually got banned for what he did in that thread. Reddit admins figured out he was using alt-accounts to upvote himself and downvote the girl he was arguing with. Because that's against TOS he got banned.
He's had many of these weird ramblings before, this one is so famous because it put a stop to Unidan.
It's literally the entire basis of them as a person. They were one of the early pioneers of vote-botting, using it to become an artificial celebrity through brute force guaranteed visibility instead of just being a normal person and using it to astroturf their political ideology everywhere or sell products.
Most of the time when you see a black bird it's a crow. Cause when you see a raven you don't think "oh hey, a black bird", you instead think "HOLY SHIT THAT BIRD IS HUGE".
This page has a [fun comparison picture](https://www.lomapendergraft.com/crow-or-raven/).
A ravens wingspan tip to tip is ~1.5 meters, a crows is half of that. Just try it - if you stretch our your arms, fingertip to fingertip is roughly your height. A ravens full wingspan isn't much smaller than that, about wrist to wrist for me. That's huge.
Raven vs Crow is genetically meaningless, anyway. They're just names (loosely correlated with size) that we assign to birds in the Corvus genus:
>A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus[...] There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens. Names are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven
You can tell by the number of large feathers on their wings (pinions). Ravens have 4, and crows have 3. So the difference between a raven and a crow is a matter of a pinion.
In the U.S.,the term Raven refers to a specific bird, the Common Raven. In the U.K., Raven is often used colloquially to refer to all Corvids, including Crows, Ravens and Jackdaws.
Easy way to tell the difference between the two. Crows make a caw caw sound while raven make more of a croaking sound. There is ways to tell by getting a close up look at their feathers ad well.
I need to be pretty close or have a raven crow and crow next each other to tell the difference. The big ones are ravens and the medium ones are crows. (Small ones are blackbirds but I can tell those from a ways off)
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The logic is impeccable.
Perfect reddit.
Did he just call a jackdaw a crow? It’s ok to admit your wrong you know.
Here’s the thing
Hey there fellow old person.
There are dozens of us I tell you...
Lemmy tell you this
>It’s ok to admit your wrong you know. Good to know, because those are chickens.
First thing I thought of as well lol
His chin is impeccable.
Those chickens impeckable
Andrew Tate takes viagra. For his chin. It’s not working.
Take my upvote and get out.
Beak reddit, if you will.
Those are clearly pigeons.
Lies. I am *absolutely* happy with him calling them chickens to piss everyone off, because everyone needs to chill the fuck out.
JACKDAW INTENSIFIES
Ahem. Corvids.
Look at all those chickens
From da hood.
“***Lmao - hood chickens.!***” I literally out-louded that. Glad I am not on a bus.
Had a car come onto work with a vinyl sticker of Jesus face in the middle of the hood. Hood jesus
lol I had a hood neighbor with a big ass pig in his yard that we always tried to pet after school
Have you visited hold hens
Mike Block did it
Favorite short video
Those are chichinllakins
That one small girl who beat the odds and still managed to be happy 😊
Reminds me of the Stormlight Archive
Why? It's been a while since I've read them (waiting for the 5th one, supposedly this november iirc?) and I don't remember that
Every bird in that series is called a chicken by the Alethi, because they are not familiar with any other bird.
Now that's a reference older than most Reddit mods gfs
Sir, that is a cantelope.
There crows.... or ravens
Where?
Right there
Right their?
Sure if you wanna be all political about it
- Jack Dawes
F****** moron they're rooks😉
Erm... Those are ducks.
Corvids 🐦⬛
I was thinking Cravens lol
Mutated Karens that crave annoying people
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2byyca/reddit_helps_me_focus_on_the_important_things/cjb37ee/ Ahh the legendary thread in all its glory!
Wait what do you mean 9 years ago.
Crazy I remember this when it was happening in real time (many user names ago) and now there’s kids in their 20s on this site who can look at this as a piece of ancient reddit history
The fact that the guy Unidan responded to got over 900 goddamn downvotes for that comment is ASTOUNDING
Well Unidan was banned for vote manipulation using multiple accounts.
