• egrets@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    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.

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      11 hours ago

      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.

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        11 hours ago

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

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          11 hours ago

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

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