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Forget roadrunners, *this* is the mimic birds' ancestor:
5 years ago
I am taking a brief break from saving Ryperna from the Darkness to bring you this message:
If you've never heard of the lyrebird of Australia, I don't blame you. I hadn't either until I had already written Chapter One of Heroes of Ryperna: Earth's Rise, whereupon the YouTube algorithm started recommending me videos of a very skilled avian mimic. Here's one from the legendary Sir David Attenborough:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSB71jNq-yQ
(Video embedding no longer works? What the heck, FA?)
This is why, despite how much the platform has, as Mesartians say, "gone to schist," I still love YouTube: It can provide the spark of inspiration an author needs, even if said spark was struck in a bit of a stalking way.
Here's how I imagine the conversation went:
FA: So we have this new author named SupersuMC, and he used roadrunners as a base for a "mimic bird" that attracts its prey by imitating the voices of its victims' loved ones. Thing is, we don't think roadrunners are a good fit. Does anyone have any ideas?
Google: Sounds like the Jabberjays from the Hunger Games.
Facebook: Why doesn't he share it on my platform?! Why did he abandon me?! It's not like I ticked all his malicious software checks!
Wattpad: I'll recommend him all the Hunger Games fanfics he doesn't want to read!
Twitter: I got nothing. He'll just be canceled within a couple of years, anyway. Look at his record!
r/furry: Yeah, we're thinking of banning him at the slightest offense after what he said on Discord a year or two and a half ago. (They actually did a couple of weeks ago. It's a long story that I will only share with those who ask, mainly due to what is involved.)
4chan: Ooh, he's a bold guy! We'll take him! (I don't have a 4chan yet, mainly because I'm a little scared.)
FA: Everyone! We're getting off-topic here! Does anyone know of a roadrunner-like bird that is a skilled mimic? What about you, YouTube?
YT: I know just the thing! Recommending "Lyrebird" videos to account "Supersum Creations" the next time he checks in for a fresh batch of videos! :-D
FA: sigh Thanks, YouTube... And so long as he doesn't do anything "wrong" by liberal standards on FA, we'll tolerate him. You don't deserve him, r/furry...
And it's nearly Saturday and I'll be voting first thing in the morning, so good night everybody!
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSB71jNq-yQ
(Video embedding no longer works? What the heck, FA?)
This is why, despite how much the platform has, as Mesartians say, "gone to schist," I still love YouTube: It can provide the spark of inspiration an author needs, even if said spark was struck in a bit of a stalking way.
Here's how I imagine the conversation went:
FA: So we have this new author named SupersuMC, and he used roadrunners as a base for a "mimic bird" that attracts its prey by imitating the voices of its victims' loved ones. Thing is, we don't think roadrunners are a good fit. Does anyone have any ideas?
Google: Sounds like the Jabberjays from the Hunger Games.
Facebook: Why doesn't he share it on my platform?! Why did he abandon me?! It's not like I ticked all his malicious software checks!
Wattpad: I'll recommend him all the Hunger Games fanfics he doesn't want to read!
Twitter: I got nothing. He'll just be canceled within a couple of years, anyway. Look at his record!
r/furry: Yeah, we're thinking of banning him at the slightest offense after what he said on Discord a year or two and a half ago. (They actually did a couple of weeks ago. It's a long story that I will only share with those who ask, mainly due to what is involved.)
4chan: Ooh, he's a bold guy! We'll take him! (I don't have a 4chan yet, mainly because I'm a little scared.)
FA: Everyone! We're getting off-topic here! Does anyone know of a roadrunner-like bird that is a skilled mimic? What about you, YouTube?
YT: I know just the thing! Recommending "Lyrebird" videos to account "Supersum Creations" the next time he checks in for a fresh batch of videos! :-D
FA: sigh Thanks, YouTube... And so long as he doesn't do anything "wrong" by liberal standards on FA, we'll tolerate him. You don't deserve him, r/furry...
And it's nearly Saturday and I'll be voting first thing in the morning, so good night everybody!
