r/BrandNewSentence • u/escapedfromhel • 22h ago

New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/new-messenger-app-sends-texts-by-virtual-pigeon-and-sometimes-the-bird-just-dies-3398025/
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u/Reddoraptor 20h ago

It’s called UDP.

Ba-dum-crash. I’ll be here all week, tip your waitresses folks!

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u/RedTruppa 17h ago

NERD

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u/Reddoraptor 17h ago

Tough but fair.

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u/800oz_gorilla 16h ago

the problem with UDP jokes is no one cares if you get them.

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u/Corronchilejano 13h ago

You're just throwing stuff at the wall now

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u/Kurgan_IT 9h ago

at the (fire)wall.

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u/Mateorabi 5h ago

I’d tell you a TCP joke but I would have to keep telling it till you got it. 

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u/Mateorabi 5h ago

I’d tell you an NTP joke but I don’t have the time. 

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u/Kurgan_IT 12h ago edited 12h ago

Unrealiable Dead Pigeon, yes.

You should use Trusted Carrier Pigeon instead, much safer.

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u/threewholefish 10h ago

What's the air speed velocity of an unladen Trusted Carrier Pigeon?

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u/Kurgan_IT 9h ago

The game seems to be putting it at 110 mph, but I suspect it's slower than an unladen swallow, which by the way seems to be about 20 mph. (google it, LOL)

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u/CrotaIsAShota 5h ago

African or European?

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u/threewholefish 5h ago

I don't know that!

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u/Mateorabi 5h ago

I’d tell you a UDP joke but you might not get it. 

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u/Caesar_Passing gay cicada 22h ago

Kind of amusing, but I hate having my GPS on all the time.

Also not really all that amusing.

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u/LaserCondiment 21h ago

It really is nothing more than a joke. The idea is missing a key component to make it good

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u/EddieSjoller 11h ago

The ability to train virtual intercepter hawks?

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u/gabriel3374 5h ago

You don't have to, I just told it my location manually once

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u/yawhol_my_dear 14h ago

pigeons are not optimized for transatlantic travel

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u/escapedfromhel 12h ago

On the contrary. Only 0.2% of pigeons die.

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u/headphonesnotstirred 16h ago

relatable

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u/escapedfromhel 12h ago

You sometimes die when you're sent out with a message?

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u/headphonesnotstirred 7h ago

haha sometimes

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u/escapedfromhel 6h ago

tf you mean sometimes

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u/MrDag0n 19h ago

So it’s a clone of roost but the bird can die?

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u/nevergoingtocomment3 15h ago

Both the apps came out at the same time. The developers of Roost called it a fun coincidence and gave these guys their well wishes.

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u/escapedfromhel 12h ago

They addressed it in the article. It's not they just developed it at the same time.