Delicious, delicious fish Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) (media.piefed.social)
 

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[–] [S] 43 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Explanation: As Catholics (and some other Christian denominations) abstain from meat at certain intervals through the year, but not fish, there have been some... curious historical definitions regarding what is and is-not a fish, including from the first bishop appointed to Quebec. One might suggest a bit of motivated thinking, even...

But beavers swim and spend most of their time in the water, so who am I to question the very hungry looking clergyman?

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Well, unless you want to define fish as a paraphyletic group, tetrapods are technically fish.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    unless you want to define fish as a paraphyletic group

    Pretty much everyone does though.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    But does God? That is the question here.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    God either doesn't care or is an idiot, given how many stupid tricks those monks played on them.

    "If you roll the meat up inside a pasta dough, god can't see we're eating meat!"

    "Waterfowl? Definitely fish, what else could it be? Same as beavers actually."

    "If you're sick, meat is fine. Brother Paul, you seem pale. Have some lamb."

    "God made fish and poultry on the same day, making them basically the same."

    If god existed/did give a fuck/whatever, they would thunderstrike them up their asses on a sunny day.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    You can also add capybara to the list, though that’s in South America.

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