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Fish Suffer Up to 22 Minutes of Intense Pain When Taken Out of Water (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And how do you know that?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hah, I figured the second sentence was as parodically on-the-nose as I could manage without a satire indicator.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Sadly people literally write that and mean it. See the other reply:

They really don’t seem to be bothered by it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Same reasoning behind not giving infants anesthetics during surgery.