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Bombs Awat (mander.xyz)
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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Then why can't I yeet a bunch of goldfish

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  • [+] 114 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 67 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And in a similar but completely different way, the fish are being added to massive bodies of water. Home aquariums are minute in comparison, so they can't balance out chemical swings as easily and are much more prone to higher levels of nitrites and other toxic chemicals. The larger the body of water, the more stable the water quality.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So what I hear you saying is I need a bigger aquarium...

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    something i love about Lemmy is that on the drop of a hat someone is willing to calculate the "surface area to fish ratio"

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Problem is, you almost never know if that's actually true or complete bullshit.

    It seems plausible, but killing virgins for rain also seemed plausible back then in the 70s.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The math actually works, and is quite simple. Just assume the fish is a sphere

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm confused though. Don't people use this to talk about how small things like bugs can fall from a large height and be uninjured, but large things like a human or elephant will be injured if falling from a height? I feel like what you're saying is backwards to what the internet has told me.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can yeet goldfish. Carp are stupid tough. It's the tropical fish we often keep that are kinda wimpy. Also, they're not coming from a super healthy environment (the store) to our tanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I would watch carp throwing as a competitive sport, they aren't going to make it easy

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, have you heard of the mullet toss competition?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I definitely have not, and now I have. I'm unsure if I should thank you for this or not.

    I feel like it takes the sport out of it if the fish is dead though. The whole sport of the carp throwing is that a carp absolutely can kick a grown man's ass and flop to freedom if he isn't careful. You leave a carp alone long enough and those things turn into damn near coelacanths. They'll eat your dog. Manhandling one of those suckers into a parabolic arc is going to take skill, strength, planning, and luck.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe 95% survive, but how many are injured in a way that might impact their quality of life?

    Since these are being dropped specifically for the purpose of being caught and killed asap, quality of life might not matter.

    For your sad little goldfish, please be gentle!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    One reason is because the hatcheries are in the same general area as the lakes, so conditions are pretty similar. The temperature will be about the same at the same depths as the hatchery, and the water comes from the same source.

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