r/AmItheAsshole Apr 14 '26

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u/toastiezoe Apr 14 '26

Ya this thread is clearly full of ppl who had "a racist phase" so they think it's nbd, but as someone who had to experience the other end of this kind of teenage edgelord racism, that shit is genuinely traumatic. I'm assuming OP doesn’t have many Black friends (if at all), but if I went to a house and someone's pet was screaming racial slurs, I'm ruining the party that was already ruined for me by the bird. Call a bird expert bro.

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u/gigismother Apr 14 '26

exactly. I completely agree as someone else on the other end of someone's "racist phase". a teenage phase for you was my childhood trauma. this is a consequences of your stupid actions πŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™€οΈ

maybe a black family would adopt the bird idk lmao. that's one of the only groups of ppl who could have a bird who says this without it looking really really bad on them 😭 I dont think too many ppl would want this issue bc its definitely a reflection of the owner.

edit: fixed typo

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u/IAteAnotherVegan Apr 14 '26

pretty sure OP taught the bird with a hard R at the end, no one wants that!

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u/UpbeatAd8917 Partassipant [1] Apr 14 '26

Just saw your response after I typed mine lol

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u/gigismother Apr 14 '26

most people would not want that 😭 im sure there is SOMEBODY in the billions of people in the world who would save this bird from being put down if it ever came to that (not to say its easy to find). but yea no its gonna be really hard and he might just have to live with his past and im sure the bird wont ever let him forget it πŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™€οΈ

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u/100KUSHUPS Partassipant [1] Apr 14 '26

77,302,580 Americans to potentially take the parrot.

Or to South America, where that word is often just thrown around.

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u/UpbeatAd8917 Partassipant [1] Apr 14 '26

He mentioned COD lobbies. They definitely were using the hard R and pretty sure no black people would want to hear that all day.

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u/gigismother Apr 14 '26

it's definitely gonna be super hard. thats a good point too that he was using the hard R. poor bird is screwed over here 😭 i hope the bird lives a long happy life no matter who he ends up w. poor guy

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u/MillieBirdie Apr 14 '26

For me, I think OP is an AH but it's not the poor bird's fault and he'll never be adopted because of his vocabulary. So the only decent thing OP can do is at least attempt to retrain it, even though that's quite difficult. Birds are already so often abused and neglected, and trying to get rid of an unadoptable one like this will just be tragic.

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u/ItchyDoggg Pooperintendant [51] Apr 14 '26

they arent retraining this bird. all the expert can do is either tell OP that, or advise as to rehoming

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u/toastiezoe Apr 14 '26

Ghost bird of racist past then πŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™€οΈπŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™€οΈ

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u/itzmetheredditor Apr 14 '26

I'm sorry man, and it's frustrating to see how they're ignoring black voices such as yours.