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Hunting and fishing are for psychopaths (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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I'm not talking about the consumption of animals here, to be clear. What I'm talking about is spending days and a bunch of money planning to kill something, doing the killing, and skinning/eviscerating what was killed, and often displaying the stuffed corpse. Hunters and fishers refuse to admit they're obsessed with taking pleasure in killing something.

Miss me with the "tradition" stuff, it's just peer pressure from the dead and a fallacious argument. Don't tell me it's to eat, like I said, I'm not talking about the consumption here, so please prove to me you are literate by not bringing up that point. And don't tell me you're respectful to the animals you kill; I don't believe the planning, stalking, and killing is a good way to show respect.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What about catch and release fishing ? Or is that just animal torture ?

[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Idk man, I felt pretty bad when I hooked a fish through the eye and released him now an eye down

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org -1 points 2 months ago

That's so much worse. Why are you going fishing if not to eat your catch? That's just animal cruelty.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always thought catching release was fucked up. Just find a real hobby

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The tug is the drug.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Had to come back to the thread to get context for this comment 😂

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago

Sticking a hook into something to drag it around and then temporarily suffocate it, yeah, that doesn't seem pleasant.