The association of birds with moral purity

Anonus · 2016-09-19 08:55:02

Nestlé is one of the world's most heinous corporations. They have done many morally questionable and downright evil things. But their logo conjures images of birds as the morally upright standard-bearers of society: food and the family unit. Nestlé's logo is something of a lie in this sense, or could be construed as such, but why are birds considered so wholesome and as models for the ideal societal unit? Why not foxes, or bears, or echidnae, or rabbits?

Tatterhood · 2016-09-19 11:47:53

everyone knows barfing in your kids' mouths is the key to a happy family

Crystal · 2016-09-19 14:12:42

Always was mixed on that.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-09-19 15:28:40

the local murder of crows would like to have a word with it

Anonus · 2016-09-20 04:52:07

I was sleep depping hard but this is still surprisingly coherent

Princess Alice · 2016-09-20 04:58:20

I expected it to be about doves as a symbol of peace, somehow

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-20 05:06:46

Both, I think.

This was a weirdly profound thread and I'm glad I clicked on it.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-09-20 05:07:13

Birds birds

they're good at words

they like to chirp

birds birds birds

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-20 05:11:35

BIRBS.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-09-20 05:12:48

I don't know why but my mind decided to just conjure up imaginary audio of MC Ride scream-rapping "I'M BANGIN' NUTS IN YOUR HEAD BOY: IPSO FACTO"

so that'll be there for a while.

Crystal · 2016-09-20 05:12:52

One of the few Death Grips things I've listened to, though one I've also enjoyed.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-20 05:15:26

"Birds" is actually pretty chill for DG. It also has guitar from Robert Pattinson, of all people.

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-09-20 07:35:56

Anonus said:

Nestlé is one of the world's most heinous corporations. They have done many morally questionable and downright evil things. But their logo conjures images of birds as the morally upright standard-bearers of society: food and the family unit. Nestlé's logo is something of a lie in this sense, or could be construed as such, but why are birds considered so wholesome and as models for the ideal societal unit? Why not foxes, or bears, or echidnae, or rabbits?

Because it's named after its founder, and the etymology of "Nestlé" is "nests." Birds live in nests. Foxes, bears, and echindae do not.

Rabbits do though.

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-09-20 07:39:22

I'm not sure if birds are morally pure at all. Cuckoos are very closely related to cuckoldry and shrikes are pretty vicious animals for their size.

Klinotaxis · 2016-09-20 07:41:22

cuckoos go above and beyond the cuck call by just murdering their fake siblings. don't get that in humans....................... much

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-20 08:25:42

Ottoman succession.

Klinotaxis · 2016-09-20 09:01:41

you take that back

Tachyon · 2016-09-20 14:06:26

i couldn't tell this was a sleep-dep thread at all, it seems quite interesting to me

it's not about whether birds are actually morally pure (i kind of wish people would stop applying moral judgment to animals) but about what they represent to human beings

perhaps Nestlé intended to evoke dove imagery

One-Winged Eagle · 2016-09-20 14:13:54

They could be any bird, really. I say they are Blood-Breasted Flowerpeckers.

Tachyon · 2016-09-20 14:14:45

i mean in the sense of the positive associations people have with dove imagery

Tachyon · 2016-09-20 14:15:07

they could be any kind of bird, but they are probably not toucans, or ostriches

Crystal · 2016-09-20 14:32:10

Still personally likes and finds it hard not to have positive associations with doves, albeit a lot of that also being personal stuff

Tatterhood · 2016-09-20 15:55:20

They look pretty dovey to me. Not quite the right shape for flowerpeckers.

Tachyon · 2016-09-21 03:01:43

they have narrower bodies though, closer to a blackbird or starling than a dove imo

just to analyze a little more, the image shows a bird feeding its young - note the open beaks on the chicks, the way the parent bird is leaning in

nesting birds have a not-unfounded reputation for being dutiful parents

so perhaps what Nestlé intend to evoke here is the idea that you will be doing your duty as a parent by buying their products for your children

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