I’m sad for the fish. Imaging being forced into a massive pile of others just like you while being crushed by the weight of them and suffocating to death. It’s fucked up
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know it’s a meme, but is anyone actually sad for the fish? I thought we were terrified about what was happening to our food. If someone autopsied a downed cow and a bunch of toxic plastic shit spilled from their stomachs, we aren’t thinking “poor cow ate all that plastic and died.” We’re worried about our food supply.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
anonymouse@lemmings.world 11 months ago
That has more to do with farming practices though, not plastic pollution.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
The plastic pollution is also sad, but not as sad imo
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Global catastrophy will never be as emotionally convincing as individual suffering. Why empathise with more when you can sympathise with less.
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mmmmm smoked kippers. 🤤
kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t get why meat eaters have to make cunt responses like this whenever someone expresses concern over the welfare of animals. And I’m a meat eater
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because I loooooooove the taste of kippers. 🤤
Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They didn’t say anything unusual. Smoked kippers are delicious. We have some of the most amazing meat and fish on this planet and that’s something to protect. Our food matters.
Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Lol OK.
Smokeydope@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I do have some level of sympathy for the fish but also recognize I’m a little more sympathetic to non-human life than most people. I can’t bring myself to kill insects without a good reason (except ticks and mosquito) not even ants. Whenever my parents would cut down a tree on their property I grieve for the life of the trees lost just because my dad fell off one as a kid and has a subconscious hatred for them now.
Yes I know I’m wierd but maybe the world needs a few people like me who care a little too much about non-human suffering
kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re not weird bro, you just have empathy. I agree with you
threeduck@aussie.zone 11 months ago
That might just be the weirdest turnaround. You can’t hurt a fly, but you’re okay with a cow being bolted through the brain because they’re a bit tastier than mock meets?
Like, you can’t be “sympathetic to animals” if you’re paying an industry that mass slaughters them. Especially when you’re only paying that out of simple preference. I sure hope you don’t find humans tasty, because it sounds like you’ll set aside all of your morals for a yummy lunch?
sndrtj@feddit.nl 11 months ago
You don’t have to feel bad for cutting grass. That’s grass its entire evolutionary skitch, albeit naturally with being grazed instead of mechanically cut.
Grass survives cuts extremely well. Most of its mass is below ground. By thriving in areas that are frequently grazed / cut, it outcompetes other plants. Natural meadows without grazers quickly turn into forests. But tree saplings don’t survive being eaten, so whenever there are grazers (or human cuts), grass outcompetes trees.
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It is sad and gross in a way that’s hard to pin down. I can find nature both beautiful and delicious at the same time.
toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lots of people are sad for the fish, but they’re usually vegan
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m sad for the fish because if they’re gone I can’t eat them.
Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’m sure a lion is gonna feel really bad for a human if they choke on plastic instead of getting to feed a lion.
amzd@kbin.social 11 months ago
Lions also don’t feel bad when they kill or rape each other, they are not a great role model for morals.