Honey Bee

i was at the zoo and just kind of vagueing out leaning on a rail and watching the duck pond and in the background a kid started yelling “he’s coming for you! he’s coming for you!!” and i thought it was some game she was playing with her family or something up until i felt a little hand grab my elbow and looked down to see this tiny wide-eyed child staring up at me with the world’s most serious expression and she said in a solemn voice

# wait wtf is that the bird from the adelaide zoo??? # I CAN’T BELIEVE THERE’S A POST ABOUT MY SWORN ENEMY # he literally chases after you if you ignore him fck that guy holyshti

I just made the mistake of sneezing in my bedroom.  The birds now know that I’m awake, and Morning Scream Fest has begun.

Morning Scream Fest usually starts between 7 and 8am at my house.  Today at 7:35, I realized it had been awfully quiet.  Had I just been so quiet working at my computer that the birds didn’t realize I was awake?  So I performed an experiment.  Out of nowhere, I started yelling, “BIRDS!  BIRDS!  BIRDS!”  And then I yelled their names.

MLM

Wlw

So, who else here struggled to pick up the “go away, you’re not wanted” social cue as a kid, which has made them so overly cautious as an adult that they end up having cool conversations with cool people but don’t want to be too friendly in case they’re missing the cue, and so end up making those cool people think that you don’t want to be friends with them?