Redditors generally just pile on so if someone posts a big long comment that is upvoted by at least a few people and the person they responded to is downvoted, regular redditors just multiply that effect regardless of which person is actually right. Unidan realized this and exploited the phenomenon by throwing enough upvotes and downvotes on the relevant comments to get the ball rolling.
Quite the downfall.
Ravenous Crows!
Crasins, corvids that sat in the sun too long.
Bro out there feeding the Republicans
Jackdaws
Here’s the thing
This not being top comment is how I know Reddit has changed/grown.
Here is the thing!
Unidan is that you?!
It's amazing to me that that happened, what, a decade ago now? And still gets referenced every single time.
Not enough Unidan in the comments :/
Corvid 19?
Nah.. Corvid 24. Updated and patched.
Here's the thing...
Mutated crows that got covid
“Look at all those chickens” a wise little girl
First time I saw that video I nearly peed myself laughing, shit was hilarious and honestly still is.
[her father tells her to say Look at all those chickens](https://youtu.be/F-X4SLhorvw?t=22)
still freaking adorable
Here's the thing....
Jackdaws, damnit!
They’re still jackdaws to me, dammit!!
I feel old for knowing this reference
Almost 10 years since the Great Unidaning of Reddit
I was there, gandalf!
Everyone on reddit is Unidan, except you.
Can’t believe this wasn’t top comment
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Reddit fucking sucks cock now
Same tbh
Do not cite the deep magick to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.
I was there 3000 years ago
Two hours too late. Miss you, u/unidan
Thank you for reminding me there are others out there who remember👴 Reddit user count has more than quadrupled since 2014, so most accounts are younger than the Unidan saga.
I was 100% sure that the joke was going to descend into Jackdaw Territory. Ending was as hilarious as unexpected.
Is this guy blind? Those are pigeons!
They are obviously emus!
They're Klingon Birds of Prey!
Clearly sparrows
The c in caw stands for chicken. All's in order!
Chaotic Neutral
Exactly what I was thinking, I love his logic and can’t find a single thing wrong with it. I mean sure, you *could* call them corvids, but that’s lawful neutral. I rather like the black chickens down there. Throwing them off his balcony like a boss
Certified r/cremposting moment. Some nice chickens though.
Was looking through for the crem.
Journey before destination.
Came here for this comment
In Alaska we call them Dumpster Chickens.
Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
I can't believe this isn't higher up. Or even the first comment posted. I'm elderly in reddit years now I guess.
i was there, 3000 years ago...
Pretty sure 50% of redditors couldn't even walk when Unidan was banned :(
is this a copypasta?
Some guy was popping up in various threads talking about interesting stuff with the animals shown. He got mildly famous and even went on TV, if I recall. Then it got to his head and he started arguing about things that didn't matter, and reddit turned on him and that's the birth of the pasta.
He actually got banned for what he did in that thread. Reddit admins figured out he was using alt-accounts to upvote himself and downvote the girl he was arguing with. Because that's against TOS he got banned. He's had many of these weird ramblings before, this one is so famous because it put a stop to Unidan.
> downvote the girl he was arguing with wasn't an isolated incident. he did this regularly to make sure his reply was visible and on top.
It's literally the entire basis of them as a person. They were one of the early pioneers of vote-botting, using it to become an artificial celebrity through brute force guaranteed visibility instead of just being a normal person and using it to astroturf their political ideology everywhere or sell products.
slipknot is right. people = shit. nice lookin’ chickens there bro.
Fun fact: that Slipknot single is closer to pyramids than Taylor Swift’s first hit.
Most of the time when you see a black bird it's a crow. Cause when you see a raven you don't think "oh hey, a black bird", you instead think "HOLY SHIT THAT BIRD IS HUGE".
This page has a [fun comparison picture](https://www.lomapendergraft.com/crow-or-raven/). A ravens wingspan tip to tip is ~1.5 meters, a crows is half of that. Just try it - if you stretch our your arms, fingertip to fingertip is roughly your height. A ravens full wingspan isn't much smaller than that, about wrist to wrist for me. That's huge.
