for the birds
(idiomatic, originally, US, _, military slang, informal) Not deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless.
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These WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU EMAILS ARE FOR THE BIRDS🙄😡😠😠😠I definitely see why people go into business for themselves!!!!
thinking more on that incident where i threw some freezer burned vegetables out for the birds and then started thinking "what if you just crushed a bug or hit a bird with that. you hit a bird with that. you have to go…
Getting 7k on a throwaway sketch has made me realize being optimal is for the birds
luckily the trees are too close to the window for the birds to get much speed - so they are just stunned not killed but it’s brutal to hear and see. 🫣
Mine in MT never get much bigger than that. Which makes them a giant PITA to top and tail ... often get left for the birds.
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(idiomatic, originally, US, _, military slang, informal) Not deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless.
“These WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU EMAILS ARE FOR THE BIRDS🙄😡😠😠😠I definitely see why people go into business for themselves!!!!”
Sgt. Buck Erickson, Camp Ellis, Ill., News: "Don't take too seriously the belief that we have football at Camp Ellis solely for the entertainment of the personnel—that's strictly for the birds. The Army is a winner … The Army like t…
“These WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU EMAILS ARE FOR THE BIRDS🙄😡😠😠😠I definitely see why people go into business for themselves!!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“thinking more on that incident where i threw some freezer burned vegetables out for the birds and then started thinking "what if you just crushed a bug or hit a bird with that. you hit a bird with that. you have to go see if you hit a bird. you have to. you hit a bird with it"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Getting 7k on a throwaway sketch has made me realize being optimal is for the birds”
— Bluesky· May 2026“luckily the trees are too close to the window for the birds to get much speed - so they are just stunned not killed but it’s brutal to hear and see. 🫣”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mine in MT never get much bigger than that. Which makes them a giant PITA to top and tail ... often get left for the birds.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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