Last night I watched the Bullshit episode on life coaching. I noticed whenever they mentioned the name of that stupid "Eagle's View" "system" (writing a list) they would cut to footage of...a turkey vulture soaring across the sky.
I work at a raptor center and it's very, very common for people to mistake flying turkey vultures for eagles. They do look sort of similar in size and wing shape. But if you know what to look for, you can tell a vulture from an eagle. The bird in the Bullshit episode is definitely a turkey vulture.
Since it's so common for people to mistake vultures for eagles, I'm assuming this was unintentional on the editor's part. But it works so perfectly. It says so much about the life coaches...flying around, waiting for somebody to take advantage of. Best unintentional metaphor ever.
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