Nothing says buy seal penises like... Taylor swift?
Is the simulation collapsing into a Swift-ularity? She's suddenly at the center of everything, including seal meat. Wtf
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Is the simulation collapsing into a Swift-ularity?
Certainly seems so.
Taylor Swift is the only important person in the world according to the news.
I mean I like her music, but if you asked me a couple of years ago who's going to be shaking the world in 2024, definitely wouldn't say Taylor Swift.
I don't think I've ever heard a single song of hers.
If your young, it's not that difficult to avoid music.
But she was huge like 20 years ago as a country singer, went to pop, and now makes slightly more grown up pop.
If you're over 30 and American you've 100% heard one of her songs because radio was still a thing back then.
Wow. I thought she was about 30? I assume she didn’t start her career as an infant.
What?
She's like 35 and was one of the biggest country singers as a teenager, so about 20 years ago...
I said "over 30" because you'd have to be at least 10 to remember it, a toddler wouldn't remember the song on the radio
I’m not really a radio person. Grew up in a poor family in Sweden, so we never had a car, which is where most listen to radio.
My sleep addled mind made her out to be like 50 and was really shocked because she don’t look the part. Makes sense if she’s around 35.
seal meat is a thing?
Yeah, otherwise they wouldn't be much more than skeletons.
here in the states, 'clubbing baby seals' is a basic euphemism for 'evil'
its beyond strange to hear there is not only a market for seal meat, but that it is flat out an accepted industry. i have no horse in this race though, id eat it.. or the horse
I remember habing a T-shirt Hell shirt that showed two baby seals in swanky attire dancing under a disco ball, with the words "Stop Clubbing Baby Seals" in glittery rhinestones.
There is a lot of misinformation on both sides about the commercial seal hunt in Canada. Which makes it difficult to get the truth.
But to call people who are engaging in the hunt using traditional or modern methods as evil is some fucking bullshit. Most times it's a group who don't understand the nuances, using a standard that doesn't apply.
Now, saying that there aren't problems with the hunt would be rather disingenuous, and most of the anti-hunting groups deliberately misrepresent the facts because seals are cute. At the same time, the industry associations and hunters themselves are biased.
There is a way to ethically hunt seals, and having a market to sell the meat and fur is imperative for that. I'm not passing judgment on the hunters if the animals don't suffer, and they stick to the quotas and guidelines set forth by the DFO.
Aren't seals endangered? Forgive me if I am wrong but there is no ethical way to hunt an endangered population. Unless they are targeting populous seal populations, which of those there are not many.