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[–] adry@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

(Can I patronize? should be funny to point out that) ackshually, ducks are birds regardless of what they're eating. Like, at all times. Same happens with Penguins, Ostrich, and... Mmm.. other birds! gotcha!! Can't say the same with Velociraptors :P

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 26 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Nobody said that the act of eating birdseed was the thing that makes the ducks birds.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

JavaScript devs learning python: is this duck typing?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

if 'is_eating_birdseed' in obj.__dir__() and obj.is_eating_birdseed:
    return 'Is duck!'
[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hmm, squirrels are weirdly shaped ducks

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Well, temporarily.

[–] adry@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

I know... yet,

ducks eating birdseed were, in fact, birds.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah but nobody also didn't explicitly not say it.

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thank God, right?

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Technically ducks and velociraptors are both dinosaurs, regardless of what they eat.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what if the duck eats the velociraptor?

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 1 month ago

Then it evolves into a dangerduck