Today, I tried to save a dying bird I found on the sidewalk. I got a parking ticket for $114 in front of the animal hospital. I later found out the bird died. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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You're welcome…
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
The bird
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Clever
Today, I found a dead bird on my windshield. Thinking I was clever, I turned on my windshield wipers to get the bird off. Unfortunately, the dead bird fell through my open window and onto my lap. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, I spent an hour and a half washing my car. As I was driving down the highway, a large bird flew over my car and accidentally dropped the dead animal he was about to have for dinner. It landed on my windshield. FML
In and out
Today, after finding $50 on the sidewalk this morning and feeling like the luckiest person alive, I got a parking ticket for $60. FML
You owe me $5, kitty
Today, my cat was hit by a car. I took it to the vet expecting the worst but they told me that she’d be fine. I was so happy I didn't even mind paying the $50 bill. The next morning my cat was dead. Having her put down humanely would have cost $45, I paid $5 extra to have her die in my kitchen. FML
Today, I watered a dying communal plant. I was fined $250 for littering. FML
Today, I mowed over a bird while mowing the lawn. It wasn't dead, so I had to mow over it a second time to put it out of its misery. Now there are pieces of dead bird all over my lawn and I can't sleep. FML
Today, I gave my friend a ride to town so she wouldn't have to pay the $10 to park. While waiting to pick her up, I grabbed a bite to eat. Upon returning to my car, I found a $55 parking ticket on my windshield. FML
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pdp_fml 21
You had the right idea, but you didn't know how close to death the bird was. it's great that you tried. I would try to go to traffic court and get the judge to throw out the ticket because you were trying to save a birds life.
Kiyoha 0
Aww, OP, that was very decent of you! I'm glad there are people like you who care enough to help a small bird instead of walking/driving over it. It sucks that you got a ticket and that the bird died, so FYL, but atleast you have a good heart ^^
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Doortje 30
You denied some other animal's lunch by doing that. Now it's just lying in a garbage bin. After living a pointless life the bird now died a pointless death.
Djosef_fml 0
I'll remember that one when an angry dog attacks you.
perdix 31
You should have let one of the neighborhood cats take it to the hospital. The ending would have been the same, and you'd be $114 to the good.
florenzfang 0
at least u tried :) n the bird too
lolbrick 0
pls stp typng lyk a gddm fkn mrn nbbdy cn ndrstnd u
KrazieKleo 13
Poor bird...your pocket got a little lighter too tho hehe.
davidjr_saldana 0
disagree when its nature or me i gotta give it to myself the smarter creation
GoArmy6624 7
ydi for interfering with nature. things r always gonna die, no matter what u do. ydi.
waterpolohezy 6
you should've let it die! what are you with PETA or something? Liberal wackos. let nature do it's thing. you can't go out and save every animal you see with a limp or a cut. it's just not the way things work. it's called the circle of life. wanna know more? watch the lion king.
dancingdoggy 4
Let nature do its thing... OK No more cutting down trees and killing habitats! No more herding animals into factory farms and slaughtering them and torturing them. Are my examples too extreme? Try this: NO MORE PETS! THAT'S NOT "NATURAL"!!! ... Or ... We can compliment OP on trying to do a good deed.
waterpolohezy 6
thank you dancingpuppy for making my argument even better :) liberal wacko. allow me to point out where you are wrong... 1. you are implying the use of the "slippery slope" fallacy which just shows your incompetence to take things to extremes and not take into account other variables thus showing major ignorance which is not a hugely desired trait in people 2. we cut down trees because it is a renewable resource and used for the advancement of several products you use everyday. Not only that but there are HUGE efforts being pushed every day for every tree cut down there be multiple more planted in its place. Ever heard of Earth Day? 3. Animals that are raised to be food for human consumption are on this Earth for exactly that reason. For humans to consume. they are bred, raised, and processed for that reason and that reason alone. And I can assure you that these animals are taken care of better than any treatment they would receive out in the wild alone. Therefore making your argument that "factory farms" are cruel and "torturing them" totally untopical. 4. "NO MORE PETS, THAT'S NOT "NATURAL" oh gosh you make me laugh :) you realize that's basically what the OP was doing right? Turning the bird into her pet. Caring for it, taking the bird "under her wing" so to speak. And look what that got them. A dead bird that was going to die anyway. however now the dead bird cannot be beneficial to the environment anymore because it is now stuck in a trash can. It cannot be food to the local alley cat and cannot be beneficial to the natural life process anymore. or we can all have our own opinions about the FML and not complain like you just did :)
Djosef_fml 0
#70 You fail at logic even more than the person you think you outsmarted. And don't get me wrong, you both fail at logic. Humans are animals which are part of nature. Saying behaviours found in humans AND other species (like compassion for other living creatures, torturing other creatures, caring for animals to feed on them, cut down trees, grow «crops», same sex mating, building complex structures, etc) are not natural just shows how little one knows about nature. Thus saying one should not help other living creatures and «let nature do it's job» is pretty retarded considering feeling empathy and try to save a living creature is also part of our nature, and thus «nature's job». But please, keep on sliding together down that slope of logical fallacy.
buckie123 3
good intentions-good karma:)
motero 0
damn bird! ur lucky ur dead or I'd have killed u myself!
RavenNight 0
at least u tried stop being a downer