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Bees is fish. (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Cap@kbin.melroy.org 86 points 2 months ago (12 children)

The 1970 act explicitly protected “fish,” which were initially defined as invertebrates. And because the act has protected snails and other invertebrates that live on land since, Tuesday’s ruling said it interpreted the legislation to also include bees.

I'd link to the article but it's a nightmare.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

But.... Fish are vertebrates... They have a spine... What?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

US also passed something stated that pizza is a vegetable, for the purposes of providing kids nutrients in school. They based that result in the fact that pizza has tomatoes in the sauce. Nevermind tomatoes are a fruit.

The people that make the rules that govern our lives have a disconnect with us.

[–] RarePossum@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Vegetables don't exist, they're just edible plants. It's a superset that contains fruits, leaves, stems, flowers geophytes and many more reeeeeeeee

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