▲ 468 ▼ Fish Suffer Up to 22 Minutes of Intense Pain When Taken Out of Water (www.sciencealert.com) submitted 1 year ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world 148 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) And how do you know that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hah, I guess my sarcasm got missed on this comment! The premise that fish can't feel pain because we don't know for a certainty that they can is blatantly just mental gymnastics to justify the continued practice of a cruel hobby. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) Sorry, classic case of Poe's law! There are plenty of people who write what you said without any sarcasm, so without any indicators there's no way to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hah, I figured the second sentence was as parodically on-the-nose as I could manage without a satire indicator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply: They really don’t seem to be bothered by it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago Same reasoning behind not giving infants anesthetics during surgery. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hah, I guess my sarcasm got missed on this comment! The premise that fish can't feel pain because we don't know for a certainty that they can is blatantly just mental gymnastics to justify the continued practice of a cruel hobby. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) Sorry, classic case of Poe's law! There are plenty of people who write what you said without any sarcasm, so without any indicators there's no way to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hah, I figured the second sentence was as parodically on-the-nose as I could manage without a satire indicator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply: They really don’t seem to be bothered by it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago Same reasoning behind not giving infants anesthetics during surgery. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) Sorry, classic case of Poe's law! There are plenty of people who write what you said without any sarcasm, so without any indicators there's no way to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hah, I figured the second sentence was as parodically on-the-nose as I could manage without a satire indicator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply: They really don’t seem to be bothered by it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Hah, I figured the second sentence was as parodically on-the-nose as I could manage without a satire indicator. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply: They really don’t seem to be bothered by it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply: They really don’t seem to be bothered by it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago Same reasoning behind not giving infants anesthetics during surgery. permalink fedilink source parent