I got invited to go fishing with some coworkers and had to say no. It's kind of a shame since I don't have any friends and it was a chance to do something social, plus the area they wanted to go is chill and out in the woods. But I've never been comfortable with fishing. It's a big part of where I grew up. Lots of people don't even eat the fish. They toss the poor things back in the water.

Maybe I could still go but just hang out on the shore.

  • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    It's not. They are able to learn, yes so are a lot of things, but the type of pain and fear that humans have is not really there.

    Either way I'm done with this. I recounted my experience sustenance fishing as a kid and said that fishing for sport was bad. I still got called an animal abuser, so kindly fuck off.

    edit: I'm being a dick here from the other comment chain. This is fine and worth noting, it's also why I don't like catch and release.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Sorry. See my edit. I was literally typing it when you responded.

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        It's all good, you made a good point and I bit your head off.

        I'm aware of the studies about fish reacting to negative stimulus and learning about them. It's a bit different, but yeah, it's one of the reasons I'm saying sport fishing is bad

        • ButtBidet [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          It's cool. I think struggle sessions do shit to our brains. We're in pounce mode. And no one wants to be told off.

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah I logged off for a bit and just got on to check on it a few minutes ago lol, saw your thing and thought it was a continuation and showed my ass. my bad comrade