Originally Posted by usernamehere

Same answer, it’s gonna be the same answer for most people with a little bit of time here already as it would be for anyone at a destination airline.

Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird.

Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it.

But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.

Originally Posted by usernamehere

Same answer, it’s gonna be the same answer for most people with a little bit of time here already as it would be for anyone at a destination airline.

Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.

Originally Posted by flensr

Didn't mention that occasionally the bird in the hand will catch you looking at the birds in the bush, resulting in a variety of behaviors that may range from additional kicking in the nuts, to kicking you out of the nest while making you continue to maintain the nest. At the very least the bird in the hand will likely become much louder, once it's aware that you are aware that other birds exist. The consequences for the bird in the hand discovering your hand actually in the bush may be fatal. In very rare occasions a bird in the hand may invite an additional bird in from the bush, but they're probably plotting your death so that's not really an opportunity. In the rare cases where you do trade in your large and loud bird in the hand for a younger bird in the bush, expect to have to maintain 2 nests and provide birdseed for both birds, for the rest of your life. Also, keep in mind that the bird most recently taken from the bush will almost always immediately transition to nut kicking and eye pecking behavior every time you interact with or even look at the bird you released from your hand, and may demand some sort of monthly balancing behavior from you whenever the bird released from the hand is provided it's monthly nest and birdseed allotment.

All of this likely makes for a net negative economic impact, regardless of how attractive the future with the new bird appears on initial consideration.

Originally Posted by flensr

Didn't mention that occasionally the bird in the hand will catch you looking at the birds in the bush, resulting in a variety of behaviors that may range from additional kicking in the nuts, to kicking you out of the nest while making you continue to maintain the nest. At the very least the bird in the hand will likely become much louder, once it's aware that you are aware that other birds exist. The consequences for the bird in the hand discovering your hand actually in the bush may be fatal. In very rare occasions a bird in the hand may invite an additional bird in from the bush, but they're probably plotting your death so that's not really an opportunity. In the rare cases where you do trade in your large and loud bird in the hand for a younger bird in the bush, expect to have to maintain 2 nests and provide birdseed for both birds, for the rest of your life. Also, keep in mind that the bird most recently taken from the bush will almost always immediately transition to nut kicking and eye pecking behavior every time you interact with or even look at the bird you released from your hand, and may demand some sort of monthly balancing behavior from you whenever the bird released from the hand is provided it's monthly nest and birdseed allotment.

All of this likely makes for a net negative economic impact, regardless of how attractive the future with the new bird appears on initial consideration.

Originally Posted by Timmay

Wait, so which one of these birds is Spirit Airlines?

Originally Posted by Smooth at FL450

welcome aboard!

Originally Posted by flensr

Didn't mention that occasionally the bird in the hand will catch you looking at the birds in the bush, resulting in a variety of behaviors that may range from additional kicking in the nuts, to kicking you out of the nest while making you continue to maintain the nest. At the very least the bird in the hand will likely become much louder, once it's aware that you are aware that other birds exist. The consequences for the bird in the hand discovering your hand actually in the bush may be fatal. In very rare occasions a bird in the hand may invite an additional bird in from the bush, but they're probably plotting your death so that's not really an opportunity. In the rare cases where you do trade in your large and loud bird in the hand for a younger bird in the bush, expect to have to maintain 2 nests and provide birdseed for both birds, for the rest of your life. Also, keep in mind that the bird most recently taken from the bush will almost always immediately transition to nut kicking and eye pecking behavior every time you interact with or even look at the bird you released from your hand, and may demand some sort of monthly balancing behavior from you whenever the bird released from the hand is provided it's monthly nest and birdseed allotment.

All of this likely makes for a net negative economic impact, regardless of how attractive the future with the new bird appears on initial consideration.