A Pigeon Fancier I am not

The above header says no more.

At least in this Don Martin Comic, the characters have better interaction with pigeons than most humans do in real life.

But yeah, Pigeons. The most idiotic looking bird to behold.

That and the fact that they shit everywhere..... I mean all birds do but pigeons do their business with absolute ignorance.

Did I mention that pigeons look stupid?

"HEY!!! YOU TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME!!!"

That gaze from them eyes.....dawg....

They watch you.

They may look stupid but don't underestimate the powers of the pigeon.

"Yeah. That's right. Don't underestimate me!!!"

"Or Old man Pigeon below me!"

So I don't actually hate pigeons. I actually fear them.

Not in a phobia way but rather in a sense that they are cunning little birds.

The sad truth is that there's actually stories that pigeons were seen by people as a reliable source of long distance communication.

Take this example from Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels from 1939.

Look how diligent Mr. Pigeon is about to deliver King Bombo's mail.

All which has been displaced when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

Nowadays, Pigeons are portrayed as vermin to anybody who's unfortunate to get near them. 

Whether it's their poop or they're flock about to attack like the Cuccos from ZELDA.

Mel Brooks will demonstrate this trope via this link to video example from his 1977 film HIGH ANXIETY:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoExamples/PeskyPigeons

Here are some other examples of how Pigeons are treated in Media:

I'm forced to us this stock photo of Laverne yelling at Pigeons cause I can't find a 4K screenshot from the 1996 movie where she yells at pigeons.

Ok. So maybe pigeons aren't all that bad.

Just poorly misunderstood.

Here's evidence that Pigeons are actually friendly to use if we put the effort.

The Pigeon Man from HEY ARNOLD is a very good example of being friendly with Pigeons.

I guess I misunderstood Pigeons.

I promise myself to treat them with respect instead of my previous antagonization of them since High School.

So the next time I visit my High School or stop at Costco near Stadium Skytrain Station, I'll either leave them pigeons alone or just offer them some of my food. 

So the next time you see pigeons out in the street or the park,

Be more like Don Martin

And less like High School Me circa 2011-2016.