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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can't think of anything witty to say but this is what passes for high-stakes reporting in Tasmania. https://pulsehobart.com.au/news/ducking-awesome-duck-shaped-cloud-spotted-off-tasmanias-coast/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Better than the news coming out of NSW atm.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

i'll take anything but that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm just switching on for the day and went to check the headlines as soon as I saw your comment. Urrrrgghhh

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A news story not designed to scare or anger people? I'm calling Murdoch, this can't be allowed! He'll sort it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anatidaephobia is a thing!

I had that when I was at La Trobe uni.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I would rather a slow news day than a bunch of bad stuff happening tbh.

“What the duck?!,” one person wrote, while another was convinced it was not a duck, but a dachshund poking out from behind the cape." Yeah I can see that.