felix was a big bad cat

[natalieironside]

Not a day goes by when I don't think about joe many liberals

[screenshotsofdespair]

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[disabledunitypunk]

I am begging the FDA to require that companies CANNOT just put "spices" as an ingredient but have to label the spices.

"Spices" can mean "this has some oregano and black pepper in it" or it can mean "this has cumin cayenne and paprika and if you eat this you will be sick in bed in pain for a week" for me.

Seriously, this is an allergy issue and a huge oversight on the part of corporations.

Require detailed labeling of spices used in packaged foods NOW.

[gauntletqueen]

some fools be like “i play games to escape my responsibilities” then pick tank or healer

[lesbianralzarek]

in my greatest fantasies i am able to help people

[gnomer-denois]

In my fantasies I can prevent people from being hurt, even if it means I get hurt in their stead.

[thewereshark-deactivated2025062]

In my fantasies i dont have to know how to aim

[horsesarecreatures]

While I do have some odd hobbies this recommendation is a bit much.

[eelmachine]

54.309469, -1.992410

think i found it

[guerrillatech]

[andthewholebusapplauded]

[badassdemonsword]

[notvoid]

byron. come here to memy son. i have been defeated. we have been defeated. my sweet child. swallow this pill with daddeh. it’ll be over soon. i love you. i love this nation. god bless these great united states. good buh buh

[teathattast]

[teathattast]

☝😀💡

[teathattast]

☝😀💡URETHRA!

[gaymattsharp]

having thick hair and going to get your hair cut is just having to listen to your hair dresser repeat over and over again how millions of people would commit despicable crimes to have your hair

[girl-debord]

[solaredarisen]

(at least in where I am rn)

[the-thought-emporium-imperial]

[were--ralph]

how do you like your steak

rare

medium rare

medium

medium well

well done

Voting ended onMar 20, 2023

Simply do not vote if you don't eat meat

[were--ralph]

The fuck is wrong with this site

[bogleech]

I thought "the fuck is wrong with this site" referred to the insanity of that many people liking medium rare to well done. You also neglected to have an "extra rare" ("blue") option, forcing me to go with just barely decent regular rare >:(

[modestgesture]

it depends on the cut im not trying to eat a rare ribeye or a new york leather strip

[memestashhash]

[doushk]

I'm 84...

[ampervadasz]

[squiddoodle]

how what???

[tandicoofficial]

I’m not good with the science of this or anything (someone who knows more feel free to add) but fish can play??? Fish can play like any other animal?? People saying it couldn’t breathe, do human kids not hold their breaths to go under water for fun? It’s just the opposite. Air is water, water is air. In the same vein as a kid being thrown up and into the pool and enjoying it, the fish is playing.

[shiekah]

okay… as someone who studies marine biology I need to clarify something:

fish are unable to hold their breaths. They literally cannot take a deep breath like mammals do.

We have lungs that can take in a specific volume of air, fish have gills that work when they are ventilated enough. There are different kinds of gills, yes. Some fish have something called ‘operculum’ which is like a cap on top of the gills, helping to protect them and increasing the water circulation through the gills. Some fish DONT have this structure and need to swim in order to be able to breathe.

But the fact that they cannot hold their breaths doesnt mean that they cannot survive without water for a while - in fact, fish can (usually) survive being without water WAY LONGER than we could survive being without air.

I cannot tell if this fish does this for fun, but it sure looks like it. But I am not a behavioural biologist, so I can’t tell for sure.

[dovewithscales]

It is abundantly clear the fish is a willing participant. It’s sort of arrogant to assume animals other than humans don’t play like humans.

[slimedivine]

Im not a behavior biologist either, but I have spent a lot of time around fish and ive spent a lot of time talking to and helping people that care for fish. (Former petstore fish guy that took his job too seriously)

That fish is having fun, and fish absolutely DO have fun!

There was a regular who came into the store I worked at a lot, and he kept several varieties of chichlids, a very smart, aggressive type of fish.

He would come in and talk to me about all the drama his fish get into. The different territorial disputes they were having, who had paired off with who, who broke up (yes chichlids are like this)

But he had a jack dempsey in particular that LOVED to chase his hand around the tank, not his wife’s hand, not his friend’s hand, it HAD to be him. He said that as soon as he entered the room where this fish’s tank was kept, the fish would TEAR UP the tank decor, knocking things over and acting a fool off his shits until this dude stuck his hand in there and let the fish chase it around back and forth.

He theorized that his fish learned that if he knocked the tank decor around, his owner would obviously have to stick his hand in to fix it. So when he wants to play “chase dad’s hand” thats naturally how he knows he can get the hand to appear. He wont do this behavior for anybody but this one guy and he won’t tear up the tank anymore after he had received sufficient “play time”, usually once a day when the guy got home from work. He likened it to having a dog that wont leave you alone till you play tug o war for a bit.

I had a betta that would spend twenty minutes at a time just swimming up to the waterfall of the filter, letting it push him down to the bottom of the tank, only to swim back up and do it again, like it was a fucking slide.

Bettas are weak swimmers, and they dislike strong currents, but this guy was using the filter current like a slide. Kinda like how we don’t really like getting thrown around, but we still enjoy rollercoasters.

I also have countless stories about goldfish trying to “give hugs” (re: shove themselves into their owners hands during tank maintenance)

My betta knows how to lie and he will only beg for food in front of those he knows have not fed him yet.

There is so much evidence I’ve seen that fish are waaaay smarter and affectionate than we think. They absolutely have fun and I honestly don’t think enough studies have been done on fish brains and fish behavior in general.

And honestly, having worked in a pet store, fish are generally treated like they don’t have brains by even the fish care brands that claim expert knowledge.

Its definitely worth noting that hard scientific evidence presenting that the very opposite is true would probably lead to more robust animal welfare laws that would definitely upset the aquatics industry. Food for thought.

[dovewithscales]

I think you’re absolutely right on that last point. The misconception that fish are too thoughtless to have feelings facilitates the abhorrent conditions in which they are kept and ways they are treated by the industry.

I used to have a lovely tank, I think it was 50 gallons, and among other things I kept glass catfish. All the research at the time said they were hard to keep in captivity and prone to refusing to eat and starving themselves, and that they did not live long in captivity. But I was fascinated and had to try it. It took me about three days to realize none of the literature said a word about them being nocturnal. I started feeding them at night right before bed, and had zero problems getting them to eat, saw they were incredibly active as soon as the lights went off (I have exceptional night vision) and I kept them in excellent health for years. Exponentially beyond their captive life expectancy.

I think the commercial pet fish trade is abysmal in terms of actual working knowledge of fish.

[abadbadbrujah]

[modestgesture]

one of the biggest issues in animal welfare research, which was my life for a decade at my university studying aquaculture fish, is how humans quantify a non-human animal's welfare state -- keyword here is HOW we do it.

animal welfare is based on animal welfare laws, which are not universal and do not include all animals; these laws are again based on a research foundation drawing from experimentation and experiences and common sense...all from the perspective of an animal which is suffering or not.

meaning that animal welfare is just an explanation of whether or not an animal is suffering. this does not include play behavior for most animals bc humans have difficulty seeing and recognizing the value of these behaviors.

fish do exhibit play behavior, but not officially. that's a hotly debated topic.

[thebootydiaries]