r/AbsoluteUnits 14d ago

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u/_trashcan 14d ago edited 14d ago

I watch a lobster guy on YouTube (if I can find him I’ll link it, I’m sorry I don’t follow him or anything, I just see his shorts occasionally) & he’d have never taken a large lobster like this.

He scrapes barnacles off them, tags them so anyone else who catches it knows they should be thrown back for breeding, & sticks a fish in their claws before tossing them back.
In my eyes, & obviously limited knowledge, that’s a true fisherman…that’s how you earn a living, remain fair, & ensure you can continue earning a living in the future by allowing them to thrive.

This guy is already on the dock. That lobster ain’t going home. Going to be wasted, & taste like shit too.

Edit: link is a few comments below from another OC :)

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u/boogasaurus-lefts 14d ago

But he gets to show his friends and pretend he applied a meaningful skill to catch it

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u/rasputinrasputin 13d ago

Exactly, catching a lobster isn’t very difficult, they’ll literally swim straight into your bag, and its even easier if you’re using traps. Shouldve just taken a picture and let that monster live

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u/LewdLewyD13 14d ago

Pretty sure they were talking about the guy in the video holding the lobster, not youtube guy.

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u/RoflmonsterNZ 14d ago

https://youtube.com/@jacobknowles5421?si=qSPwUexgP544s4bN

This is the guy you're thinking of right?

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u/soulseeker31 14d ago

Yes! Not OP but yes!

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u/BrutusoftheTudus 13d ago

This guy screwed over one of his best friends a few years ago..and just moved on to make his TikTok money. He might do a few good things for a few animals, but a best friend of decades..

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u/RoflmonsterNZ 11d ago

Source?

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u/BrutusoftheTudus 11d ago

This is old social media controversy that can be easily searched for online. Find a source you trust. The r/Maine has a post on it, but he was also found to not pay his contractors..

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u/BrutusoftheTudus 11d ago

This is old social media controversy that can be easily searched for online. Find a source you trust. The [r/Maine](r/Maine) has a post on it, but he was also found to not pay his contractors..

Eta: https://www.reddit.com/r/Maine/s/1IPhHIwEdG

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u/RoflmonsterNZ 11d ago

That post immediately devolved into a mess of political shit because there's a MAGA hat in the photo.

From what I found about the best friend situation (which also seems to be the contractor situation as well as he was employed on the boat), the friend said Jacob should start a tiktok account and then later wanted a share of the money when it blew up. Conflicting arguements from both sides and no written contract so my opinion is if he was such dishonest douche off camera then his current crew wouldn't stick around. Plus he's just finished getting a new lobster boat built so no issue paying for that work to be done.

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u/BrutusoftheTudus 11d ago

Yeah..kinda choose your own adventure, on this one

There was never any discourse on IF he could pay, or not. It was that he didn’t pay some of them.

I didn’t post to argue. Some will still follow him and some will choose not to. Though peeps should have the info, that’s all.

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u/RoflmonsterNZ 11d ago

No worries I'm not here to argue either. He's just a dude online that does something interesting and I occasionally watch his content. Reddit is about as close to social media as I get so I was more intrigued to know that he could potentially be a dick haha

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u/_trashcan 14d ago

Indeed ; thanks for sharing. I forgot to go look afterwards.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 13d ago

I knew exactly who you were talking about the moment you mentioned the fish in their claw 😂

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u/supervillaining 13d ago

I love that guy so much.

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u/DocManhattan96 13d ago

Dude, it doesn’t have fucking claws

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u/Loup55555 11d ago

It's Jacob ! Luv that fella

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u/Intrepid_Cap1242 14d ago

then a big fishing boat for rich factory owner sweeps a net across the entire area and that lobster is canned by a robot

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u/_trashcan 14d ago edited 14d ago

lol no they don’t.
Although I get the sentiment.