ducks

This meme/prompt has been floating around for a little bit, but whenever folks are prompted to draw a duck, they respond, so it remains a fun exercise. What can people do with some orange bits and the assignment of duck drawing? A lot more than you'd think.

After Smol Animol Memes and twitter user IsskndarAriffin shared the prompt for people to draw a duck, people's artwork came flocking in like mad. For more cool art stuff, here's a bunch of tattoos that turned scars into art, or this Tumblr user that followed along with Bob Ross on MS Paint.

This is just the kind of AskReddit thread that escapes reason, logic, etc, and that's why we love it. We've got plenty of ominous news headlines and intellectually engaging material at our fingertips. Sometimes, we just need to pump the mental brakes and wander down a ridiculous rabbit's hole. Like this right here: people imagining what they'd do if they suddenly turned into ducks. Might go to Subway to get that bread, or start a duel with a nearby goose. Who knows. 

Sometimes you grow up and realize that you were in fact that one kid who fell through the cracks on a seemingly obvious bit of knowledge. It happens to the best of them. In this case, a guy learns that he completely misunderstood "The Ugly Duckling", and grew up believing that you can't have female swans. What a brilliant little mix-up. 

You thought Tinder was about having a clever pick-up line or being rich, handsome or tall? Okay, those might help but also all you need is a good imagination and the ability to write a quick story about a duck. Hopefully this doesn't end in unsolicited duck pics.

This Redditor, ColonelDredd, rescued a baby duckling from the icy grip of certain death this summer when he found it all alone.

If this were a Disney movie we'd expect the two of them to be bonded for life in an eternal love affair. They'd have a misunderstanding and part ways. But then in the third act the duckling would come and save ColonelDredd's family from a mustache-twirling villain.

Alas, that's not how life goes. Instead, as you can see, ColonelDredd was brutally attacked by this ungrateful little a**hole upon their reunion. 

Hey, still a better love story than Twilight.


The resulting thread lead to some extremely absurd stories about people's own experience with water fowl.  

In fact, one might be sitting near you on your next flight! fingers crossed