Wish I could take credit, but it's good old search engine work. I searched for bathroom basins and came across several discussions of this same picture. Among all the jokes and random ideas was that link above that finally explained it.
Impressive dedication. Do you have an important task to do that you're currently procrastinating? Whenever I show similar levels of commitment to answering trivial questions, that's what is usually driving me.
I was winding down to go to sleep, so I put that off for a few minutes. I don't want to oversell the effort involved though. It was less than 10 minutes of refining search queries and scouring a handful of message threads for related info.
The bald eagle, the icon of the USA, is being hunted towards extinction by, as you might have guessed, US Americans. Which is ironic because the USA is also being destroyed by, as everyone knows, US Americans.
Bald eagles are fleeing towards Canada, so Americans who want to avoid their own destruction should probably do the same.
The moving of the bald eagle to Canada isn't disrupting it's local wild life and balance but I think this will be different when there will be an influx of uneducated self centered hillbillies.
The bald eagle is the national bird and national symbol of the United States and appears on its seal. In the late 20th century it was on the brink of extirpation in the contiguous United States, but measures such as banning the practice of hunting bald eagles and banning the use of the harmful pesticide DDT slowed the decline of their population. Populations have since recovered, and the species' status was downgraded from "endangered" to "threatened" in 1995 and removed from the list altogether in 2007.
At best your shit is 20 years old. Since you're stuck back in the early aughts, maybe you should warn people bout the dangers of the coming decades?
What are you talking about? Bald eagle populations are thriving and they've been removed from the endangered species list. Are there still shitsheads? Always will be.
Ah! I see it. That's, umm, old news. The population has made significant gains since hunting was banned in the 60s. That, plus the banning of DDT, brought the 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to >71,000 pairs today.
There are plenty of bald eagles around me, I see one about once a month. It's crazy to see one on the side of the road, tearing hunks of meat off a dead squirrel or possum, as the buzzards look on forlornly, hoping there will be some left over when he's done.
Eagles are an impressive bird, with those talons and that beak. I wouldn't want to tangle with one.
46 Comments
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 100 pts · 221d
I'm fascinated to know the actual purpose for this.
Odo@lemmy.world · 149 pts · 221d
A planter for fake plants. Apparently it was a fad in the 50s and 60s.
edwardbear@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 221d
holy shit how did you know that
Odo@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 221d
Wish I could take credit, but it's good old search engine work. I searched for bathroom basins and came across several discussions of this same picture. Among all the jokes and random ideas was that link above that finally explained it.
edwardbear@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 221d
thanks :)
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 220d
Impressive dedication. Do you have an important task to do that you're currently procrastinating? Whenever I show similar levels of commitment to answering trivial questions, that's what is usually driving me.
Odo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 220d
I was winding down to go to sleep, so I put that off for a few minutes. I don't want to oversell the effort involved though. It was less than 10 minutes of refining search queries and scouring a handful of message threads for related info.
Or maybe I spend too much time online. :)
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 221d
Probably by image searching it, and finding the r/whatisthisthing post where both this pic and the joke are from.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 220d
they used to live in one
NickwithaC@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d
Welcome to the internet.
acme401@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 221d
I have been online since 1994. This picture is almost as old.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 221d
I had a house built in ‘71 and it had one
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 221d
Baptisms
Qu4ndo@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 221d
Probably for shampoo bottles and other bath stuff? 🤔
SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 221d
Ice and a 12-pack, obviously.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 221d
Oh my now I need that
frank@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 221d
But then how do you drain it after? Maybe the plastic liner can be lifted out and dumped?
Natanael@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 220d
Pressure wash
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 28 pts · 221d
Lentil soup
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 221d
I see what you did there 🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 221d
Klear@quokk.au · 7 pts · 221d
Keep on keeping on
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 6 pts · 221d
Best dc show
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 221d
The bald eagle, the icon of the USA, is being hunted towards extinction by, as you might have guessed, US Americans. Which is ironic because the USA is also being destroyed by, as everyone knows, US Americans.
Bald eagles are fleeing towards Canada, so Americans who want to avoid their own destruction should probably do the same.
The moving of the bald eagle to Canada isn't disrupting it's local wild life and balance but I think this will be different when there will be an influx of uneducated self centered hillbillies.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 221d
Mmmmm, smells like you're full of shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle
At best your shit is 20 years old. Since you're stuck back in the early aughts, maybe you should warn people bout the dangers of the coming decades?
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 221d
What are you talking about? Bald eagle populations are thriving and they've been removed from the endangered species list. Are there still shitsheads? Always will be.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 221d
... it's illegal to touch a bald eagle, let alone hunt one. Their populations are thriving in the US. What are you even talking about?
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 220d
I saw a documentary about illegal hunting the bald eagle which drastically hurt the population in the US
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 220d
Ah! I see it. That's, umm, old news. The population has made significant gains since hunting was banned in the 60s. That, plus the banning of DDT, brought the 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to >71,000 pairs today.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 220d
Like I said, "illegal" poaching.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 220d
71,000 mating pairs isn't exactly an L, dude.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 221d
I think you misjudge who will be migrating to Canada. certainly it's the cute gay couple and not the methed-up cousin fucker.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 221d
You underestimate the level of "Fuck you got mine" in most cousin fuckers
TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 8 pts · 221d
I think you overestimate the amount of cousin fucker passports.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 221d
That's a very good point
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 221d
Ironically, lots of Bald Eagles in Canada around Lake Erie. Must the the healthcare.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
Yeah but it might include a gay couple that are cousins and on meth. They make those in Alabama and Indiana
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 221d
There are plenty of bald eagles around me, I see one about once a month. It's crazy to see one on the side of the road, tearing hunks of meat off a dead squirrel or possum, as the buzzards look on forlornly, hoping there will be some left over when he's done.
Eagles are an impressive bird, with those talons and that beak. I wouldn't want to tangle with one.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
Yeah.. but don't sleep on the buzzards. They have the most acidic stomach acid of any critter and they can projectile vomit as a weapons system.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 220d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_8TjQcpMo
db2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
How many Rs are in strawberry
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 220d
I haven't received my bald eagle yet.
Does this mean I'm not American enough?
:(
Brb getting a rifle from walmart so I can get the bald eagle on my own
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 220d
My neighbor's said I was "Woke", so I got a red tailed hawk instead of a bald eagle and now their worldview is crumbling.
daggermoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
I've only seen one in the wild two or three times. It's a beautiful animal.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 220d
Its a ridiculous derp bird.
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 220d
hahaha