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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just stop eating fish.

No need for nets.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jaschen@lemm.ee -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Checked the username, can confirm. Very annoying.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If you call that one comment "very annoying" you need to get more used to reading opinions you don't agree with. That was the shortest, least preachy thing ever.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

They just wanted to point out they noticed the username somehow.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Are you...ok? Do you really not understand that this was a polite wink at the other person's username?

Being a programmer isn't an excuse for having zero concept of normal conversation.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Actually you are desensitized to manic behaviour. they're the one behaving like a maniac. You got triggered by a single comment so much you had to go and lookup a persons' history. Are you intentionally looking for a fight just because there are crazy vegans out there? This person was reasonable and did suggest something that is true. We can give up eating meat. You can disagree.. but sheesh? stalking their profile?

edit: noticed you are not the original commenter. I meant the person who replied to parent comment, not you.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah I was wondering what the fuck you were talking about

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the same way I believe they made an incredibly unnecessary reference to being an "annoying vegan" on a comment utterly unannoying, I believe you've made a really stereotypical reference to my profession on something totally unrelated. Yes. I am okay. Are you?

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 0 points 1 week ago

You don't seem ok

[–] TapatioOnEverythin@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

No, that would inconvenience me. I would prefer to virtue signal. /s

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was no trying. I just did it.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It did a tiny percentage. We'll need more people to get a bigger percentage.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's not clear it did anything at all.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not like somebody is throwing nets in the water because I don't eat fish.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they don't care whether you eat fish. they're throwing the nets regardless.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Common misconception. It's simple supply and demand. Do you think people would be destroying the seas if nobody would pay them for it?

[–] SciencesPoulet@piaille.fr -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@x00z @nsrxn

That's not so simple. Subsistence fishing is the sole means of livelihood and self-sustenance for a significant global population. It provides essential food security and supports local economies, particularly in coastal and island communities. This traditional practice ensures families have direct access to nutritious seafood, often using simple, low-cost methods. It is crucial for maintaining resilience in the face of environmental and economic challenges.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There's only a very small amount of humans living off fishing. If those were the only ones, there would be no problems. These people do not justify any fishing for people who don't need fish to survive.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

supply and demand is a theory about price discovery. it has no bearing on this discussion.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If no one ate fish anymore, would it still be profitable to fish in an industrial style?

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago

I don't think that's likely to happen. do you have another method that might be effective?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're claiming my choice has no impact, but it does because of supply and demand. It's very small, but it's still there.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is just handwaiving. supply and demand isn't a magic phrase that makes your actions have the desired effect.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's why I'm sharing the solution:

Don't contribute to the problem.

If we don't eat fish there would be close to no nets in the oceans.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah because there's too many people who are too stubborn to give it up.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

regardless of the excuses you want to make for your plan's ineffectiveness, I'm trying to find an effective solution

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you can get people to stop eating fish, so fishermen lose their job of destroying the sea.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that doesn't sound like a workable plan. good luck with it though.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm working on it.

Just a bit ago I posted it on Lemmy for people to have a thought about.

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago

honestly, if you need x number of people, let me know when you are at x-1

[–] Soulcreator@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)