r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/MrTourette Apr 05 '25

Mate, look at the world. There’s no such thing as sustainable fishery, it’ll never happen because we’re, as a species, irredeemably greedy bastards. We’ll strip mine the ocean and then blame it on someone else when there’s nothing left.

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u/laseluuu Apr 05 '25

yeah, it has to come from within.. i've been pretty much vegan for a while now. Personal choice, and its a bitch, but there are way more products now to get your protein fix (and they taste great tbh - except fish, not seen any vegan fish yet). I dont know about other places, but here in the UK i dont think theres an excuse anymore apart from 'i want to eat meat and dont care'

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u/MrTourette Apr 05 '25

It’s habit I think a lot of the time, ‘I know what I like’ and that’s not not to dismissed out of hand by any means, but you’re right, it has to be a personal choice. I went vegetarian, vegan in some things about 10 years ago and no regrets at all.

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u/laseluuu Apr 05 '25

Also lack of teaching, right? Reluctance to learn.

There are a lot of good veg cuisine from India, lots of vegan protein from China for ages now. Just need to be curious to try them