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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

answer: China is trying to empty the oceans and it doesn't give a fuck

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago

It's not just China. Pretty much every country is over fishing.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

FTA:

"Nutritionally, it is far more efficient than meat"

TIL Fish is not meat...

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whoever said that must be Catholic.

[–] wwaxen@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

At one time both capybaras and puffins were classified as fish by the church to allow their consumption on all days. They were just too convenient to ignore.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a very convoluted way to make people vegetarians

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

Only during Lent.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Beavers as well.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The thought of eating a capy just feels so wrong.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is it not common in most places to differentiate land animals (meat) from sea animals (fish)? I get your point that there's no real distinction to make philosophically, but it's customary and most people understand it?

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No? The only times I've seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons. Generally you'd categorize the meat by the type of animal, such as beef, pork, chicken/poultry, or the broad categories like fish or shellfish.

Maybe it just depends on if you live someplace that's very religious or not?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only times I've seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons

I think going to the restaurant located inside my local church was a mistake

[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol, you say that, but catholic churches are very much known for their fish fry fridays in my area.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is their halibut good enough for Jehovah?

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Sister Celestine, I told you to we needed to order more HABITS, now what are we gonna do with all this fish?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I've definitely seen and heard the phrase "meat or fish" used where I live. I doubt it's just a Finnish thing

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I dunno, I just assumed that anything that bleeds when you kill it is meat.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

A lot of people make the distinction that red meat, mammals, are more intelligent, more aware of pain, more develop neurologically, than fish

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

WTF I want to kill a crab for scientific purposes now

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We bleed horseshoe crabs for the medicinal properties of their blood.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You do you, my friend. My family and I prefer to spend our free time reading a good book or baking cookies.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I eat all the meat. It's delicious. I just wanted to share what it's called when you eat fish but no other meat.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Even to his day, I still meet "vegetarians" who eat fish. Usually boomer age.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I once met a vegetarian when i was only 8 and wasn't even sure what that was. She explained that she doesn't eat meat, just fish and chicken. Instead of just asking a real adult, i made shit up in my brain like: fjsh aren't meat and neither are chickens, because their meat is white or some shit.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

is there not a term for that? What do you call someone who chooses not to eat red meat? (Not for religious or cultural reasons)

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Healthy, haha

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

My FIL is going through some medical issues and considered going mostly vegetarian to try and reverse the (irreversible) organ damage he was told he had. His plan was just fish, eggs and poultry, with red meat just once or twice a week.

I’m not often speechless.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

China must be lying about its aquaculture output, otherwise why are they fishing the oceans clean?

Time to start sinking fishing vessels.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

As long as we also carpet bomb meat and feed farms since the environmental impact of beef is much larger

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I read that infographic passing for an article.

The environmental effect of beef is much higher than that of fish.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Much harder to do that without getting caught by governments. Sinking fishing boats in international waters seems comparatively safer.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah pirate shit

[–] offbyone@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

What about the people onboard?

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This article has impeccable graphics and UX design. Its almost a documentary that I can scroll through.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This article has impeccable [...] UX design.

It's stupidly frustrating. I want to read the fucking article... Not scroll for 2 hours to get to the next paragraph.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

This is how I feel about these sort of multimedia articles too. Give me a "text only" button, at least

[–] 5BC2E7@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I really disliked how they showed heavily pivoted globe instead of a map to show china’s activities. They went for maximum style points and didn’t care about my ability to read and interpret the data.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

An entire article asking “why are there no fish?” And never mentions climate change, polluted waters, and human overpopulation.

What a joke.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

cut to a very fat cat

I-I d-don't know but I'm looking far and wide for whoever did this

[–] Senseless@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scooter, because they're asking for its price for years.

[–] 1050053@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

The chase is better than the catch.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Not me. I hate fish. I’m also bad at math.