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.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months 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.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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

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

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Same reasoning behind not giving infants anesthetics during surgery.