So, I've decided to not look into this at all, but my understanding is that you're scored by like, size and weight of the best fish or added up fish total by the end of some fishing time limit. So like...isn't this mostly up to the fish? This meta feels VERY rng driven and hardly suitable to competitive play. im-vegan , but it came to kind and I'm curious how the fuck anyone gets credit here. If anything it should be whoever can catch any fish first.

  • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
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    5 months ago

    one thing that really fucks me up about fishing today is that fish were much larger (and older) back in the day. even shellfish were big as fuck; oysters were the size of steaks. and these days the fish are so much smaller, even the Tuna. it takes a long long time to grow a 1400lb Tuna...

    cw: seafood for links in this post

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      This was because they actually had a chance to grow. There wasn't much demand for oysters before we had the technology to can them or ship them by train.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      They had Krakens and Leviathans and Cthulhus way back. Fisherman were zany. Imagine reeling in Poseidon.

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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        5 months ago

        "oh hey Poseidon, sorry about that. Actually before I catch and release ya, a little birdie told me Laomedon wasn't planning on skipping out on your fee for that little construction job you did.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      Holy shit, that's what Cracked.com looks like now? It looks like any generic buzzfeed ripoff with 0 soul or personality. I'm surprised it's still around.