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I'm feeling like just hiding in bed for the next 4 years. Friends on Lemmy, got any advice for us Americans coping with the oncoming shit show that is the Trump GOP takeover? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by restingboredface@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Catch and release fishing is fine for the fish. If you gut hook them and they won't survive, well, you eat that one, but it's also easier to avoid that if you know what sort of fish you're looking for and change your hook/lure accordingly.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't really get how hurting an animal and then NOT eating it, just for fun, is better than killing for food

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well you don't want to eat every fish you catch, that's not good for the fish population. You want to ensure you're only taking fish that have had a chance to spawn, determined by size.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The point is that torturing animals is something that we probably shouldn’t recommend.

It is yanking a water animal by their mouth into an environment they cannot breathe. And if memory serves, fish have a lot of nerves in their mouths so that hurts a LOT, and even released ones have a reduced survival rate.

That “fun and wholesome” activity causes a lot of pain and stress to the victims, so it’s kinder to recommend something less cruel. Like birdwatching and photography.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Y'all, I'm very very vegetarian, but knocking this dude for recommending fishing is silly. "Fishing or another outside activity that seems relaxing to you" is implicit. People have different morals regarding animals and consumption. I get where you're coming from, but "birdwatching is also a great activity!" is a better and more positive response imo.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

That’s implying that fishing is a great activity. That is about as okay as saying it’s okay that people chose not to vote.

I did not state it in a mean way, I simply said it in a way that says please do not encourage animal abuse.

I do not think it’s a good thing to encourage animal abuse, and I don’t think good people should be encouraged to continue normalizing it.

Please don’t ask people to stay silent about cruelty. That’s helps keep it normalized.

[–] drq@mastodon.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

@tamal3 is right.

Fucking hell, people, go touch some grass, go meet real human beings. Not everybody adheres to the moral code you construct in your head, and that is FINE!!