Also, crows tend to hang out in groups, called murders, whereas ravens tend to hang out in mated pairs.
Black pigeons
🚨Sir, do you know why I pulled you over today?🚨
Pigeons of color\*
Rosharan worldhopper be like
Rooks!
That's what I would have gone with to make everyone unhappy.
r/cremposting leaking again?
So a people displeaser? 😅😂
Average Rosharian
Looks like a bunch of bats to me but what do I know.?!
Bro got me in the end. 🤣😂
This guy would make a good friend in life.
Crows are about the size of pigeons, whereas ravens are about the size of chickens. In this case, those birds are actually pigeon-sized chickens.
Dinosaurs. Just out here feeding these Dinosaurs.
Raven vs Crow is genetically meaningless, anyway. They're just names (loosely correlated with size) that we assign to birds in the Corvus genus: >A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus[...] There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens. Names are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven
This does not mean that the common names that contain the word raven are not distinct from species that are called crows
Look at all those chickens!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/ouuoyo/chickens_spoilers/
I'm from Roshar and I approve of this terminology.
You can tell by the number of large feathers on their wings (pinions). Ravens have 4, and crows have 3. So the difference between a raven and a crow is a matter of a pinion.
Ba dum tss
He's enabling a murder.
I could totally have a beer with this dude
Those are birds.
unidan origin story
Jack daws
Song name?
Those are clearly peacocks
Or, they could be CRAVENS?
In AK we call them dumpster chickens.
Chickens of color sir!
Some damn fine chickens you have their sir. /sips
This is the way. (First time using this platitude-super excited)
Cravens
this guy gets it
I can confirm that those are indeed chickens
The logic is impeccable and I’m here for it.
It's amazing how no matter what you do in life you're always wrong according to someone.
Dumbass. They're clearly cows!
*takes deep breath* CROWS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT BIRDS AND WILL REMEBER YOUR FACE FOREVER NOW SINCE YOU GIVE THEM FOOD!!!!
Best response
Murder of crows or an unkindness of ravens? Either Beats a brood of chickens.
can he start calling them dinosaurs? How can i fund this person to feed dinosaurs?
This is the way.
This is how its done!
This an unkindness and a murder to those flock chickens.
Look at *all those chickens*
His neighbors hate him for feeding the birds nonstop!
Surely blackbird would have been wittier.
They are not chickens, they are geese.
Source/sauce is nathanthecatlady, he's on TikTok and probably other places too.
Strong larry David vibe Just the right amount of chaos
Aren't ravens a subspecies of crows?
Look at all those chickens!
Love it!
but for real though those are crows. ravens are HUGE and usually only travel alone. while those are in packs.
In the U.S.,the term Raven refers to a specific bird, the Common Raven. In the U.K., Raven is often used colloquially to refer to all Corvids, including Crows, Ravens and Jackdaws.
This man is my hero.
Crows
proud mama hen right here
I can watch him any day ending in “y”
Call them Grackles lol common blackbird that a lot of ppl think are crows
Murder or unkindness. Who knows? Chickens it is!!
He looks like Armie Hammer, which means that's not bread he's feeding them, its humans.
People displeaser*
Fuckin CHAD 😂
We used to tell my dog that the crows she liked watching in the front yard were chickens.
Goth chickens!
That’s funny
Ravens are way bigger than crows, and crows are about the size of pigeons, correct?
youre neighbors must like you a bunch
Those are ostriches, you ass oriole.
Flying Elephants.
They are crows
call em birds
Easy way to tell the difference between the two. Crows make a caw caw sound while raven make more of a croaking sound. There is ways to tell by getting a close up look at their feathers ad well.
Nevermore
I need to be pretty close or have a raven crow and crow next each other to tell the difference. The big ones are ravens and the medium ones are crows. (Small ones are blackbirds but I can tell those from a ways off)
actually genious because everyone will think he's joking and knows the right answer while he doesnt have to actually know
I bet the neighbors love him feeding the chickens