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Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by rusk »

biztos wrote: post #55
cnasc wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had an environmental ethics professor in college. Her pet cause was the plight of the atlantic bluefin tuna. She frequently lamented that only the cute animals get any real support.

And yet we eat both bunnies (cute) and pigs (arguably not cute). Fish, though, yeah, they're not getting any cuteness bonus. Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture. I have recently, and irrationally, stopped eating octopus because they're so smart. Maybe some viral videos of tuna doing amazing things would help...

> and pigs (arguably not cute).

Ah come on![0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJgCDBx2bU

EDIT: P.S.

> Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture.

I try not to eat Salmon; it's pretty much always farmed, often in ugly conditions which is a travesty for such a noble creature.

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by krageon »

rusk wrote: post #61
biztos wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And yet we eat both bunnies (cute) and pigs (arguably not cute). Fish, though, yeah, they're not getting any cuteness bonus. Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture. I have recently, and irrationally, stopped eating octopus because they're so smart. Maybe some viral videos of tuna doing amazing things would help...

> and pigs (arguably not cute). Ah come on![0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJgCDBx2bU EDIT: P.S. > Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture. I try not to eat Salmon; it's pretty much always farmed, often in ugly conditions which is a travesty for such a noble creature.

If you're going to eat salmon anyway (and lots of people do), it's much less destructive to eat it factory farmed. This actually goes for every single fish.

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by rusk »

krageon wrote: post #63
rusk wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and pigs (arguably not cute). Ah come on![0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJgCDBx2bU EDIT: P.S. > Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture. I try not to eat Salmon; it's pretty much always farmed, often in ugly conditions which is a travesty for such a noble creature.

If you're going to eat salmon anyway (and lots of people do), it's much less destructive to eat it factory farmed. This actually goes for every single fish.

This is completely true, but don't be kidding yourself you're eating something you're not!

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by matt-attack »

Nadya wrote: post #62

This is triply interesting for me because I had never heard of this myth and, reading the comments, I appear the be the only one out of the loop on the myth itself or the game. I wonder how many other pop-sci myths I'm unaware of.

Curious if you’ve heard of someone being called a “lemming” meaning they’re easily coerced or will follow a leader blindly.

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by jlebrech »

krageon wrote: post #63
rusk wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and pigs (arguably not cute). Ah come on![0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJgCDBx2bU EDIT: P.S. > Not much outcry about "factory farming" in aquaculture. I try not to eat Salmon; it's pretty much always farmed, often in ugly conditions which is a travesty for such a noble creature.

If you're going to eat salmon anyway (and lots of people do), it's much less destructive to eat it factory farmed. This actually goes for every single fish.

factory farming contributes to ocean dead zones

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by rusk »

forkLding wrote: post #27

Talk about unnecessary cruelty, lemmings are quite cute creatures, can't imagine what was going thru their heads ("the Disney filmmakers") when they threw all those lemmings off a cliff to their deaths for a film.

> can't imagine what was going thru their heads

"Imma make lots of money from this"

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by rusk »

matt-attack wrote: post #65
Nadya wrote: post #62

This is triply interesting for me because I had never heard of this myth and, reading the comments, I appear the be the only one out of the loop on the myth itself or the game. I wonder how many other pop-sci myths I'm unaware of.

Curious if you’ve heard of someone being called a “lemming” meaning they’re easily coerced or will follow a leader blindly.

Only ever heard someone be called a "lemon" which was I presumed because they were so winsome they made you purse up your mouth like you'd just tasted lemon.

Re: Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior

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Post by Klover »

Nadya wrote: post #62

This is triply interesting for me because I had never heard of this myth and, reading the comments, I appear the be the only one out of the loop on the myth itself or the game. I wonder how many other pop-sci myths I'm unaware of.

Congratulations on being one of today’s lucky ten thousand then!

I found this podcast here in the comments for more such things, called “99% Invisible” apparently elephants walk surprisingly silently instead of the thunderous stomping in the cinema.

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