futurebird ,
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Have you ever gotten a crush on someone just by reading about something they did?

adobsonartworks posts: Have any of you heard of the Harvard MIT Pigeon Prank? An MIT student dressed in a black-and- white striped shirt went to the Harvard football stadium every day of one summer, blowing a whistle while scattering breadcrumbs or birdseed to coax neighborhood pigeons down onto the field. At Harvard’s opening game of the season, upon the referee’s first whistle, it’s said hundreds of pigeons descended onto the field, causing a half-hour delay.
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    jaycee ,
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    @futurebird 😂👏👏

    Mcdyer ,
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    @futurebird
    This is the chaos mindset we need.

    pdcawley ,
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    @futurebird why the fuck is Pavlov's Dog the canonical example of this sort of thing when the MIT Pigeon Prank's just sat there?

    ClickyMcTicker ,

    @pdcawley @futurebird Probably because this one isn’t real

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/field-of-seeds/

    futurebird OP ,
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    @ClickyMcTicker @pdcawley

    noooooo

    caity ,
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    @futurebird @ClickyMcTicker @pdcawley But it should be. (Nonchalantly whistles and heads over to local playing fields...)

    hllizi ,
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    @futurebird @ClickyMcTicker @pdcawley I wish I could say this was the saddest news in a long time. But it's close.

    seawall ,
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    @futurebird bwahahaha

    StrangeNoises ,
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    @futurebird @Natasha_Jay nice to see operant conditioning used for good.

    bazylevnik0 ,
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    @futurebird the pigeon master degree

    PizzaDemon ,
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    @futurebird https://a.co/d/05JXRUCr

    epicdemiologist ,
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    @futurebird If you're a fan of this sort of thing, I recommend the book "If at All Possible, Involve a Cow" or the MIT hacks page: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/

    NatureMC ,
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    @futurebird Even if it is a nice urban myth, there's a real guy regularly biking with a swarm of crows: @wurzelmann Here's a photo: https://mastodon.online/@wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at/112715727907420011

    driftercarbon ,
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    @futurebird Oh this is next level. That's brilliant, if true.

    peteriskrisjanis ,
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    @futurebird he must be also DMing in free time 😅

    Zabuzzman ,
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    @futurebird My hero!

    mediopocillo ,
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    @futurebird
    It would not end well for the birds. They would be exterminated.

    isotopp ,
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    @futurebird

    "apocryphal", that is, probably not happened, but should have happened.

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-harvard-stadium-pigeon-prank-that-pavlov-would-be-proud-of

    PhoenixSerenity ,
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    @futurebird So many times, I've lost count.

    tom ,
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    @futurebird
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Harvard%E2%80%93Yale_prank this one's also excellent

    weekend_editor ,
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    @futurebird

    Seems apocryphal, from all that I can find out (MIT alum here).

    Also, Harvard stadium security is more present nowadays.

    However, a small aerial drone dragging a black & white striped cloth, playing a whistle, shooting breadcrumbs at the same time each day... that should be do-able.

    I mean, yeah, they have security. But do they have air defenses?

    DebR ,
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    @futurebird Love it!

    Skepticat ,
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    @enoch
    This you? 😉😁

    @futurebird

    jwcph ,
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    @futurebird 😂😂😂 excelsior!!

    http_error_418 ,
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    @futurebird how about the students who disassembled a car... and resembled it around a spike on the roof of the college?

    segleng85 ,
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    @futurebird https://go.paid4link.com/ATvnL2oA

    KosmosJdr ,

    @futurebird Sorry, this one is a myth, as explained in this paper. But it's still a good story!
    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-harvard-stadium-pigeon-prank-that-pavlov-would-be-proud-of

    Remittancegirl ,
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    @futurebird Wow. This is magnificent.

    MichaelErard ,
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    @futurebird we know this is not an MIT prank because it lacks the hallmark of MIT pranks: an engineering component.

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