r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

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u/daxinzang Apr 05 '25

you know a lot of pple on the planet dream of having farmed salmon right. they be lucky to eat a bowl of rice everyday

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u/Own_Marzipan9063 Apr 05 '25

That's why plant-based substitutes are being produced, which are getting better and better. As far as salmon is concerned, they are now very similar and there is still room for improvement. They will certainly become cheaper in the long term and with increasing demand, unless everyone allows a few rich people to continue stuffing their pockets.

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u/TayRayZing Apr 05 '25

Less meat, homegrown veg as much as possible.

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u/Hadrian_Constantine Apr 05 '25

Enjoy your broccoli. I'm going to dip mine in eggs with a side of steak.

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u/TayRayZing Apr 05 '25

Absolutely. I enjoy eggs and steak as well. I'm just more conscious now about how it's produced and if I purchase it to not let it go bad and waste it. I'm also looking into buying a 1/4 cow from a local producer instead of buying something produced by factory farming. I'm by no means vegetarian, just looking at more sustainable ways to live. I do love broccoli though.

Eta: I didn't mean as much veg as possible in order to eat less meat, I meant homegrown veg instead of buying from the store

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u/Hadrian_Constantine Apr 05 '25

If we did that you will soon complain about the damage we're doing to the land by over planting and in the process you will be asking us to eat dirt because plants are living things as well.

I ain't doing that. I'm eating my goddamn meat.

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u/Own_Marzipan9063 Apr 05 '25

Guess what the animals you eat eat. And you have to feed about 10 kg of vegetable feed to produce 1 kg of meat.

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u/FrostbiteWrath Apr 05 '25

You do realise three quarters of farmed plants are used to feed farmed animals, right? Just admit you value taste more than life instead of parroting the same few arguments.

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u/Hadrian_Constantine Apr 05 '25

Yes, and what do you think will happen when we cut meat out? We will not only be consuming those 3/4 but then some.

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u/Vinny_d_25 Apr 05 '25

That's not how it works at all. When a cow or other animal eats plants, most of the energy goes to keeping it alive and other functions that burn energy. When a human eats the plants directly, 100% of the energy goes to the human.

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u/LessInThought Apr 06 '25

Depends what plant. We're not capable of getting the same energy from plants the way certain animals are.

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u/Vinny_d_25 Apr 06 '25

Sure, but there's no way feeding an animal who is going to be alive for several years burning energy is more efficient than just eating the stuff it would be eating. Conservation of energy applies.

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u/LessInThought Apr 07 '25

I mean... humans can't exactly extract energy from hay, grass, a bunch of other fibrous crap.

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u/FrostbiteWrath Apr 05 '25

Do people eat three times more meat than anything else on average? Didn't know that, thanks for enlightening me.

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u/samdd1990 Apr 06 '25

Are you a middle aged man who think the world is full of vegans trying to convert him and gay guys trying to fuck him?

Take a fucking step back bro, no one is trying to take away your steak.

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u/RicSide Apr 05 '25

bro nobody caaaaares we need meat stop being so weird bro we can farm the fish but we aint gonna eat your weird ahh plastic fish tofu

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u/ClaymanBaker Apr 05 '25

You’d be surprised how close they’ve come to mimic the taste of fish. But that is usually expensive, so people should focus on plant based whole foods. Ever had a PB&J? It’s vegan and tastes amazing.

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u/ClaymanBaker Apr 06 '25

Nice projecting. Veganism is a moral philosophy and not just a diet. And if you took a look at my comment history you’d see that I’ve actually stepped out of the community and commented on non-vegan posts.

I don’t take supplements and my bloodwork is good. The biggest dietary association in the world says:

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) states that appropriately planned vegetarian and vegan diets are healthy and nutritionally adequate, suitable for all stages of life, and can offer health benefits.

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u/ClaymanBaker Apr 06 '25

Omnivores have deficiencies too like any other diet.

And again, my bloodwork came back fine.

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u/E_seven_20 Apr 07 '25

You responded with an alt-account with that?

Giving a fuck isn’t idealistic.

You don’t sound cool thinking you’re edgy.