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Oh there's only like 200 whales left, might as well finish them off - icelandic gov.
Minke has a minimum population estimate of 17000, so you are a bit off there. https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-08/Com%20Minke%20Whale-Can%20E%20Coast%20Stock_SAR%202021.pdf
Good job their industry doesn't kill 217 per year guaranteeing its pathway to extinction then!
Come on, it was fucking obvious the prior user was doing hyperbole why did you feel the need to do a smarmy correction? Extremely reddit behaviour.
Yes, correcting hyperbole with relevant information is bad, actually.
Yes? It's a rhetorical technique, you don't need to correct something everyone already knows is an exaggeration for effect. It's socially inept comic book guy behaviour that is ridiculed in so many different ways.
You don't need to correct something everyone already knows is an exaggeration (and I agree it doesn't seem very socially aware to do so) but this is a political discussion on the internet, so
What if they said "Hey I know you're being hyperbolic, but for anyone who's interested, here's the number estimated by experts..."?
The only difference here is tone.
I'm not sure why they only shared numbers for minke whales, as these don't seem to be hunted anymore in Iceland in contrast to fin whales, whom the article was about.
Global fin whale population was estimated in 2018 by IUCN to have been around 100000.
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2478/50349982#population
Fuck me I am not reading that. Stop writing so much over a fucking exaggerated joke. Fuck off comic book guy. Please touch grass, smoke a joint, have sex, or just get some social relationships or something. Anything.
Outside of this Internet Melee, I've (WELL ACTUALLY) been struggling with this same dilemma with my youngest kid. We're both autistic so this is an extremely fun topic!
Where do we draw line between doing a bit, sincerity, and just lying for fun?
Caveat: We've both been awake for two whole days right now. (Thanks, heritable sleep disorders!)
I don't remember what question I wanted to ask here, or how it related to this discussion. I'm just stream of consciousness typing words while I attempt to explain to another kid why Zack Snyder's Watchmen is worth watching, with the explicit understanding that 0.00% of the characters are good people, let alone HEROES.
Anyway, America sucks and Palestine deserves freedom. Okay Google, press the REPLY button.
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Well the prior user was implying that the purpose of whaling is to hunt them to extinction, which is a pretty strange policy to have for any nation. Is that actually Icelands purpose in the whale hunting, to make them extinct?
It's mostly to sell to the Japanese market iirc. Not many in Iceland actually have a taste for whale. Huge waste of time and resources.
I've seen like a handful of places selling it in Iceland, and they're all full of tourists who have it just to say they've had it.
It's not great meat by all accounts.
That would make sense.
Ah. So just a couple of whale hunting seasons away from extinction.
Why do you guys keep talking about Minke whales?
Read the fucking article. They're hunting fin whales, which are considered Vulnerable.