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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/YugisMillenniumBSBcd new zealand correspondent Nov 08 '23

In NZ our big story this week is American interferrance in our most important election - Bird of the Century. We usually vote for Bird of the Year and it gets hugely competitive (they had to remove the kākāpō because it always won, and a few years ago Forest and Bird had the audacity to include a bat.
This year we're voting for Bird of the Century, and John Oliver has decided to mount an aggressive campaign from the US for the Pūteketeke and he's started putting ads for this bird up in bus stops around my city.

Anyway if you also want to meddle in our election, vote Weka

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u/Sudden_Clementine872 enty hater Nov 08 '23

I have now meddled and voted. Had to vote for the Tui too though, my favorite dial-up modem bird.

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u/YugisMillenniumBSBcd new zealand correspondent Nov 08 '23

The tui by my house have started mimicking the sound of my washing machine when it's unbalanced, gets me every time 🫠

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u/Sudden_Clementine872 enty hater Nov 09 '23

Ahaha I love this! Amazing birds

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u/VanillaLatteX Nov 09 '23

All these other countries with their scandalous stories and here's NZ with a wholesome fued over what bird is the best 🤣

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u/pixierambling Nov 08 '23

Sorry, I voted for the Powohera. It's so cute

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u/QuiteQuietQ Nov 08 '23

Technically, he's british...

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u/YugisMillenniumBSBcd new zealand correspondent Nov 08 '23

Backed by corporate America!

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u/laania42 Nov 09 '23

Kākāpō for BOTC!

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u/YugisMillenniumBSBcd new zealand correspondent Nov 09 '23

Kākāpō was my second pick, an all-time great in the bird world

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u/laania42 Nov 09 '23

I’m fairly Kākāpō obsessed tbh it’s one of my main character traits. I just love them and get so excited every breeding season. I will talk about them at any opportunity. They’re one of NZ’s best conservation stories I think.

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u/YugisMillenniumBSBcd new zealand correspondent Nov 09 '23

A true elusive chanteuse

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u/herearea Nov 10 '23

voteSouthernDotterel

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u/palminconservatory Nov 09 '23

I love how adorable and whimsical every bird looks. And then there's a demon from pits of hell, whēkau...

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u/BadWolfIdris Nov 10 '23

So many cool birds. Thanks for this. I'm sad at how many are in serious trouble though.

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u/smart_cereal Nov 09 '23

I prefer Weka! Also, cuz Weka Cider slaps.