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People keep trying to say Tilikum died young. Dude was old by Orca standards as we understand them. I am dissapointed people are citing an outlier (Granny) as the standard of age.
Yeah I know. It’s just that people are uneducated on the topic. And then they know the stat about Granny so they go around shouting it so they seem like they know more than they actually do.
The toxic side of every Fandom #fandom
A good message for the little people with no experience in the fandom.
Because people give bad advice, example, "being in a small or little-known fandom is not "toxic". Although it's true reduces that possibility BUT DOESN'T GUARANTEE DEFINITIVE SECURITY.
Always take care of yourselves, don't be fooled by being a fandom with little recognition, you may see cases of very toxic small fandoms, as well as less toxic popular fandoms.
The point is that EVERY FANDOM HAS ITS PROS AND CONS.
Just don't let your love for a series, video game or movie be put aside by the external negativity of some fandom. ❤️
Yesterday made me hate Blackfish all the more. And reminded me of how stupid so many people are 😩
For real.
Do you know how well Katina gets along with Trua? I know she tolerates him otherwise he would not be grouped with her. But Does she interact with him or does she ignore him?
I’m not as familiar with the daily lives of the whales any more, but I’m under the impression she mostly ignores him.
I thought you liked Seaworld?
I wouldn’t say I dislike SeaWorld. But I do think that they operate from a business standpoint first. Which makes them not ideal to most people. I wouldn’t even say I disapprove of them operating that way. They are a theme park after all. And I think they make shitty decisions sometimes. Their PR team is often a joke. I wished they incorporated more education in their shows (admittedly not as much as antis want, the very educational show I saw at MSQ had people just talking so we couldn’t hear and people falling asleep). I also don’t appreciate the way the staff is often dishonest with people, for instance, I won’t ask trainers anything.
But I do like a lot about SeaWorld. I do think their animals are well-cared for and I do think that they provide a lot of education. Every animal exhibit features an educator that narrates and will also answer questions. Not to mention the education provided in extra experiences that you can pay for.
I don’t think SeaWorld is infallible and I think they could do a lot better but I would say I “like” them.
I could and probably should ramble more on this topic but I’m not really feeling it right now.
For the ask before - Antis think that if people boycott SeaWorld, that SeaWorld will eventually stop trying to breed their captive orcas and let the ones that are already there remain there (because a sea pen is a nice idea, but is unrealistic) till they die. A lot of anti caps don't think SeaWorld is a 100% horrible company, they just need to stop keeping cetaceans.
Previous anon, here’s one anticap opinion.
So if everyone boycotts sea world now and their revenues are dropping.... What do anti-caps think will happen to the whales?? Less money to sustain them seems like the opposite of helping them.
I have no idea what antis think will happen. And it really does depend on the anti you talk to.
It’s always kind of aggravating because I think a lot of anticaps think that SeaWorld is such a huge business that they’ll be fine, but that’s just not how it works.
And then there’s the fact that some antis want the orcas put in sea pens which is a hugely expensive undertaking and I have no idea where they think that money will come from either. Because even if SeaWorld had it, they wouldn’t pay for it. And people think that’s absurd but why? Why would SeaWorld want to pay for something that’s going to hurt them financially? Of course it’d be nice if SeaWorld valued the orcas well-being more than they valued money, but obviously they don’t.
Sorry I had a rant-y moment.
When I was younger, I was molested (thank god not rape), by more than one person. The debate that is going on in our community is god awful. Until there is actual scientific evidence showing that animals suffer mentally from AI like we do to sexual abuse, then the two should NEVER be compared. Most antis are over dramatic and just looking to get a rise out of us. Sexually abused or not, no one should pay any mind to what those nitwits say.
I’m so sorry that you went through that. And sorry that our community is full of suck and making you have to think about it and be compared to.
And on the topic: This ask speaks the truth y'all.
