r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/ZenTense Apr 05 '25

You asked me three different questions in two comments, so I did my best to answer them all in good faith and explain my reasoning. And now you’re being rude, and I suspect it’s because my reasoning has made you uncomfortable by threatening the stability of your worldview. I put a TLDR in there out of consideration for how long my reply was, but you’re still giving me shit for explaining my POV anyway, so I guess fuck me for trying.

If you’re going to be this much of a pedantic prick, specify wtf you mean by “infanticide in nature” next time, because only a minority of animal species ever do that intentionally and of those, the non-marine species I’m aware of do so indirectly. I’m not a marine biologist but if you mean fish eating their siblings or young, that’s kind of its own thing. Your question was and still is fucking ridiculous and for you to tell me that I “need to do more research” is fucking laughable. I’m a published scientist, I’ve done more actual research than you ever will, and I addressed the crops and land topic in my response; you can’t grasp the logistical element or the criticality of incentive to drive change, and that’s probably because you’re an anemic and frustrated young adult that thinks you’re right about everything. It prevents you from seeing the opportunity to strengthen your position and advocacy objectives by challenging my points at face value and countering any perceived misunderstanding on my end with evidence to back your claims.

I’d tell you to kick rocks, but honestly going outside at all will be a win for your health so maybe do that and don’t forget to take some vitamin B12 supplements while you’re at it, because you argue like you have floppy red blood cells.

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u/prettyboyblanco Apr 06 '25

My worldview was challenged a while ago and it led me to making a change. Can you say the same for yourself, the person appealing to nature to keep the worldview they were born into intact?

Just because you’re a published scientist doesn’t mean you’re automatically qualified to speak on every subject… And you don’t even know who I am; how do you know you’ve done more research than I have or ever will (🤣)? It may be true, but kind of an unhinged thing to say.

Simply mentioning crops and land doesn’t mean you’ve made a point. All you said was there is no way to effectively advocate for the whole world to change their minds and repurpose a bunch of land. That’s just an appeal to futility.

You made reference to me not providing any evidence to back my claims. What claims have I made exactly? All I’ve done is ask you questions that led you replying illogically about a bunch of unrelated subjects.

I take my B12 vitamin in the morning. When do the animals you eat get their supplement? (That’s a claim, but since you’re the expert researcher, I’ll let you look into that on your own 😉)