kiki wrote:
every time i'm close to quitting Nextdoor (pretty much every day) a post comes up that leaves me so surprised at human nature that it seems important to stay on, just as a reminder that there's a whole wide world out there . . . today's star post was a guy who found a pigeon (urban) half dead in his backyard from cat attack. He puts the pigeon in a box, brings it into his home, and asks Nextdoor for help with what to do.
responses: give it water and seeds, call the local wildlife support centre for a volunteer to come take it, "let nature takes its course" [very unpopular, with personal attack on poster in response]
so what the pigeon rescuer does is call the local vet, who tells him they cannot take the bird 'for health and safety reasons'.
Despite that the guy CALLS AN UBER AND SENDS THE PIGEON IN BOX over the vet. He was widely upvoted and hearted for this action. this may become the community standard.
Hopefully the vet office calls the cops due to th delivery of a suspicious package who then calls the bomb squad who then blows up the pigeon.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.