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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

FTA:

"Nutritionally, it is far more efficient than meat"

TIL Fish is not meat...

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 37 points 10 months ago

Whoever said that must be Catholic.

[-] wwaxen@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

At one time both capybaras and puffins were classified as fish by the church to allow their consumption on all days. They were just too convenient to ignore.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

That's a very convoluted way to make people vegetarians

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 10 months ago

Only during Lent.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Beavers as well.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The thought of eating a capy just feels so wrong.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago

Is it not common in most places to differentiate land animals (meat) from sea animals (fish)? I get your point that there's no real distinction to make philosophically, but it's customary and most people understand it?

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

No? The only times I've seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons. Generally you'd categorize the meat by the type of animal, such as beef, pork, chicken/poultry, or the broad categories like fish or shellfish.

Maybe it just depends on if you live someplace that's very religious or not?

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

The only times I've seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons

I think going to the restaurant located inside my local church was a mistake

[-] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 10 points 10 months ago

Lol, you say that, but catholic churches are very much known for their fish fry fridays in my area.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Is their halibut good enough for Jehovah?

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Sister Celestine, I told you to we needed to order more HABITS, now what are we gonna do with all this fish?

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I've definitely seen and heard the phrase "meat or fish" used where I live. I doubt it's just a Finnish thing

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

I dunno, I just assumed that anything that bleeds when you kill it is meat.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

A lot of people make the distinction that red meat, mammals, are more intelligent, more aware of pain, more develop neurologically, than fish

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

WTF I want to kill a crab for scientific purposes now

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

We bleed horseshoe crabs for the medicinal properties of their blood.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 months ago

You do you, my friend. My family and I prefer to spend our free time reading a good book or baking cookies.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I eat all the meat. It's delicious. I just wanted to share what it's called when you eat fish but no other meat.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Even to his day, I still meet "vegetarians" who eat fish. Usually boomer age.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

I once met a vegetarian when i was only 8 and wasn't even sure what that was. She explained that she doesn't eat meat, just fish and chicken. Instead of just asking a real adult, i made shit up in my brain like: fjsh aren't meat and neither are chickens, because their meat is white or some shit.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

is there not a term for that? What do you call someone who chooses not to eat red meat? (Not for religious or cultural reasons)

[-] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

My FIL is going through some medical issues and considered going mostly vegetarian to try and reverse the (irreversible) organ damage he was told he had. His plan was just fish, eggs and poultry, with red meat just once or twice a week.

I’m not often speechless.

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