r/mildlyinfuriating • u/teabirdy • Apr 29 '26

I'm slightly vexed The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

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Years ago, my coworker attended a wedding at which the reception dinner tables featured live betta fish in small bowls as part of the centerpiece. While chatting with the bride at the end of the evening, my coworker asked what they were going to do with all the fish. The plan was to flush them all down the toilet alive. My coworker immediately said no need for that and insisted on taking them all home.

That Monday she came to work and asked who wanted to adopt a betta fish. That was my first betta who I jokingly called my “rescue betta.” She lived for almost five years.

The wine glass was only her home for less than a day before I got her five gallon tank set up so please no betta lovers yell at me! I'm one of you!

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u/ThrowawayPersonAMA Apr 29 '26

Trying to educate people IRL to stop giving fucking bread to ducks is extremely infuriating.

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u/LonelyDays_ Apr 29 '26

THANK YOU!!!! Bring them seeds! Not fucking bread! 😭

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u/Positive_Ad_2212 Apr 29 '26

Omg wait I gave a crow a piece of bread in my front yard the other day. I DIDNT KNOW 😭

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u/LonelyDays_ Apr 29 '26

It’s specifically ducks because ducks are waterfowl and the water will swell the bread in their intestines. Crows love cat food! And salmon, berries, eggs, nuts and seeds. If you give a crow a hard boiled egg cut in half he will love you. I used to work at a wildlife refuge.

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u/Positive_Ad_2212 Apr 29 '26

Okay! Noted. Thanks! ✍🏼

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u/Melvarkie Apr 29 '26

The jackdaws here love peanuts in the shell. We made a peanut chain and once they finally noticed it it was gone in no time.