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personalhale t1_jcidgxp wrote

Reply to comment by SalMinellaOnYouTube in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots

This isn't as true as Reddit likes to claim it to be. It was very rare, very niche. By "rare" I mean 7 recorded instances. https://www.history.com/news/mailing-children-post-office

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erishun t1_jciis9s wrote

And they were prearranged and fully planned in close conjunction with the postal service. It’s not like they licked a stamp and stuck the kid in a box.

The parents worked with post office staff to choose the appropriate day and route well in advance.

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personalhale t1_jcijtqf wrote

Reddit loves to post a headline without context though. It'll be upvoted way beyond the actual story because some person read a snippet before and thought they were "smart."

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PineapplesAreLame t1_jcjnkme wrote

For every "fact" post, 10000s read the title and no more, a few 100 read the 10th down comment with the real info/context.

Most of what people think about the world is just fiction effectively. I believe it's a large problem with society. Worst is with news events and science (cherry picked articles with sensationalist headlines).

Not limited to reddit of course.

You can usually see if a title is corrected cos the vote % will be a bit lower, maybe 80-93%. Some go back and downvote it. But clearly most people upvote and move on

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BylenS t1_jckd9db wrote

Back in the day on rural routes you could ask them to bring you other items... like milk, sugar etc. I once had a woman ask me to pick her up a loaf of bread. (This was in 1992) I told her we don't do that anymore. She got mad and said, "Well, you use to bring me what I needed!" So yeah, I can see someone saying, "John can you stop by Annie's house and pick up Billy for me on your way out here."

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rawrc t1_jcinw9p wrote

Then how did Garfield mail Nermal to Abu Dhabi?

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