erishun t1_jciis9s wrote on March 17, 2023 at 1:52 AM

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

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.

personalhale t1_jcijtqf wrote on March 17, 2023 at 2:01 AM

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."

PineapplesAreLame t1_jcjnkme wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:27 AM

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

flightwatcher45 t1_jcit7vu wrote on March 17, 2023 at 3:17 AM

Yes, a publicity stunt, and its still getting attention haha.

Cronerburger t1_jcj36sa wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:52 AM

A Lmao is fully warranted here

BylenS t1_jckd9db wrote on March 17, 2023 at 1:52 PM

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."