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Today I had the misfortune of being pooped on by a bird. I estimate that I was wearing the pooped upon shirt for at least three hours before discovering it. It must have been totally obvious to anyone that looked at me yet nobody said anything. Some people had lunch with me while I was obviously wearing bird poop. I find it interesting that none of my friends told me about it. What would you do, if anything, if you thought your friend was unknowingly pooped on by a bird?

I would definitely tell them, I always do. I hate when that or something similar happens to me and nobody tells. I've always wondered why people (don't) do that...  

I would probably blurt it out right away like an ass.  "Ahhh!  You got pooped on by a bird!!"  And then I'd feel really bad and help then clean it off.  

Honestly, I would just laugh about it and let you keep wearing it. Ya know... spread the laughter around for everyone.  

I think I would point out the bird poop too. In America and Britain I have noticed there is a social protocol to do otherwise on these occasions. Personally, I think I will kindly point out the obvious in the future.

Quote from: "Sophus"Honestly, I would just laugh about it and let you keep wearing it. Ya know... spread the laughter around for everyone.   lol

I would totally be the person who'd  say dude...is that shit on your shirt?

One time a seagull pooped on my friend's head when we were sitting on my in-laws porch.  That was hard to miss.

Some fucking sparrow but it's beak through the top of my milk this morning, bastard.

I would say something, raise it in the form of a question I would. Maybe they assumed someone had already told you, and they did not want to bring it up again?

Yes. Often when humans are in groups, they seem to assume that someone else is looking after them. Watch groups of people crossing a road. Individual people seem to pay more attention to traffic than groups of people. They will often abandon the safety measures they would normally take when crossing it alone. I find this fascinating.

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herd mentality perhaps? subconscious safety in numbers?

Quote from: "MariaEvri"herd mentality perhaps? subconscious safety in numbers?

I think it's a mixture of overconfidence, conformity, groupthink (herding?) and failure to examine alternatives. Look at the ill-fated belief in the existence of Iraqi WMDs, the escalation of the Vietnam war and the failure to predict the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This kind of thinking can cost lives. And more importantly it can leave people walking around wearing bird poop all day.

You have my sympathies for the bird poop. Once ate a very nice meat pie for lunch. Got home to find huge dribble of gravy down my chin. Hundreds of people must have seen it, but could one of the bastards say anything!!!  

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Quote from: "Sophus"Honestly, I would just laugh about it and let you keep wearing it. Ya know... spread the laughter around for everyone.   lol

That's okay. I was crapped on by a bird at Busch Gardens once. Only I had the privilege of watching it happen. If only I had a Red Bull at the time.....

Quote from: "pinkocommie"I would probably blurt it out right away like an ass.  "Ahhh!  You got pooped on by a bird!!"  And then I'd feel really bad and help then clean it off.   :hissyfit:

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Quote from: "xSilverPhinx"If they were total strangers I wouldn't talk to them anyways (I usually feel I need a good reason to speak to a total stranger)

Wait, what are you doing here?  

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Quote from: "xSilverPhinx"If they were total strangers I wouldn't talk to them anyways (I usually feel I need a good reason to speak to a total stranger)

Wait, what are you doing here?  :/

I didn't see that one coming.

I guess I see people with a good degree of like-mindness to not be strangers.

(I meant it more in the physical sense - I'm a really shy person)

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Quote from: "xSilverPhinx"If they were total strangers I wouldn't talk to them anyways (I usually feel I need a good reason to speak to a total stranger)

Wait, what are you doing here?  :/

I didn't see that one coming. :-)

Quote from: "xSilverPhinx"Now I get the feeling that many people are going to tell this guy they saw birds poop on him. Pity they edited out when he expresses how he feels :puke:

Empathy and denial are interesting companions. I think one reason people don't always inform others of embarrassing and/or disgusting situations is that they empathize, and would themselves prefer to deny that something so icky was happening and avoid the embarrassment.

Just an idea.